Smitha Vijayan

About

Dr. M V Smitha is an Associate Professor at the College of Nursing, AIIMS Bhubaneswar. She completed her Bachelor's in Nursing from Dr. MV Shetty College, Mangalore, her Master's in OBG Nursing from Fr Muller College, Mangalore, and her Ph.D. (Nsg) under RGUHS, National Consortium, INC. Dr. Smitha has taught OBG Nursing to graduate and post-graduate students for 22 years. She is a PhD guide at National Consortium, INC. She is a PhD examiner at various universities. She has various national and international publications to her credit. She is a reviewer for various national and international journals. She has 2 funded projects to her credit, most notably a community NCD project funded by ICMR. She has been a resource person at various national and international forums and has presented research papers. She is a member of various national and international obstetrical and neonatal nursing professional associations. Her areas of interest are menopause, lactation nursing, and quality improvement initiative projects in maternal and neonatal nursing.

Employment

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar Reader/Associate Professor
  2018 - Present

Education

• Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences PhD Nursing
  2010 - 2016

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (8)

• Patterns, Perception of Facilitators, Barriers to Breastfeeding, and its Associated Factors Among Working Mothers in Khordha District, Odisha, India
  Journal of Human Lactation 2026 DOI: 10.1177/08903344261462276
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• Breastfeeding Challenges Experienced by Mothers Following Multiple Births—a Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis of Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed-Methods Studies
  Breastfeeding Medicine 2025 DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2024.0207
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• Breastfeeding Practices in the Twin Town of India — A Cross-Sectional Study
  Twin Research and Human Genetics 2024 DOI: 10.1017/thg.2024.31
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• Compliance with Iron-Folic Acid supplementation, associated factors, and barriers among postpartum women in Eastern India
  Human Nutrition & Metabolism 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.hnm.2023.200237
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• Functional status, social support, and anxiety among postnatal women of Eastern India
  European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology: X 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurox.2023.100238
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• Telephonic intervention to combat non-adherence to oral iron-folic acid supplementation in pregnancy: A randomized controlled trial
  European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology: X 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurox.2023.100235
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• Effect of Audio-Visual Therapy on Pain and Anxiety in Labor: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology: X 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurox.2023.100240
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• Impact of a quality improvement program: Early initiation of breastfeeding after cesarean section in a tertiary care hospital, in Eastern India
  Medical Journal Armed Forces India 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2021.09.002
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