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Cost of outpatient department services at a community health center of Bankura, West Bengal
Conclusion: Close monitoring is required by aligning the staffing pattern and patient activities and having adequate number of staff with right skill at right place and time for efficiency, productivity, and cost-effectiveness. (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - March 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sumana Samanta Dibakar Haldar Daliya Biswas Sourav Lo Indrajit Saha Source Type: research

Challenges of the deaf and hearing impaired in the masked world of COVID-19
Suneela Garg, Chetana Prakash Deshmukh, Meghachandra M Singh, Amod Borle, Blake S WilsonIndian Journal of Community Medicine 2021 46(1):11-14 Difficulties of the hearing impaired have increased due to COVID-19, leading to lack of inclusiveness along with the breakdown of their mental, physical, and social health. The study objective was to assess the challenges faced by the deaf and hearing-impaired people during COVID-19 by a literature review. Literature search was done using keywords such as “challenges” OR “barriers” and “COVID-19” OR ...
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - March 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Suneela Garg Chetana Prakash Deshmukh Meghachandra M Singh Amod Borle Blake S Wilson Source Type: research

Demystifying R naught: Understanding what does it hide ?
Arun Kumar Yadav, Surinder Kumar, Gurpreet Singh, Nikunj Kumar KansaraIndian Journal of Community Medicine 2021 46(1):7-14 Since the onset of the pandemic in Wuhan city, China, forecasting and projections of the pandemic are the areas of interest for the investigators, and the basic reproduction rate R0 always stayed the favorite tool. The basic reproduction number (R0) is either ratio or rate or the basic reproductive rate. This dimensionless number was calculated in the past to describe the contagiousness or transmissibility of infectious agents for many communicable diseases. Its importance in the context of COVID-19 i...
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - March 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Arun Kumar Yadav Surinder Kumar Gurpreet Singh Nikunj Kumar Kansara Source Type: research

Is it the right time to introduce the hepatitis B booster vaccine in national immunization schedule ? An analysis from the available evidence
Sudip Bhattacharya, Ozden Gokdemir, Md Abu Bashar, Arulmani Thiyagarajan, Amarjeet SinghIndian Journal of Community Medicine 2021 46(1):4-6 Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global health concern, and it is considered one of the deadliest infections in the world, having nearly 1.2 million deaths annually. Around 75% of all global HBV carriers live in the Asia-Pacific region. In this regard, India has a prevalence ranging between 2% and 7% with exposure rates of 10%–60%. Hepatitis B is a vaccine-preventable disease. In India, the World Health Organiza...
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - March 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sudip Bhattacharya Ozden Gokdemir Md Abu Bashar Arulmani Thiyagarajan Amarjeet Singh Source Type: research

A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis of public health in India in the context of COVID-19 pandemic
Harshad ThakurIndian Journal of Community Medicine 2021 46(1):1-3 (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - March 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Harshad Thakur Source Type: research

Health workers & #39; approach toward Adverse Events following immunization & #8211; An insight from Madhya Pradesh
Snehal Parmar, Tapasvi Puwar, Deepak Saxena, Santosh Shukla, Apurva Kumar PandyaIndian Journal of Community Medicine 2020 45(4):567-568 (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Snehal Parmar Tapasvi Puwar Deepak Saxena Santosh Shukla Apurva Kumar Pandya Source Type: research

Effectiveness of the training material on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease designed for accredited social health activist workers: A quasi-experiment design
Monica S Barne, Bhushan A Girase, Dhananjay V Pathak, Deesha D Ghorpade, Prakash P Doke, Sundeep S SalviIndian Journal of Community Medicine 2020 45(4):565-566 (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Monica S Barne Bhushan A Girase Dhananjay V Pathak Deesha D Ghorpade Prakash P Doke Sundeep S Salvi Source Type: research

Rapid assessment of diet provided in public health facilities of selected districts of Madhya Pradesh
Manju Toppo, Dinesh Kumar Pal, Devendra Gour, Akhil R Nair, Shipra Verma, Harshima SawlaniIndian Journal of Community Medicine 2020 45(4):563-564 (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Manju Toppo Dinesh Kumar Pal Devendra Gour Akhil R Nair Shipra Verma Harshima Sawlani Source Type: research

Errors in the use of multivariable logistic regression analysis: An empirical analysis
Rajeev Kumar MalhotraIndian Journal of Community Medicine 2020 45(4):560-562 (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Rajeev Kumar Malhotra Source Type: research

Knowledge on practice regarding self-defense against sexual harassment among females in Mangalore with a view to providing an informational pamphlet
Seema Shankarsingh Chavan, Roweena Fern, Shilpa T Augustine, Uma NayakIndian Journal of Community Medicine 2020 45(4):558-559 (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Seema Shankarsingh Chavan Roweena Fern Shilpa T Augustine Uma Nayak Source Type: research

Prescription audit of treatment of diarrhoea and pneumonia amongst paediatrician in Bhopal
Conclusion: There is a huge need of improvement in prescribing patterns in areas of complete prescriptions with clinical features, follow-up advice along with rational choice of drugs with dose, and duration. (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Devendra Gour Manju Toppo Dinesh Kumar Pal Harshima Sawlani Shipra Verma Akhil R Nair Sudarshan Kushwah Source Type: research

Sexual behaviors of HIV-infected men who have sex with men in Jos, Plateau State, North Central Nigeria
Conclusions: This study has brought to light a significant level of risky sexual behaviors among HIV-infected MSM with condom use, multiple same sexual engagement, transactional sex, and bisexual concurrency as areas of possible interventions. (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tolulope Olumide Afolaranmi Zuwaira Ibrahim Hassan Zaman Misari Obinna Joseph Ugwu Philip Adewale Adeoye Oluwaleke James Fayenuwo Eugene Chidi Eugene Akinyemi Olugbenga David Ofakunrin Moses Peter Chingle Ali Ishaq Shugaba Source Type: research

Occupational health of agricultural women workers in India
Conclusion: Implementation of social security and welfare measures by the Government for the agricultural women could enhance the health of women workers. (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: J Raja Meenakshi Sigamani Panneer Source Type: research

Assessment of tobacco control policy in India: An evaluation using the World Health Organization MPOWER framework
Conclusions: Tobacco control policies in India have shown an overall improvement. Achievements have been made even though several implementations related challenges requiring urgent attention persist. (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anurag Saxena Khushbu Sharma Vidhee Avashia Source Type: research

Prevalence of asthma and sleep-related breathing disorder in school-going children
Conclusion: There is a significantly high prevalence of asthma and SRBD with a good association between them in school-going children. (Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - October 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Rashmi Kaushal Pankaj Bhardwaj Akhil Dhanesh Goel Shashank Shekhar Prawin Kumar Jagdish Prasad Goyal Source Type: research