Impact assessment of accreditation in primary and secondary public health-care institutions in Kerala, India
Conclusion: If accreditation has to bring the embedded quality, structural, and procedural aspects of health-care facilities must be improved. Structural upgradation of a health-care facility alone cannot guarantee patient satisfaction. Accreditation process must be perceived as a tool for holistic and continuous transformation of a health-care facility overarching infrastructural and interpersonal domains. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - June 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sindhu Joseph Source Type: research
Application of Health Behavioral Models in Smoking Cessation & #8211; A Systematic Review
Conclusion: Both HBM- and TTM-based trainings were found to have positive effects on both smoking cessation and progression between the stages. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - June 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Karthikayan Ravi K Indrapriyadharshini PD Madankumar Source Type: research
Dimension reduction of subjective motivational values toward child gender tool tested in women of reproductive age from a hospital in rural area of Himachal Pradesh, India
Conclusion: MCVG is novel tool in its kind with well scalable properties in measuring subjective motivational values towards child gender. After EFA, total questions across 10 domains reduced from 52 to 28, across 8 domains, loaded on 8 factors with good reliability and agreement. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - June 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Dinesh Kumar Shabab Ahmad Chirag Goel Avi Kumar Bansal Shripad Patil Source Type: research
One health paradigm: Challenges and opportunities for mitigating vulnerabilities associated with health of living beings
Arun Kumar SharmaIndian Journal of Public Health 2021 65(2):93-95 (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - June 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Arun Kumar Sharma Source Type: research
Celebrating small victories & #8211; My journey through two decades of AIDS response
Sanjay Zodpey, Subhash SalunkeIndian Journal of Public Health 2021 65(1):89-90 (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - March 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sanjay Zodpey Subhash Salunke Source Type: research
Till we win: India & #39;s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
Rajib DasguptaIndian Journal of Public Health 2021 65(1):87-88 (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - March 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Rajib Dasgupta Source Type: research
Scrub typhus with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a 3-month-old child from a tertiary care hospital of Odisha
Sanjay Kumar Sahu, Jyoti Ranjan Behera, Sushrith Kumar YadavIndian Journal of Public Health 2021 65(1):85-86
Scrub typhus is one of the re-emerging infectious diseases in India, whereas hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) results from an uncontrolled and ineffective hyperinflammatory response to a variety of triggers. HLH is categorized into primary and secondary type with infection being one of the leading causes of secondary HLH. Here, we report a case of 3-month-old girl diagnosed with scrub typhus associated with secondary HLH as both the age of presentation and the association are rarely reported in literature. ...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - March 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sanjay Kumar Sahu Jyoti Ranjan Behera Sushrith Kumar Yadav Source Type: research
Meeting oxygen requirements of rural India: A self-contained solution
Nirupam Madaan, Biraj Chandra Paul, Randeep GuleriaIndian Journal of Public Health 2021 65(1):82-84
Addressing oxygen requirements of rural India should aim at using a safe, low-cost, easily available, and replenishable source of oxygen of moderate purity. This may be possible with the provision of a self-sustaining oxygen concentrator (pressure swing adsorption with multiple molecular sieve technology) capable of delivering oxygen at high-flow rates, through a centralized distribution system to 100 or more bedded rural hospitals, with back up from an oxygen bank of 10 × 10 cylinders. This will provide a 24 &#...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - March 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nirupam Madaan Biraj Chandra Paul Randeep Guleria Source Type: research
Herbal smoke: Next hurricane on horizon
Archna Agnihotri, Poonam Sood, Antervir KaurIndian Journal of Public Health 2021 65(1):76-81
Unsupervised marketing strategies of alternative smoke have made the youth fall prey to herbal smoke in the form of herbal cigarettes and hookahs. The easy online access, exotic looks, and flavors; marketed as safer, healthy alternatives, as an aid to quit smoking has made global herbal cigarette and hookah market see soaring sales in the past decade. Various studies have proven their popularity among the youth and minors with perceptions of being safer and smart alternatives. The scientific studies have shown that herbal smoke is...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - March 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Archna Agnihotri Poonam Sood Antervir Kaur Source Type: research
Industrially produced trans fat: Usage, health implications, global and indian regulations
Sakshi Chopra, Charu Arora, Anita Malhotra, Suresh Chander KhuranaIndian Journal of Public Health 2021 65(1):71-75
Global momentum is growing for the total elimination of industrially produced trans fats from the food systems as they are known to have deleterious health effects on various body functions particularly the cardiovascular health. Many developed nations such as Denmark have completely eliminated the use of industrially produced trans fats from the food supply. India is undergoing a significant nutrition transition that has substantially increased the intake of processed and ready-to-eat foods, abundant in tran...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - March 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sakshi Chopra Charu Arora Anita Malhotra Suresh Chander Khurana Source Type: research
Adherence to the tobacco-free educational institution guidelines at schools of Raipur Rani, Haryana
Amit Kumar, Arpit Gupta, Sonu Goel, Krishan Gauba, Ashima GoyalIndian Journal of Public Health 2021 65(1):67-70
Tobacco-Free Educational Institution (ToFEI) guidelines are required to be followed by the schools. This cross-sectional study conducted in the year 2019 assessed the accordance with ToFEI guidelines among all the 84 schools of Raipur Rani educational block, Haryana. Investigators collected data from all the government (71) and private (13) schools during school working days. Tobacco sales within 100 yards of the school premises was covertly observed. None of the schools thoroughly complied with the tobacco-free...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - March 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Amit Kumar Arpit Gupta Sonu Goel Krishan Gauba Ashima Goyal Source Type: research
Prediction of mortality by age and multi-morbidities among confirmed COVID-19 patients: Secondary analysis of surveillance data in Pune, Maharashtra, India
This study was conducted to describe the predictors of death among the confirmed cases of COVID-19 by carrying out a secondary analysis of surveillance data of 11,278 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases and admitted in dedicated COVID hospitals and dedicated COVID health-care centers between April 4, 2020, and July 17, 2020, in Pune district of Maharashtra. A total of 1270 (11.2%, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 10.7–11.9) deaths out of 11,278 patients were reported. Out of the 1270 deaths, 825 (65%) were male and 788 (62%) had one or more comorbidities. Logistic regression w...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - March 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nikunj Kansara Ashok B Nandapurkar Rahul Maniyar Arun Kumar Yadav Source Type: research
Trend, morbidity profile and immunization status of diphtheria admitted cases: A 5-years review from a sentinel centre in Kolkata
Samir Kumar Ray, Baisakhi Maji, Anima Haldar, Baijayanti BaurIndian Journal of Public Health 2021 65(1):60-63
Despite strengthening of the universal immunization program, diphtheria remains endemic in India. Diphtheria is under surveillance for vaccine-preventable diseases of the World Health Organization and also in India. The present record-based retrospective study was conducted on 241 confirmed diphtheria patients admitted in an infectious disease hospital of Kolkata over 5 years (2015–2019) with the objectives of assessing the admission trend, immunization status, and outcome of patients. Among the patie...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - March 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Samir Kumar Ray Baisakhi Maji Anima Haldar Baijayanti Baur Source Type: research
Expounding on the concerns of indian politicians regarding fluorosis: A qualitative analysis of parliamentary questions on fluorosis over two decades
Nesa Aurlene, V Aravinth, I Nanda Balan, Sunder KoteIndian Journal of Public Health 2021 65(1):57-59
Fluorosis is a major public health problem in India affecting nearly 20 states. Despite more than three decades of fluorosis prevention efforts, fluorosis continues to be a widely prevalent disease in India. The debilitating effects of skeletal fluorosis are well documented and pose a serious health risk to people who consume excess fluoride. In order to understand whether fluorosis was being given importance as a public health problem by elected politicians, we analyzed parliamentary questions posed in both the houses of ...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - March 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nesa Aurlene V Aravinth I Nanda Balan Sunder Kote Source Type: research
Efficacy of an online course in developing competency for prescribing balanced diet by medical students: A non - inferiority trial
Conclusion: Online teaching is effective to learn the prescription of balanced diet. Similar efforts in other domains can make medical education evidence based in the current scenario. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - March 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Zinia T Nujum P Devanand G Remya U Anuja Source Type: research
