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Discriminant function analysis of sleep quality and its determinants among general adult population of Ahmedabad City, Gujarat
Conclusion: Overall sleep quality was poor among the study participants. This article considered analysis of determinants of sleep quality among the urban adult population. (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jayshree Tolani Venu Tejas Shah Nitinkumar D Shah Prutha Bakul Desai Source Type: research

A review of maternal near miss cases in selected Hospitals in North-East India
Conclusion: Most of the near miss cases experienced delay in decision to seek health care, which resulted from underestimating the severity of various pregnancy-related conditions. Poor knowledge of the risk of warning signs of pregnancy plays a major part in the delay of management. (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Vizovonuo Visi Brogen Singh Akoijam Source Type: research

Challenges faced by primary caretakers of adolescent girls with intellectual disability during their menstrual cycle in Puducherry: A mixed method study
Conclusions: Majority of the caretakers faced problems such as rejection of sanitary napkins and inability to recognize about the start of period by their adolescents with ID. (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: S Karthikayini S Arun Source Type: research

Understanding social media usage and engagement among women to inform breast cancer knowledge and prevention practices: Cross - sectional study in Delhi -National Capital Region of India
Conclusion: The study result justified significant impact of social media engagement on knowledge and practices of women to prevent breast cancer. (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nibha Sinha Alka Sharma Source Type: research

Differential and determinants of neonatal mortality: A comparative study in Northern and Southern Regions of India
Conclusions: Primary intervention is also required to reduce public health problem as neonatal mortality. It should be focused on education of mother, birth interval, age at birth, antenatal care, poverty reduction programs, and proper heath facility to pregnant mothers. (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kamalesh Kumar Patel Mukesh Kumar Source Type: research

Pregaming on alcohol products among male college students in puducherry-mixed-methods study
Conclusion: The prevalence of pregaming is high among current users however, the majority of them had the intention to quit this behavior. Counselors and health care professionals working in alcohol de-addiction centers should specifically question pregaming and its associated symptoms. Tailor-made interventions should be promoted to target the concept of pregaming-related consequences of alcohol addiction. (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Divya Rajaseharan Amol R Dongre Source Type: research

Dietary risk with other risk factors of breast cancer
Conclusion: High fat-low fiber diet is the most important risk factor for breast Cancer. (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Vijith Shetty Rashmi Kundapur Sachin Chandramohan Sharon Baisil Deepak Saxena Source Type: research

Correlates of cigarette smoking among adolescents in India
Conclusion: To eliminate smoking habits, efforts should also be made in the exploration of new ideas and their implementation by the public health experts in collaboration with international agencies, various nongovernmental organizations, and academic and research institutions. Let's plan for active action to make smoke-free environment based on evidence. (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jai Kishun Anup Kumar Uttam Singh Source Type: research

A systematic review on the therapeutic relevance of hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine in the management of COVID-19
Conclusions: Considering the known safety profile of these drugs in the treatment of other diseases, their availability and affordability, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are potential antiviral agents in the treatment of COVID-19. However, reported side effects of these drugs when used in conjunction with azithromycin in patients with comorbidities have raised significant safety concerns. High-quality randomized clinical trials are warranted to provide more comprehensive evidence of the safety of these drugs in patients infected with COVID-19. (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gerard Mccabe Dhruv Satya Sahni Srishti Ramsaha Source Type: research

Approaches to assess e-health programs: A scoping review
Conclusions: This review showed that available literature on the assessment of e-Health programs is heterogeneous in terms of the methodology used. e-Health interventions are highly contextual; therefore; the phase of maturity and objective of the assessment should be considered while carrying out the assessment of e-Health programs. (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nitin Kumar Joshi Pankaj Bhardwaj Deepak Saxena Praveen Suthar Vibha Joshi Source Type: research

Improving treatment of substance use disorders through community drug treatment clinics: An experiential account
Ravindra Rao, Anju Dhawan, Arpit Parmar, Deepak Yadav, Roshan BhadIndian Journal of Community Medicine 2021 46(3):370-373 India has a huge burden of substance use disorder (SUD). The national response to the problem of SUD has been to support addiction treatment centers either in government hospitals or in nongovernmental settings. The existing number of addiction treatment facilities is less compared to the burden of substance use in India. The existing models of treatment in India place undue emphasis on inpatient treatment of SUD. Community-based treatment aims to bring the treatment of SUD closer to the patients in th...
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ravindra Rao Anju Dhawan Arpit Parmar Deepak Yadav Roshan Bhad Source Type: research

Medical termination of pregnancy (Amendment Bill, 2021): Is it enough for Indian women regarding comprehensive abortion care ? ?
Sneha Kumari, Jugal KishoreIndian Journal of Community Medicine 2021 46(3):367-369 Medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) has been legalized in India since 1971 considering the huge burden of unsafe abortions. Even after about 50 years, Indian women continued to have unsafe abortions and face adverse and fatal consequences. At this point, only legislative amendments may not be sufficient but along with that, many other aspects need to be considered like awareness, availability, accessibility, affordability of quality MTP services, and contraceptives. People should know the adverse effects of taking unsupervised medical te...
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sneha Kumari Jugal Kishore Source Type: research

Evidence-based health policies and its discontents & #8211; Comparative global and Indian perspectives with a focus on the COVID-19 pandemic
Saurav BasuIndian Journal of Community Medicine 2021 46(3):363-366 (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Saurav Basu Source Type: research

Minutes of the Meeting of IAPSM General Body
Indian Journal of Community Medicine 2021 46(2):360-362 (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - May 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

IAPSM & #39;s efforts towards eliminating tuberculosis by 2025
Indian Journal of Community Medicine 2021 46(2):359-359 (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - May 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research