Amar Kanekar Data-verified

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Researcher

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-23

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14 h-index 72 pubs 1,172 cited

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.

Metrics

  • h-index: 14
  • Publications: 72
  • Citations: 1,172

Selected Publications

  • A Scoping Review of the Use and Determinants of Social Media Among College Students (2025)
  • Exploring barriers to formal mental health help-seeking among Iranian adolescent girls: a qualitative study using the PRECEDE model (2025)
  • Exploring Social Support Strategies and Socio-Cultural Factors Influencing Social Isolation and Loneliness: The Role of Digital Literacy (2024)
    7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A Fourth-Generation Multi-Theory Model (MTM) of Health Behavior Change (2024)
  • A Pilot Study of the Use and Attitudes Toward Large Language Models Across Academic Disciplines (2024)
  • Neighbourhood Services and Ageing in Place: An Extreme Industrialisation Perspective (2023)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Role of Open AI (Artificial Intelligence)–Innovations in Health Behavior Change Interventions (2023)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Contributors (2023)
  • Ethical approaches to service, research, publication, and presentation (2023)
  • Daily challenges in ethical decision-making (2023)
  • APPLICATIONS OF CHATGPT IN ORAL HEALTHCARE: A CURRENT AND BRIEF OVERVIEW (2023)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • List of contributors (2023)
  • Ethical, privacy, and confidentiality issues in the use and application of social media (2023)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • 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)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Group-based Learning: An Innovative Practice for Engaged Learning in an Online Environment (2022)

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