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Apurvakumar Pandya
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About

A Psychologist, Social and Behavioural Scientist by training, currently working as Faculty with the Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
His career objective is to bridge the gap between theory, research and practice using psychological and behavioural sciences for promoting access to public health services for a vulnerable population and improving the public mental health system.

As an emerging young scholar and behavioural scientist, he examines psycho-socio-cultural factors that influence (mental) health of the most at-risk population, health technology for promoting health-seeking behaviours, screening, and treatment adherence. In summary, his work is about helping people lead healthy lives within their socio-cultural context, and improve public health service delivery to reduce health disparities and inequities.

ORCID ID

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0178-3978

Reviewer Keywords
guidance and counselling counselling psychology health technology assessment public mental health behavior change communication public health program development health communication economic evaluation of public health programme early childhood development positive parenting
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Publications (6)

Recent article categories: Public Health, Epidemiology/Public Health, Hematology

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My Professional Societies

International Council of Psychologists
International Society for the study of Behavioural Development
Bhartiya Counselling Psychology Association