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Amar Kanekar Data-verified
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14 h-index
72 pubs
1,170 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Amar Kanekar's research focuses on public health, health literacy, and behavioral science, particularly concerning vulnerable populations and college students. His work explores the impact of social and cultural factors on social isolation and loneliness, investigating strategies to enhance digital literacy and social support. Kanekar has examined the use of technology, such as information technology and artificial intelligence innovations, in health behavior change interventions and oral healthcare. He has also investigated stress reduction tools for college students, including introspective meditation, and explored factors influencing vaccine hesitancy in parents, such as social networks and parental autonomy.
His publications also address broader public health topics, including neighborhood services and aging in place, and the role of neighborhood walkability in older adults' social activity. Kanekar has a scholarly record with an h-index of 14, 71 total publications, and 1,149 citations. He has collaborated with several colleagues at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, including Joseph O. Otundo, Janea Snyder, Jason Kushner, and Kristin Mann.
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- h-index: 14
- Publications: 72
- Citations: 1,170
Selected Publications
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A Scoping Review of the Use and Determinants of Social Media Among College Students (2025)
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Exploring barriers to formal mental health help-seeking among Iranian adolescent girls: a qualitative study using the PRECEDE model (2025)
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Exploring Social Support Strategies and Socio-Cultural Factors Influencing Social Isolation and Loneliness: The Role of Digital Literacy (2024)
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A Fourth-Generation Multi-Theory Model (MTM) of Health Behavior Change (2024)
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A Pilot Study of the Use and Attitudes Toward Large Language Models Across Academic Disciplines (2024)
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Neighbourhood Services and Ageing in Place: An Extreme Industrialisation Perspective (2023)
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Role of Open AI (Artificial Intelligence)–Innovations in Health Behavior Change Interventions (2023)
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Contributors (2023)
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Ethical approaches to service, research, publication, and presentation (2023)
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Daily challenges in ethical decision-making (2023)
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APPLICATIONS OF CHATGPT IN ORAL HEALTHCARE: A CURRENT AND BRIEF OVERVIEW (2023)
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List of contributors (2023)
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Ethical, privacy, and confidentiality issues in the use and application of social media (2023)
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Neighbourhood walkability as a moderator of the associations between older adults’ information technology use and social activity: A cross-sectional study with sensitivity analyses (2022)
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Group-based Learning: An Innovative Practice for Engaged Learning in an Online Environment (2022)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Manoj Sharma
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (US)
6 shared publications
- Introspective Meditation before Seeking Pleasurable Activities as a Stress Reduction Tool among College Students: A Multi-Theory Model-Based Pilot Study
- Exploring Social Support Strategies and Socio-Cultural Factors Influencing Social Isolation and Loneliness: The Role of Digital Literacy
- APPLICATIONS OF CHATGPT IN ORAL HEALTHCARE: A CURRENT AND BRIEF OVERVIEW
- College Students' Readiness to Change in Physical Inactivity Behavior using Perfection Quotient Behavioral Model
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Jody L. Vogelzang
Grand Valley State University (US)
4 shared publications
- Using Memes to Increase Health Literacy in Vulnerable Populations
- Vaccine Hesitancy in Parents: Role of Social Networks, Social Media, and Parental Autonomy
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Joseph O. Otundo
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
4 shared publications
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- Ethical, privacy, and confidentiality issues in the use and application of social media
- List of contributors
- Ethical approaches to service, research, publication, and presentation
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Janea Snyder
3 shared publications
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- Best Practices in Online and Hybrid Teaching and Learning in Health Education/Promotion – Current and Post-COVID
- Pedagogy of Reflection in a novel Quality Matters Certified E-hybrid Service-Learning Course
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Yuliya Shneyderman
Borough of Manhattan Community College (US)
3 shared publications
- Vaccine Hesitancy in Parents: Role of Social Networks, Social Media, and Parental Autonomy
- Daily challenges in ethical decision-making
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Kavita Batra
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (US)
3 shared publications
- Introspective Meditation before Seeking Pleasurable Activities as a Stress Reduction Tool among College Students: A Multi-Theory Model-Based Pilot Study
- Exploring Social Support Strategies and Socio-Cultural Factors Influencing Social Isolation and Loneliness: The Role of Digital Literacy
- List of contributors
Ram Lakhan
3 shared publications
- Introspective Meditation before Seeking Pleasurable Activities as a Stress Reduction Tool among College Students: A Multi-Theory Model-Based Pilot Study
- College Students' Readiness to Change in Physical Inactivity Behavior using Perfection Quotient Behavioral Model
- List of contributors
Sely-Ann Headley Johnson
University of Toledo (US)
3 shared publications
- List of contributors
- Daily challenges in ethical decision-making
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Bennie Prince
2 shared publications
- Best Practices in Online and Hybrid Teaching and Learning in Health Education/Promotion – Current and Post-COVID
- Pedagogy of Reflection in a novel Quality Matters Certified E-hybrid Service-Learning Course
Nestor Asiamah
University of Essex (GB)
2 shared publications
- Neighbourhood walkability as a moderator of the associations between older adults’ information technology use and social activity: A cross-sectional study with sensitivity analyses
- Neighbourhood Services and Ageing in Place: An Extreme Industrialisation Perspective
Hafiz T. A. Khan
University of West London (GB)
2 shared publications
- Neighbourhood walkability as a moderator of the associations between older adults’ information technology use and social activity: A cross-sectional study with sensitivity analyses
- Neighbourhood Services and Ageing in Place: An Extreme Industrialisation Perspective
Ravi Batra
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (US)
2 shared publications
- Exploring Social Support Strategies and Socio-Cultural Factors Influencing Social Isolation and Loneliness: The Role of Digital Literacy
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Tung‐Sung Tseng
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans (US)
2 shared publications
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Gayle Walter
University of Iowa (US)
2 shared publications
- Daily challenges in ethical decision-making
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Doreleena Sammons Hackett
2 shared publications
- Daily challenges in ethical decision-making
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