Biography

Dr. Koustuv Dalal

Director, Centre for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (CIPSP)

School of Health and Medical Sciences

Orebro University, Orebro – 701 82, Sweden

Associate Professor for Public Health Sciences (Health Economist)

Associate Professor for Health care Sciences


Email: koustuv2010@hotmail.com (preferred), Koustuv.dalal@oru.se


Qualifications

2008 Ph.D., Karolinska Institute, Sweden, Public Health Sciences (Social Medicine)

1995 PGDip, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India, Human Resource Management

1993 M.Sc., University of Calcutta, India, Applied Economics

1991 B.Ss (Honours)., University of Calcutta, India, Economics


Publications (Selected)

  1. Dalal K*, Eriksson C. Do functional problem and livelihood disturbances in and around home trigger injuries? Health 2014 (in press).
  2. Zhang LL, Dalal K, Wang SM. Injury related risk behaviors: a health belief model based study of junior school students in a Safe Community in Shanghai. PLoS One 2013, 8;8(8):e70563.
  3. Lee MS, Wu ZP, Svanstrom L, Dalal K*. Cyber bullying Prevention: Intervention in Taiwan. PLoS One. 2013; 8(5): e64031. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064031.
  4. Dalal K*, Dahlström, Timpka T. Interactions between microfinance programs and non-economic empowerment of women associated with intimate partner violence in Bangladesh. BMJ Open 2013;3: e002941.
  5. Dalal K*, Lao Z, Gifford M, Svanstrom L. Economics of Global Burden of Road Traffic Injuries and Their Relationship with Health System Variables. International Joiurnal of Preventive Medicine 2013; 4:1442-50.
  6. Sandor M, Dalal K*. Influencing factors on time of breastfeeding initiation among a national representative sample of women in India. Health 2013; 5(12): 2169 -80.
  7. 48. LiU Y, Dalal K*, Stollenwerk  B. The association between health system development and the burden of cardiovascular disease: an analysis of WHO country profiles. PLoS One. (in press).
  8. Wang SM, Zou JL, Gifford M, Dalal K. Young students’ knowledge and perception of health and fitness: A study in Shanghai, China. Health Education Journal. 2014; 73(1): 20 -27.
  9. Wang SM, Dalal K. Safe Communities in China as a Strategy for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Programmes in the Era of Rapid Economic Growth. 2012. Journal of Community Health 2013;38(1):205-14.
  10. Wang SM,  Yuan D,  Zou J, Yin M, Gifford M, Dalal K*. Elderly injury prevention perspectives: a qualitative study of elderly people in different socioeconomic strata within a Safe Community in Shanghai. HealthMed. 2012; 6(12): 4170 – 4178.
  11. Nilsen P, Bendtsen P, McCambridge J, Karlsson N, Dalal K. When is it appropriate to address patients' alcohol consumption in health care-national survey of views of the general population in Sweden. Addictive Behaviors. 2012, 37(11):1211-6.
  12. Dalal K*, Lao Z, Gifford M, Wang SM. Knowledge and attitudes towards childhood injury prevention: a study of parents in Shanghai, China. HealthMed. 2012; 6 (11); 3783 – 3789.
  13. Dalal K*, Aremu O. Fairness of utilizing healthcare facilities and out-of-pocket payment burden: evidence from Cambodia. J Biosocial Science. 2012 Sep 10:1-13. [Epub ahead of print].
  14. Andrews J, Biswas A, Gifford, M, Eriksson C, Dalal K*. Identifying households with low immunisation completion in Bangladesh. Health. 2012; 4(11), 1088 -97.
  15. Zhang L, Dalal K, Yin M, Yuan D, Andrews J, Wang S. The KAP evaluation of intervention on fall-induced injuries among elders in a Safe Community in Shanghai, China. PloS One. 7(3): e32848. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032848.
  16. Lindqvist K, Dalal K. Impact of social standing on traffic injury prevention in a WHO Safe Community. Health. 2012, 4(4): 216 -221.
  17. Wu J. Dalal K*. Tuberculosis in Asia and the pacific: the role of socioeconomic status and health system development. International Journal of Preventive Medicine 2012; 3: 8- 16.
  18. Wang S, Dalal K. Road Traffic Injuries in Shanghai, China. HealthMed. 2012; 6(1): 74-80.
  19. Dalal K*, Lee MS, Gifford M. Male adolescents’ attitudes towards wife beating: a multi-country study in South Asia. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2012, 50(5):437-42. ††† Best among top 20 publications in the field.†††
  20. Lao Z, Gifford M, Dalal K*. Economic cost of unintentional injuries in children. International Journal of Preventive Medicine.2012; 3(5):303-12.
  21. Dawad S, Dalal K*. Economic cost of domestic violence. HealthMed 2011, 5(6 Suppl 1): 1931-40.
  22. Bazargan-hejazi S, Medeiros s, Mohammadi R, Dalal K*. Patterns of intimate partner violence: a study of female victims in Malawi. Journal of Injury and Violence Research 2011, 7;5(1). doi: 10.5249/jivr.v5i1.139.
  23. Olatunde A, Lawoko S, Dalal K. The influence of individual and contextual socioeconomic status on obstetric care utilization in Democratic republic of Congo. International Journal of Preventive Medicine 2011;3(4):278-85.
  24. Dalal K*, Dawad S, Andrews JY. Intimate partner violence and contraception use among women in Bangladesh. Journal of Bio Social Science 2011 Jun 16:1-12. [Epub ahead of print].
  25. Andrews JY, Dalal K*. Traditional Umbilical Cord Cutting Practices and Delivery Site in Bangladesh. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2011; 114(1):43-6.
  26. Aremu O, Lawoko S, Dalal K. Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, individual wealth status and patterns of delivery care utilization in Nigeria: a multilevel discrete choice analysis. International Journal of Women’s Health 2011: 3; 1–8.
  27. Rebeca K, Dalal K, Carlsson P. Evaluation of economic effects of health research. International Journal of Preventive Medicine 2011; 2(4): 203-215.
  28. Bendtsen P, Karlsson N, Dalal K, Nilsen P. Hazardous Drinking Concepts, Limits and Methods: Low Levels of Awareness, Knowledge and Use in the Swedish Population. Alcohol & Alcohoism. 2011. [Epub ahead of print].
  29. Dalal K*, Shabnam J, Martensson L, Timpka T. Economic empowerment of women in utilization of maternal delivery care. International Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2012; 3(9):628-36.
  30. Lindqvist K,. Dalal K*. The impact of child safety promotion on different social strata in a WHO Safe Community. Journal of Injury and Violence Research 2012.4(1): 20 -25.
  31. Shabnam J, Gifford M, Dalal K*. Socioeconomic Inequalities in the use of delivery care services in Bangladesh: A comparative study between 2004 and 2007. Health 2011;3(12):762-71.
  32. Dalal K*, Safanama S, Nilsen P. Barriers to utilization of medical delivery care in Egypt. Intl J of Health Sciences. (accepted) 2011.
  33. Wang S, Zou J; Yin M; Yuan D; Dalal K*. Injury Epidemiology in a Safe Community Health Service Center in Shanghai, China. Health Med 2011; 5(3): 479 -485.
  34. Dalal K*. Does economic empowerment protect women from intimate partner violence? Journal of Injury and Violence Research 2011; 3(1): 35-44.
  35. Aremu O, Lawoko S, Moradi T, Dalal K. Socio-economic determinants in selecting childhood diarrhoea treatment options in Sub-Saharan Africa:A multilevel model. Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011; 37:13.doi:10.1186/1824-7288-37-13.
  36. Lio Y, Dalal K*. Cost-effectiveness analysis of medical treatment of MI. International Journal of Preventive Medicine 2011; 2(2):  64-72.
  37. Naeini HS, Lindqvist K, Jafari HR, Mirlohi AH, Dalal K. Playground unintentional injuries among children. Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine 2011:2; 61–68.
  38. Stenbacka M, Leifman L, Dalal K, Jansson B. Early Predictors of Injury Mortality among Swedish Conscripts:A 35-Year Follow-up Study.Accident Analysis&Prevention 2011;43(1):228-34.
  39. Ali DK, Dalal K, Yousefzade-Chabok S, Jansson B,Mohammadi R. Costs related to drowning and near-drowning in northern Iran (Guilan province). Ocean & Coastal Management 2011; 54(3), 250-255.
  40. Dalal K*, Lindqvist K. A National Study of the Prevalence and Correlates of Domestic Violence Among Women in India. Asia Pacific J of Public Health 2012; 24(2):265-77. Ω Best of Best 10 papers in the field since its publication (BiomedLib).
  41. Aremu O, Lawoko S, Dalal K. Childhood Vitamin A Capsule Supplementation overage in Nigeria: a multilevel analysis of geographic and socio-economic inequities. The Scientific World Journal 2010; 10: 1901–1914.
  42. Biswas A, Rahman A, Rahman F, Mashreky S, Dalal K*. Injuries and violence   against children during flood in rural Bangladesh. Rural and Remote Health 2010; 10(1):1199.
  43. Zhu Y, Dalal K.* Childhood exposure to domestic violence and attitude towards wife-beating in adult life -a study of men in India. Journal of Biosocial Science 2010; 42(2): 255-69.
  44. Dalal K*, Lawoko S, Jansson B. The relationship between Intimate Partner Violence and maternal practices to correct child behaviour: A study on Egyptian women. Journal of Violence and Injury Research 2010; 2(1): 25-33.
  45. Dalal K*, Lawoko S, Jansson B. Women’s attitudes towards discontinuation of female genital mutilation in Egypt. Journal of Violence and Injury Research 2010;  2(1): 41-47. Best of Best 10 papers in the field since its publication (BiomedLib).
  46. Dalal K*, Dawad S. Non-utilization of public health care facilities: examining the reasons through a national study of women in India. Rural & Remote Health. 2009; 9(3):1178. Epub 2009 Sep 3. 2009 Ω Best of Best 10 papers in the field since its publication (BiomedLib).
  47. Dalal K*. Attitude toward wife beating: A multi-country study of male adolescents. Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics. 2010 (accepted).
  48. Dalal K*, Rahman F, Jansson B. Wife abuse in Rural Bangladesh. Journal of Biosocial Science 2009; 41: 561–573. Ω Koustuv had media interviews for the article.
  49. Dalal K*. Rahman A. Out-of-pocket payments for unintentional injuries: a study in rural Bangladesh. International Journal of Injury Control & Safety Promotion 2009; 16(1): 41-47.
  50. Dalal K*, Rahman F, Jansson B. The origin of violent behaviour among child labour in India. Global Public Health 2008; 3 (1): 77 - 92.
  51. Emenike E, Lawoko S, Dalal K. Intimate partner violence and reproductive health of women in Kenya. International Nursing Review 2008; 55(1): 97-102.
  52. Dalal K*, Jansson B. Cost calculation and economic analysis of violence in low-income country: a model for India. African Safety Promotion: A Journal of Injury and Violence Prevention 2007;  5(1): 45 - 56. Ω Received ’Best Scientific Paper’ Award at World Injury Conference.
  53. Dalal K*. Hurdles and challenges of field survey for collection of health data in Rural India. Health Survey Research Methods. CDC: Atlanta. Pp. 159 -162. 2007.
  54. Lawoko S, Dalal K, Jiayou L, Jansson B. Social inequality in intimate partner violence: a study of women in Kenya. Violence and Victims 2007; 22(6): 773-784.



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Last Updated: 2014-08-14


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