Teacher Details

Abhay Machindra Kudale

Department of Health Sciences

abhay.kudale@gmail.com

Research Areas : Public Health, Cultural Epidemiology, Operational Research, Implementation Research, Qualitative Research


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1)    Hiralkar, S.S., Sawant, P.A., Hulsurkar, Y.P., Randive, A.P., Phutane, M.S., Mahajan, U.S., Pawar, P., Mhase, P., Kudale, A.M. (2026). What drives rural households to use antibiotics? Findings from a community-based study in rural blocks of Pune, India. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, ISSN(print/online): 0035-9203/1878-3503, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trag012
2)    Kudale, A. M., Ghawat, M. D., Gopale, A. V., Phutane, M. S., Joseph, S. (2025). Cultural Aspects of Type-2 Diabetes-related Social Stigma: A Cultural Epidemiological Study among General Community Members in Urban Pune, India. Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 50 (1), 234-41. ISSN(print/online): 0970-0218/1998-3581, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_894_22
3)    Jagtap, A. H., Mahajan, U. S., Kudale, A. M. (2025). Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk Assessment Among University Employees in India and Its Implications on Planning Worksite CVD Prevention and Health Promotion Interventions. Cureus Journal of Medical Science, 17 (6), e86642. ISSN(print/online): 2168-8184, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.86642
4)    Phutane, M.S., Sawant, P.A., Randive, A.P., Hulsurkar, Y.P., Mahajan, U.S., Kudale, A.M. (2024). Sociocultural aspects of delays in diagnosis among Tuberculosis-Diabetes Comorbid patients in Satara, India: Its implications for the implementation of the National Framework for Joint Tuberculosis-Diabetes Collaborative Activities. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 71 (3), 250-261. ISSN(print/online): 0019-5707, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijtb.2023.05.001
5)    Patil, K.H., Tawar, N.S., Kudale, A.M (2024). A post‑COVID‑19 assessment of resilience of nurses and paramedical workers in municipal hospitals of urban Pune, India. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 13 (4), 1460-1466. ISSN(print/online): 2249-4863/2278-7135, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_947_23
6)    Sawant, P.A., Hiralkar, S.S., Hulsurkar, Y.P., Phutane, M.S., Mahajan, U.S., Kudale, A.M. (2024). Predicting over-the-counter antibiotic use in rural Pune, India, using machine learning methods. Epidemiology and Health , 46, e2024044. ISSN(print/online): 2092-7193, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2024044
7)    Phutane, M,S., Sawant, P.A., Randive, A.P., Hulsurkar,Y.P., Mahajan, U.M., Kudale, A.M. (2024). Sociocultural features of lifestyle modifications among TB–diabetes comorbid patients in Satara, India and its implications for planning self-management interventions for TB–diabetes comorbid patients. Discover Public Health, 21, 98. ISSN(print/online): 3005-0774, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12982-024-00222-w
8)    Jagtap, A., Mahajan, U., Kudale, A.M. (2024). Prevalence of Hypertension and Perceived Stress among University Employees in Solapur, India (2022). Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology, 13 (3), 166-173. ISSN(print/online): 2251-8096/2252-0902, URL/DOI: http://johe.rums.ac.ir/article-1-817-en.html
9)    Kudale, A.M., Hiralkar, S.S., Sawant, P.A., Hulsurka, Y.P., Fatate, N.R., Waghmare, P.P., Randive, A.P., Phutane, M.S., Pawar, P., Mhase, P. (2023). Generating evidence on antibiotic use across human and animal health sectors using the World Health Organization’s Access, Watch, Reserve (AWaRe) classification: Exploratory pilot study in rural Pune, India. International Journal of One Health, 9 (2), 166–171. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 2455-5673/2455-8931, URL/DOI: https://www.onehealthjournal.org/Vol.9/No.2/14.pdf
10)    Giduthuri, J. G., Purohit, V., Kudale, A., Utzinger, J., Schindler, C., Weiss, M. G. (2021). Antenatal influenza vaccination in urban Pune, India: clinician and community stakeholders’ awareness, priorities, and practices. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 17 (4), 1211-1222. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 2164-5515/2164-554X, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2020.1806670
11)    Ahankari, A.S., Myles, P.R., Tsang, S., Khan, F., Atre, S., Langley, T., Kudale, A., Bains, M. (2019). A qualitative study exploring factors influencing clinical decision making for influenza-like illness in Solapur city, Maharashtra, India. Anthropology and Medicine, 26 (1), 65-86. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 1364-8470/1469-2910, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2017.1321459
12)    Giduthuri, J.G., Purohit, V., Maire, N., Kudale, A., Utzinger, J., Schindler, C., Weiss, M.G. (2019). Influenza vaccination of pregnant women: Engaging clinicians to reduce missed opportunities for vaccination. Vaccine, 37 (14), 1910-1917. ISSN(print/online): 0264-410X/1873-2518, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.02.035
13)    Narsappa, V., Kudale, A., Joseph, J., Samson, S., Sathyanarayana, G. (2019). Journey of empowerment: a case study of the Association of People Affected by Leprosy (APAL), India. Leprosy Review, 90 (1), 128-135. ISSN(print/online): 0305-7518/2162-8807, URL/DOI: https://leprosyreview.org/article/90/1/12-8135
15)    Purohit, V., Kudale, A., Sundaram, N., Joseph, S., Schaetti, C., Weiss, M. (2018). Public Health Policy and Experience of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic in Pune, India. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 7 (2), 154-166. ISSN(print/online): 2322-5939, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2017.54
16)    Sundaram, N., Schaetti, C., Grize, L., Purohit, V., Joseph, S., Schindler, C., Kudale, A., Weiss, M.G. (2017). Sociocultural determinants of anticipated acceptance of pandemic influenza vaccine in Pune, India: a community survey using mixed-methods. International Journal of Public Health, 62 (3), 103-115. ISSN(print/online): 1661-8556/1661-8564, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0903-z
17)    Atre, S. R., Kudale, A. M., Howard, H. M. (2017). Addressing family planning needs among low-literate population in peri-urban areas of Delhi, India: a qualitative inquiry. International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 6 (10), 4500-4508. ISSN(print/online): 2320-1770/2320-1789, URL/DOI: https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A534838926/AONE?u=anon~fe7fe1c9&sid=googleScholar&xid=cafb5275
18)    Maske, A.P., Sawant, P.A., Joseph, S., Mahajan, U.S., Kudale, A.M. (2015). Socio-cultural features and help-seeking preferences for leprosy and tuberculosis: a cultural epidemiological study in a tribal district of Maharashtra, India. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 4 (1), 33. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 2095-5162/2049-9957, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-015-0064-y
19)    Sundaram, N., Purohit, V., Schaetti, C., Kudale, A., Joseph, S., Weiss, M.G. (2015). Community awareness, use and preference for pandemic influenza vaccines in Pune, India. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 11 (10), 2376-2388. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 2164-5515/2164-554X, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2015.1062956
20)    Sundaram, N., Schaetti, C., Purohit, V., Kudale, A., Weiss, M.G. (2014). Cultural epidemiology of pandemic influenza in urban and rural Pune, India: a cross-sectional, mixed-methods study. BMJ Open, 4 (12), e006350. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 2044-6055, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006350
21)    Giduthuri, J.G., Maire, N., Joseph, S., Kudale, A., Schaetti, C., Sundaram, N., Schindler, C., Weiss, M.G. (2014). Developing and validating a tablet version of an illness explanatory model interview for a public health survey in Pune, India. PloS One, 9 (9), e107374. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 1932-6203, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107374
24)    Atre, S., Kudale, A., Morankar, S., Gosoniu, D., Weiss, M.G. (2011). Gender and community views of stigma and tuberculosis in rural Maharashtra, India. Global Public Health, 6 (2), 56-71. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 1744-1692/1744-1706, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441690903334240
  

Publications Before 2011


25)    Kudale, A., Salve, S., Rangan, S., Kielmann, K. (2010). Health systems' responses to the roll-out of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in India: a comparison of two HIV high-prevalence settings. AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 22 (1), 85-92. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 0954-0121/1360-0451, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121003758531
26)    Joseph, S., Kielmann, K., Kudale, A., Sheikh, K., Shinde, S., Porter, J., Rangan, S. (2010). Examining sex differentials in the uptake and process of HIV testing in three high prevalence districts of India. AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 22 (3), 286-295. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 0954-0121/1360-0451, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540120903193674
27)    Atre, S.R., Kudale, A.M., Morankar, S.N., Rangan, S.G., Weiss, M.G. (2004). Cultural concepts of tuberculosis and gender among the general population without tuberculosis in rural Maharashtra, India. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 9 (11), 1228-1238. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 1360-2276/1365-3156, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01321.x