About the Authors

Shankar Prinja

Affiliation School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Pankaj Bahuguna

Affiliation School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Andrew D. Pinto

Affiliations Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada, Centre for Research on Inner City Health, Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Atul Sharma

Affiliation School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Gursimer Bharaj

Affiliation School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Vishal Kumar

Affiliation School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Jaya Prasad Tripathy

Affiliation School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Manmeet Kaur

Affiliation School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Rajesh Kumar

dr.rajeshkumar@gmail.com

Affiliation School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived the study and designed the protocol: RK MK SP. Designed the model and generated the results: SP PB. Collected data and did some primary analysis: AS GB JT AP VK. Additionally wrote the first draft of manuscript: SP. Provided critical input for revision of manuscript: RK MK AP. All authors approve of the final version of the manuscript being submitted.