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Featured Publications

2024

1. Sahu KS, Dubin JA, Majowicz SE, Liu S, Morita PP (2024) Revealing the Mysteries of Population Mobility Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada: Comparative Analysis With Internet of Things–Based Thermostat Data and Google Mobility Insights JMIR Public Health Surveill 2024;10:e46903 doi: 10.2196/46903 PMID: 38506901 (Q1-Impact Factor 8.5)

2. Gupta P, Bharati B, Sahu KS, Mahapatra P, Pati S (2024) Self-reported symptom burden among patients attending public health care facilities in India: Looking through ICPC-3 lens PLOS Global Public Health  https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-951282/v1  (Accepted) (Q1)

3. Kalaskar, Shrikant K.; Kabeer, Mehnaz; Satyanarayana, Sreemeena; Farooqui, Habib Hasan; Hussain, Mohammad Akhtar; Roy, Sudipto Pallab; Shankar, Manjunath; Sahu, Kirti Sundar; Dsouza, Sushma; Katyal, Anuradha; Chokshi, Maulik; Nallamalla, Krishna Reddy A Systematic Review of Existing Surveillance Systems Assessment Approaches The Lancet Global Health (Submitted) (Q1-Impact Factor 34.3) The Lancet Global Health

2023

1. Morita PP, Sahu KS, Oetomo A, (2023) Health Monitoring Using Smart Home Technologies: A Scoping Review JMIR mHealth and uHealth https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37052984/  (Q1-Impact Factor 4.95)

2. Bharati B, Sahu KS, Pati S (2023) Prevalence of Smokeless Tobacco Use in India and Its Association with Occupations: A LASI Study Frontiers in Public Health

Occupational Health and Safety DOI:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36923032/  (Q2-Impact Factor 6.461)

3. S Kar, M Menberu, P Priyadarshini, Sahu KS, MR Behera Community-friendly tool to assess Patient satisfaction in Tuberculosis programme in the Covid Pandemic period; Bhubaneswar; India Indian Journal of Tuberculosis https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019570723000720 ( Q3- Impact Factor 0.367)

4. S Kar, M Menberu, Sahu KS, MR Behera Loss of employment and social stigma emerge proxy determinants of patient satisfaction in tuberculosis management under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program: Reports from a single-center direct observation therapy strategy center in Bhubaneswar, Odisha Indian Journal of Public Health https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37459040/ ( Q3- Impact Factor 2.219)

2022 

5. Jasleen Kaur, Sahu KS, Arlene Oetomo, and Plinio Morita. (2022). A smart thermostat-based population-level behavioural changes during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: a proposed study. In Proceedings of the 2022 Workshop on Emerging Devices for Digital Biomarkers (DigiBiom '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 7–12. https://doi.org/10.1145/3539494.3542756 (Q1-Impact Factor 1.741)

6. Bharati B, Sahu KS (2022) Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on home delivery of contraceptives by community health workers in India: Time to (re) evaluate and innovate Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care Volume 11 - Issue 5 - p 1598-1601 doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1930_21 (Q4-Impact Factor 0.602)

7. Oyibo K, Sahu KS, Oetomo A, Morita PP (2022) Factors Influencing the Adoption of Contact Tracing Applications: Systematic Review and Recommendations Frontiers in Digital Health  4:862466. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2022.862466  

8. Jalali N, Sahu KS, Oetomo A, Morita PP. (2022) Usability of Smart Home Thermostat to Evaluate the Impact of Weekdays and Seasons on Sleep Patterns and Indoor Stay: Observational Study  JMIR mHealth and uHealth Volume 10,  issue 4, e28811  doi: 10.2196/28811 (Q1-Impact Factor 4.95)

9. Manushi Sharma, Renu John, Sadia Afrin, Xinyi Zhang, Tengyi Wang,  Maoyi Tian, Sahu KS, Robert Mash,  Devarsetty Praveen, KM Saif-Ur-Rahman (2022) Cost-effectiveness of population screening programs for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in low- and middle-income countries - A systematic review Front. Public Health 10:820750. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.820750 (Q2-Impact Factor 3.012)

10. Bharati B, Sahu KS, Pati S (2022) The burden of vision, hearing and dual sensory impairment in older adults in India, and its impact on different aspects of life: Findings from LASI Wave 1 Aging and Health Research (Elsevier) Volume 2, Issue 1, 100062 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahr.2022.100062  

2021 

11. Sahu KS, Majowicz SE, Dubin JA, Morita PP (2021) NextGen Public Health Surveillance and the Internet of Things (IoT) Frontiers in Public Health-Digital Public Health Vol. 9 1976 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34926381/ (Q2-Impact Factor 6.461)

12. Fayaz Khan, Riziq Allah Mustafa Gaowgzeh, Amer Al Saif, Mohamed Faisal Chevidikunnan, Ajith Soman, Aseel Mazi, Ejlal BinMulayh, Sahu KS, Haris Anjamparuthikal (2021) Effect of community education program on stroke symptoms and treatment on school and college students from South India: A longitudinal observational study Healthcare, 9(12), 1637  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34946363/ (Q2-Impact Factor 3.160)

13. Singh S, Roy SS, Sahu KS (2021) Immunization during COVID-19: let the ninja dance with the dragon Journal of Health Research 35 (1) https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JHR-06-2020-0212/full/html (Q4-Impact Factor 0.593)

14. Oyibo K, Sahu KS, Oetomo A, Morita PP (2021) Factors that Influence the Adoption of Contact Tracing Applications: A Protocol for a Systematic Review JMIR Research protocol 1;10(6):e28961. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33974551/ 

2020 

15. Sahu KS, Oetomo A, Morita PP (2020) Enabling Remote Patient Monitoring Through the Use of Smart Thermostat Data in Canada: Exploratory Study JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2020;8(11):e21016 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33216001/  (Q1-Impact Factor 4.95)

16. Jalali N, Sahu KS, Oetomo A, Morita PP. (2020) Understanding User Behavior Through the Use of Unsupervised Anomaly Detection: Proof of Concept Using Internet of Things Smart Home Thermostat Data for Improving Public Health Surveillance JMIR Mhealth Uhealth;8(11):e21209 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33185562/  (Q1-Impact Factor 4.95)

17. Khan FR, Chevidikunnan MF, Mazi AF, Aljawi SF, Mizan FH, BinMulayh EA, Sahu KS, Al-Lehidan NS. (2020) Factors affecting foot posture in young adults: a cross- sectional study. Journal of Musculoskeletal & Neuronal Interactions. Jun;20(2):216-222. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32481237/  (Q3-Impact Factor 2.041)

2019 

18. M. Bublitz, F.; Oetomo, A.; Sahu KS.; Kuang, A.; X. Fadrique, L.; E. Velmovitsky, P.; M. Nobrega, R.; P. Morita, P. (2019) Disruptive Technologies for Environment and Health Research: An Overview of Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Internet of Things Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 16, 3847. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/20/3847 (Q2-Impact Factor 4.614)

19. Rout SK, Sahu KS, Mahapatra S. (2019) Utilization of health care services in public and private healthcare in India: Causes and determinants International Journal of Healthcare Management. October:1-8. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20479700.2019.1665882 (Q2-Impact Factor 2.191)

2018

20. Swain SP, Samal S, Sahu KS, Rout SK. (2018) Out-of- pocket expenditure and drug adherence of patients with diabetes in Odisha. J Family Med Prim Care ;7:1229-35. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30613502/ (Q4-Impact Factor 0.602)

2017 

21. Sahu KS, Bharati B, (2017) Out of pocket health expenditure and sources of financing for delivery, postpartum and neonatal health in urban slums of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India Indian journal of public health, 61(2) ;67-73. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28721954/  (Q3-Impact Factor 2.219)

22. Tewari A, Rath S, Yadav L, Sahu KS, Sundari DS, et al. (2017) Care Seeking Behaviour of Older Adults with Hip Fracture in India: A Qualitative Study. J Pat Care 3:128. https://www.walshmedicalmedia.com/pdfdownload.php?download=open-access/care-seeking-behaviour-of-older-adults-with-hip-fracture-in-india-aqualitative-study.pdf&aid=86378  (Impact Factor 0.73)

23. Rout, Sarit K, Narayana, K.V, Sahu KS, Selvaraj, Sakhtivel Chatterjee, Manjusha Arora, Monika, (2017) Poverty and health status of Beedi workers in Andhra Pradesh, Econ politica weekly 2017; 52: 10 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kirti-Sundar-Sahu/publication/314724924_Poverty_and_Health_Status_of_Beedi_Workers_in_Andhra_Pradesh/links/58c5335ea6fdcce648e79785/Poverty-and-Health-Status-of-Beedi-Workers-in-Andhra-Pradesh.pdf (Q2-Impact factor-0.216)

2016 

24. Rout SK, Sahu KS, Swain S, Pati S. (2016) Out of pocket expenditure on surgical and nonsurgical conditions in Odisha. J Family Med Prim Care;5:367-72. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27843843/ (Q4-Impact Factor 0.602)

2015 

25. Tewari A, Sahu KS, Yadav L, Sanghamitra Pati, Srinivas Nallala, Premilla Webster, Robyn Norton, Santosh Rath  (2015) Care seeking pathways of older adults with hip fracture in India: exploratory study protocol. International Journal for Equity in Health 14:130. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26572226/ (Q1-Impact Factor 2.926)

Other  Journal Publications 

2022 

26. Bharati B, Sahu KS (2022) Post-COVID-19 chronic fatigue and the role of energy conservation and work simplification techniques: An Occupational Therapy approach, Indian journal of physiotherapy and occupational therapy- An International Journal Vol. 16, No. 1 10.37506/ijpot.v16i1.17740 (CINAHL indexed)

2021 

27. Bharati B, Sahu KS (2021) Rehabilitation of stroke patients in India: An exploratory study from a National-level survey data, Indian journal of physiotherapy and occupational therapy- An International Journal Vol. 15, No. 3 p 8-18 https://doi.org/10.37506/ijpot.v15i3.16457 (CINAHL indexed)

28. Sahu KS, Arlene Oetomo, Jalali N, Plinio P. Morita (2021) Population-level estimation of timing, duration and quality of sleep in Canada: A smart thermostat based exploratory study Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care  https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181320641516

2019 

29. Sahu KS, Arlene Oetomo, Plinio P. Morita (2019) Smart Monitoring of Population Health Risk Behaviour The Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2327857919081017 

30. Sahu KS, Arlene Oetomo, Plinio P. Morita (2019) Improving Public Health Surveillance methods via Smart Home technologies Online Journal of Public Health Informatics 11(1): e348 DOI: 10.5210/ojphi.v11i1.9795 International Society for Diseases Surveillance (ISDS) Conference 2019 proceedings. https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/9795 

2014 

31. Sahu KS, Bharati Bhavna (2014) Role of physiotherapy in public health domain: India perspective. Indian journal of physiotherapy and occupational therapy- An International Journal, 8:4: 134-137 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Role-of-Physiotherapy-in-Public-Health-Domain%3A-Sahu-Bharati/e04a980c5d0b83f7dc451d7f0003e40a1d815914 (CINAHL indexed)

32. Yasobant S, Nibedita S, Saswata S, Arnansu M, Sahu KS. (2014) Musculoskeletal problems among pregnant women: A Facility based survey in Odisha, International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences volume 3(2). https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/doaj/23195886/2014/00000003/00000002/art00023 

Preprints

2023

1. Plinio Pelegrini Morita, Jasleen Kaur, Sahu KS, Arlene Oetomo, Vivek Chauhan Influence of political parties on public health policies in the USA: An IoT-based population-level sleep health analysis during COVID-19 pandemic JMIR Preprints  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kirti-Sundar-Sahu/publication/370208953_Influence_of_political_parties_on_public_health_policies_in_the_USA_An_IoT-based_population-level_sleep_health_analysis_during_COVID-19_pandemic/links/64454a62d749e4340e2fb5b9/Influence-of-political-parties-on-public-health-policies-in-the-USA-An-IoT-based-population-level-sleep-health-analysis-during-COVID-19-pandemic.pdf 

2021 

1. Sahu KS, Oyibo K, Oetomo A, Morita PP (2021) Persuasive Technology in Climate Change Interventions: A Systematic Review Protocol JMIR Preprints. https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/34164

Conference presentations 

1. Sahu KS, Oetomo, A., Jalali, N. and Morita, P.P. (2021). Household and Population-Level Behavioural Changes due to COVID-19 Pandemic: A Smart Thermostat Based Comparative Data Analysis. Human Factors and Ergonomics in healthcare symposium by HFES, (Virtual)-Oral presentation

2. Sahu KS, Oetomo, A., Jalali, N. and Morita, P.P. (2021). Population-level Behavioral changes due to Covid-19 using IoT data e-Health 2021 Virtual Conference and Tradeshow 2021 (ePoster)

3. Sahu KS, Oetomo, A., Jalali, N. and Morita, P.P. (2020). Population level estimation of timing duration and quality of sleep in Canada: A smart thermostat based exploratory study. Human Factors and Ergonomics in healthcare symposium by HFES, Toronto, Canada

4. Jalali,N., Oetomo, A., Sahu KS, and Morita, P.P. (2020). Using large smart home datasets to assess sleep quality: The effect of residential neighborhood on sleep disturbances. Human Factors and Ergonomics in healthcare symposium by HFES, Toronto, Canada

5. Sahu KS, Oetomo, A., and Morita, P.P. (2019). Smart home-based public health surveillance for health behaviour risk monitoring and behavioural change: AAL perspective AAL Forum, Aarhus, Denmark 

6. Sahu KS, Oetomo, A., and Morita, P.P. (2019). Leveraging Smart Thermostat Data for Population-Level Surveillance of Healthy Behaviour. E-Health 2019 Conference, Toronto, ON Canada

7. Sahu, KS, Oetomo, A., and Morita, P.P. (2019). Smart Monitoring of Population Health Risk Behavior. Human Factors and Ergonomics in healthcare symposium by HFES, Chicago, IL, USA

8. Rahman, D., Sahu KS, and Morita, P.P. Commercialization of mHealth and eHealth Technology - Discussion of Barriers and Issues Identified in the Literature. International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care, 2018, Boston, USA

9. Sahu KS, Oetomo, A., Fadrique, L., Mendonca, R.N., Joshi, D, and Morita, P.P. (2018). Supporting Independent Living Through the Use of Smart Home. Symposium on Aging Research (SOAR), Waterloo, Canada.

10. Sahu, KS, Oetomo, A., Fadrique, L., Mendonca, R.N., Joshi, D., and Morita, P.P. (2018). Using Smart Thermostat Data for Remote Monitoring. International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care 2018, Boston, USA.

11. Rahman, D., Sahu KS, and Morita, P. P. (2018). Commercialization of mHealth and eHealth Technology - Discussion of Barriers and Issues Identified in the Literature. International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care 2018, Boston, USA.

12. Sahu KS, Oetomo, A., Fadrique, L., and Morita, P.P. (2018). Remote Monitoring of Health: Using Smart Thermostat Data. 2018 International eHealth Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

13. Rocha, A., Oetomo, A., Sahu KS, and Morita, P.P. (2018). Home Indoor Activity Monitoring Applied to Remote Healthcare Improvement. Royal Victoria Hospital Ignite Conference 2018, Barrie, Canada.

14. Sahu KS, Oetomo, A., and Morita, P.P. (2018). Leveraging Smart Thermostat Data for Population-Level Surveillance of Healthy Behaviour. Royal Victoria Hospital Ignite Conference 2018, Barrie, Canada.

15. Sahu KS, Oetomo, A., Fadrique, L., Rahman, D., and Morita, P.P. (2018). Healthy Behaviour Monitoring and Persuasive Engagement through Smart Thermostats. Persuasive Technology Conference 2018, Waterloo, Canada.

16. Sahu KS, Oetomo, A., Fadrique, L., and Morita, P.P. (2017). Remote Monitoring of Health: Using Smart Thermostat Data. Inter-University Workshop IUW 2017, Buffalo, USA.

17. Sahu KS (2007) “Effect of muscle fatigue on knee joint proprioception: A surface Electromyographic (s EMG) analysis”. 45th Annual conference of the Indian Association of Physiotherapists, Kolkata, India

18. Sahu KS (2006) Effect of McKenzie exercises on cardiovascular responses in different body types 44th Annual conference of the Indian Association of Physiotherapists, Ahmedabad, 2006.

19. Bharati B, Sahu KS (2006) MPUT in Spina bifida: A correlation study between sensation and hand function. International spine and spinal injury conference (ISSICON) 2006, New Delhi, India

Technical and Consulting Reports

1. *Oetomo, A., *Kuang, A., *Fadrique, L., *Sahu KS, *Nobrega, R.M., *Velmovitsky, P.E., *Bublitz, F.M., Morita, P.P. (2019)Emerging Technologies for Climate Change and Health Research: An Overview of Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

2. *Sahu KS, *Oetomo, A., *Fadrique, L., *Mendonca, R.N., *Rahman, D., *Joshi, D., *Ting, M., and Morita, P.P. (2018)Leveraging Smart-Home Technology for Real-Time Monitoring of Health Behaviour at a Population Level. Healthy Behaviour Data Challenge, Toronto, Canada, 1-20.

3. S. K. Rout, Sahu KS, I. Mukhopadhyay et. al. (2016): State Health Accounts, Odisha: 2013-14; Publisher: PHFI, New Delhi, (10.13140/RG.2.2.28285.36327)

PhD Thesis

1. Sahu KS, Morita Plinio P. (2022) Public Health Monitoring of Behavioural Risk Factors and Mobility in Canada: An IoT-based Big Data Approach, University of Waterloo, Waterloo Canada UWSpace. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/18353 

Master's Thesis

2. Sahu KS, TK Sundari Ravindran (2014) Out of pocket health expenditure in maternal and neonatal health and coping strategies in urban slums of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, SCTIMST, Trivandrum, India http://dspace.sctimst.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/123456789/2472/1/6455.pdf