Mahati Chittem
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
India
Biography
I am an Assistant Professor (of Health & Medical Psychology) in the Dept. of Liberal Arts and an Adjunct Professor in the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.
Research Interest
i) Psycho-oncology: illness awareness, label-making, communication, psychological distress, coping, quality of life, illness representations, end-of-life issues, medical decision-making. ii) Illness beliefs: how illness perceptions (and interventions altering negative perceptions) are related to distress, coping, quality of life and adherence among patients with chronic/life-threatening illnesses. iii) Interpretative phenomenological analysis: primarily focusing on chronic diseases.
Publications
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Chittem, M., Norman, P., & Harris, P. (2015). Illness representations and psychological distress in Indian cancer patients: Does being aware of one’s cancer diagnosis make a difference? Psycho-Oncology 24(12): 1694-1700.
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Chittem, M., Boddu, V., Byrapaneni, R.B., & Anthum, K.S. (2015). What has access and skills got to do with it? A qualitative study exploring health literacy among Indian IT employees. European Health Psychologist 17(6): 291-296.
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Broom, A., Chittem, M., Bowden, V., Muppavaram, N., Rajappa, S. (2016). Illness experiences, collective decisions, and the therapeutic encounter in Indian oncology. Qualitative Health Research 1-13.
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Gomathy, S., Chittem, M., & Muppavaram, N. (2016). A review of literature on diabetes self-management: Suggestions for research and practice in India. Journal of Social Health and Diabetes 4: 108-14.
