Deepa Rao

7.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
126 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Deepa Rao is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Deepa Rao has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Infectious Diseases, 53 papers in General Health Professions and 45 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Deepa Rao's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (53 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (36 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (28 papers). Deepa Rao is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (53 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (36 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (28 papers). Deepa Rao collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and South Africa. Deepa Rao's co-authors include Patrick W. Corrigan, David Cella, Jane M. Simoni, Seung W. Choi, Oliver Rodríguez, Sybil Hosek, Jaime Martinez, Christopher G. Kemp, Joseph Feinglass and Yamilé Molina and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Deepa Rao

120 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

On the Self-Stigma of Mental Illness: Stages, Disclosure, and Strategies for Change

2012 729 citations Patrick W. Corrigan, Deepa Rao profile →
Stigma reduction interventions in people living with HIV to improve health-related quality of life

2019 193 citations Deepa Rao et al. profile →
A systematic review of multi-level stigma interventions: state of the science and future directions

2019 189 citations Deepa Rao, Sarah Frey et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Deepa Rao United States	35	1.9k	1.7k	1.4k	1.4k	1.3k	126	4.8k
Milton L. Wainberg United States	33	1.0k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	780 0.6×	1.9k 1.4×	194	4.2k
Conall O’Cleirigh United States	46	3.9k 2.0×	2.2k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	2.2k 1.6×	1.9k 1.4×	213	6.8k
Timothy G. Heckman United States	38	2.3k 1.2×	2.0k 1.1×	684 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	931 0.7×	90	4.1k
Brian W. Pence United States	44	3.6k 1.9×	2.1k 1.2×	820 0.6×	2.0k 1.5×	1.3k 1.0×	291	6.1k
Cheryl Gore–Felton United States	37	1.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	591 0.4×	976 0.7×	976 0.7×	92	3.6k
Jeffrey H. Herbst United States	32	2.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	87	5.0k
Karolynn Siegel United States	44	2.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	972 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	174	5.8k
Jean L. Richardson United States	46	2.1k 1.1×	2.2k 1.2×	530 0.4×	1.7k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	123	6.9k
Susan L. Davies United States	37	1.4k 0.7×	3.0k 1.7×	585 0.4×	715 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	124	5.1k
Sarit A. Golub United States	38	3.5k 1.8×	1.6k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	2.5k 1.8×	992 0.8×	133	5.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deepa Rao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rao, Deepa, et al.. (2025). Stigma and structural factors shaping mental healthcare services for children and adolescents in India: Provider perspectives. Global Public Health. 20(1). 2578244–2578244.

Halliday, Scott, Lydia Chwastiak, Kaitlin Zinsli, et al.. (2025). Integrating behavioral health care into a low-barrier HIV clinic using the Collaborative Care Model: a mixed methods evaluation of patient care cascade outcomes and determinants. Implementation Science Communications. 6(1). 53–53. 1 indexed citations

Kumar, Ramya, Wendy E. Barrington, Kenneth K. Mugwanya, et al.. (2025). Beyond the pill: Understanding barriers and enablers to oral and long-acting injectable PrEP among women in sex work in Zambia. PLOS Global Public Health. 5(6). e0004461–e0004461.

Johnson, Leslie, Mohammed K. Ali, Shivani A. Patel, et al.. (2024). Factors influencing diabetes treatment satisfaction in the INtegrating DEPrEssioN and Diabetes treatmENT randomized clinical trial: A multilevel model analysis. Diabetic Medicine. 41(12). e15412–e15412.

Halliday, Scott, Deepa Rao, Orvalho Augusto, et al.. (2024). A mediation analysis evaluating change in self-stigma on diabetes outcomes among people with depression in urban India: A secondary analysis from the INDEPENDENT trial of the collaborative care model. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(9). e0003624–e0003624.

Ornelas, India J., et al.. (2023). Promoting mental health in Latina immigrant women: Results from the Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma intervention trial. Social Science & Medicine. 321. 115776–115776. 6 indexed citations

Bhana, Arvin, et al.. (2023). Collaborative implementation of an evidence‐based package of integrated primary mental healthcare using quality improvement within a learning health systems approach: Lessons from the Mental health INTegration programme in South Africa. Learning Health Systems. 8(2). 4 indexed citations

Kathree, Tasneem, Max Bachmann, Arvin Bhana, et al.. (2023). Management of Depression in Chronic Care Patients Using a Task-Sharing Approach in a Real-World Primary Health Care Setting in South Africa: Outcomes of a Cohort Study. Community Mental Health Journal. 59(7). 1261–1274. 8 indexed citations

Ali, Mohammed K., Lydia Chwastiak, Subramani Poongothai, et al.. (2023). Long-term Effects of a Collaborative Care Model on Metabolic Outcomes and Depressive Symptoms: 36-Month Outcomes from the INDEPENDENT Intervention. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 38(7). 1623–1630. 3 indexed citations

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Stangl, Anne, Kaitlyn Atkins, Anna M. Leddy, et al.. (2022). What do we know about interventions to reduce intersectional stigma and discrimination in the context of HIV? A systematic review.. Stigma and Health. 8(3). 393–408. 22 indexed citations

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Kemp, Christopher G., Ntokozo Mntambo, Bryan J. Weiner, et al.. (2021). Pushing the bench: A mixed methods study of barriers to and facilitators of identification and referral into depression care by professional nurses in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 100009–100009. 16 indexed citations

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Johnson, Leslie, Lydia Chwastiak, Subramani Poongothai, et al.. (2020). Adaptations and patient responses to behavioral intervention components in a depression-focused chronic disease care model implemented in India. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 10(1). 35–45. 14 indexed citations

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Kemp, Christopher G., et al.. (2019). Associations Between Anxiety and Adherence to Antiretroviral Medications in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. AIDS and Behavior. 23(8). 2059–2071. 46 indexed citations

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Yu, Yu, Joyce P. Yang, Cheng‐Shi Shiu, et al.. (2015). Psychometric testing of the Chinese version of the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey among people living with HIV/AIDS in China. Applied Nursing Research. 28(4). 328–333. 61 indexed citations

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Alemu, Shitaye, et al.. (2015). Involving religious leaders in HIV care and treatment at a university-affiliated hospital in Ethiopia: Application of formative inquiry. Global Public Health. 12(4). 416–431. 5 indexed citations

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Drake, Alison L., Suzanne Wilson, John Kinuthia, et al.. (2015). Health care-seeking behaviour of HIV-infected mothers and male partners in Nairobi, Kenya. Global Public Health. 10(10). 1215–1226. 6 indexed citations

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Kumar, Shuba, Rani Mohanraj, Deepa Rao, Kate Murray, & Lisa E. Manhart. (2015). Positive Coping Strategies and HIV-Related Stigma in South India. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 29(3). 157–163. 33 indexed citations

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Fiebach, Nicholas H., et al.. (2011). A Curriculum in Health Systems and Public Health for Internal Medicine Residents. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 41(4). S264–S269. 6 indexed citations

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Rao, Deepa, et al.. (2010). Does individualism help explain differences in employers' stigmatizing attitudes toward disability across Chinese and American cities?. Rehabilitation Psychology. 55(4). 351–359. 34 indexed citations

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Rao, Deepa, Elizabeth A. Hahn, David Cella, & Lesbia Hernández. (2007). The Health Related Quality of Life Outcomes of English and Spanish Speaking Persons Living with HIV/AIDS from the Continental United States and Puerto Rico. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 21(5). 339–346. 34 indexed citations

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