Educational short film versus powerpoint based lecture in school tobacco awareness programs: Study from a tertiary cancer Center, Kerala, India
Neethu Ambali Parambil, Phinse Mappalakayil Philip, Satheesan Balasubramanian, Maya PadmanabhanIndian Journal of Public Health 2022 66(1):61-63
Multimedia, being more attention-getting and attention-holding, is a powerful tool for mass awareness creation and is used for intervention among students in many studies. Our aim was to see the effectiveness of an educational short film in tobacco awareness generation and to compare it with the traditional lecture-based awareness. Selected schools were divided into two groups as per convenience. Short film was used as intervention in Group 1 and PowerPoint-based lecture in Group ...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - April 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Neethu Ambali Parambil Phinse Mappalakayil Philip Satheesan Balasubramanian Maya Padmanabhan Source Type: research
Physical and mental health status of women whose spouses inject drugs & #8211; A cross-sectional, multisite study
Ravindra Rao, Preethy Kathiresan, Kunal Kishore, Parveen Kumar, Charanjit Sharma, Jatinder Kumar MishraIndian Journal of Public Health 2022 66(1):57-60
Substance use disorder impacts the lives of significant others, more especially the wives of individuals using substances. However, the physical and mental health issues among wives of people who inject drugs (PWID) are less studied. The current cross-sectional, multisite study assessed the physical and mental health of wives of 433 PWID across six sites in Delhi. The mean age of the participants was 32.7 years (standard deviation: 9.7). More than 50% of the par...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - April 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ravindra Rao Preethy Kathiresan Kunal Kishore Parveen Kumar Charanjit Sharma Jatinder Kumar Mishra Source Type: research
Preventive measures and self-protective rights at workplace: A study on steel and power industry workers in Odisha, India
This study aims to assess the preventive measures and self-protective rights of employees at the workplace. A survey has been conducted in a steel and power industry of Angul district of Odisha (India) using a semi-structured interview schedule to assess the determinants of occupational hazards. Occupational health practices among 425 male workers were assessed from the steel and power industry using the population proportion to sample technique (PPS). Respondents from the higher educational background, skilled workers, Hindu religious group, general category, and employees with high-household income were significantly ass...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - April 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Parthsarathi Dehury K Anil Kumar Source Type: research
Experiences and challenges during implementation of operational guidelines of Maternal Near Miss Review of the Government of India at tertiary hospitals in Maharashtra
Ragini Nitin Kulkarni, Sanjay Chauhan, The Maternal Near Miss Working GroupIndian Journal of Public Health 2022 66(1):49-52
The Government of India released operational guidelines for Maternal Near Miss-Review (MNM-R) in December 2014 for implementation at all the tertiary hospitals in India. An implementation research study was conducted at two selected tertiary hospitals in Maharashtra to assess the feasibility of implementation of the MNM-R guidelines at these hospitals and document the experiences and challenges during this process. The study findings suggest that for implementation of MNMR guidelines at these tertiar...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - April 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ragini Nitin Kulkarni Sanjay Chauhan The Maternal Near Miss Working Group Source Type: research
Prevalence of novel Corona Virus (severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2) and its uncertain future in the different regions of Punjab
Conclusion: A higher positivity rate in the second wave demonstrates the rapid spread of the new emerging virus variants and warrants the implementation of strict vaccination regimes and quarantine in the affected region. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - April 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shailpreet Kaur Sidhu Kanwardeep Singh Arpandeep Kaur Tuli Samira Bigdelitabar Mohan Jairath Source Type: research
Barriers to treatment adherence for female Tuberculosis (TB) patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: Qualitative evidence from front-line TB interventions in Bengaluru City, India
Conclusion: The pandemic-induced barriers to treatment adherence for the vulnerable TB patients can lead to adverse treatment outcomes including disease relapse and drug resistance. It is hence suggested that there is an urgent need for recasting the frontline TB interventions in India in the context of the pandemic in order to achieve the goal of TB elimination. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - April 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sobin George Aditi Paranjpe Prajwal Nagesh Mohamed Saalim Source Type: research
Spatiotemporal epidemiology of Japanese encephalitis cases of Dibrugarh district from 2014 to 2018: A hospital record-based descriptive study
Conclusion: On the basis of the study, JE hotspots can be identified that would help health authorities to further investigate and identify the factors responsible for its occurrence. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - April 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Monuj Kurmi Jenita Baruah Source Type: research
A real-time investigation on public health consequences of chromium laden effluent from the leather industries
Conclusion: New mitigation strategies must be put forth to alleviate the negative impacts of the tanneries on the residents and nature most affected as well as the population as a whole. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - April 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Rinaldo John Anand Prem Rajan Source Type: research
Climate and Disease vulnerability analysis in blocks of Kalahandi District of Odisha, India
Conclusion: It is rare to find a health vulnerability-related study in India at this microlevel based on the suitable indicators selected for a tribal and backward region. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - April 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Martand Mani Mishra Netrananda Sahu Source Type: research
A critical assessment of stillbirths at a tertiary care hospital
Conclusion: Stillbirth remains a neglected issue. A significant proportion of stillbirths are preventable by adequate antenatal care. Notification of stillbirths will give us the exact figures and realization of the seriousness of the problem which will help us work towards the solutions. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - April 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Richa Aggarwal Amita Suneja Vandana Mohan Kiran Guleria Source Type: research
Association of birth weight with risk factors of cardiovascular diseases: A birth cohort analysis from a rural area of Northern India
Conclusion: Birth weight has inverse relationship with blood pressure. Effect of birth weight on CVDs should also be studied in future follow-ups. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - April 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Divya Valecha P. V. M. Lakshmi Naresh Sachdeva Rajesh Kumar Source Type: research
Prevalence of obesity and hypertension and its associated risk factors among chiru females of Manipur
Conclusion: The present study found a high prevalence of overweight and obesity among Chiru females, which might have contributed to the overall moderate prevalence of hypertension. Smoking, physical inactivity, and salt intake involve a significant risk of hypertension. Therefore, lifestyle has dramatically influenced the Chiru females of Manipur in terms of hypertension and obesity. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - April 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Hosea Thanglen Lorho Mary Maheo Source Type: research
The state of elderly in India: Life and challenges in the decade of healthy aging
Ashish Goel, Amanjot KaurIndian Journal of Public Health 2022 66(1):1-2 (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - April 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ashish Goel Amanjot Kaur Source Type: research
Post coronavirus disease-2019 vaccination Guillain-Barr & #233; syndrome
Anurug Biswas, Sanjay Kumar Pandey, Deepak Kumar, Harsh VardhanIndian Journal of Public Health 2021 65(4):422-424
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory demyelinating disorder of the peripheral nerve. Different variants of GBS can produce a wide array of symptoms among which motor weakness, areflexia without bladder-bowel involvement are commonly encountered. ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 is a recombinant Corona Virus Vaccine and it is incorporated into India's coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program. Few rare instances of serious neurological complications have been reported follo...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anurug Biswas Sanjay Kumar Pandey Deepak Kumar Harsh Vardhan Source Type: research
Revised kuppuswamy scale for 2021 based on new consumer price index and use of conversion factors
Syed Najmul Ain, Zahid Ali Khan, Mohamad Azhar GilaniIndian Journal of Public Health 2021 65(4):418-421
One of the factors that affect the health of the people is the socioeconomic class. One of the widely used scales for measuring socioeconomic status is the Kuppuswamy scale originally developed in 1976. It must be updated with time as it takes family income into account. The revision of income can be done by using Consumer price index for industrial workers. Conversion factors were given by earlier researchers whenever the base year changed to update the scale. Since the base year has now been changed to 2016, we are gi...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Syed Najmul Ain Zahid Ali Khan Mohamad Azhar Gilani Source Type: research
