Community-based approach to combat micronutrient deficiencies among irular tribal women: An education intervention
This study aims to examine the impact of educational intervention on the micronutrient status of the tribal women (n = 714, 15–60 years) in 15 hamlets of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, by census sampling method. Self-structured pretested questionnaires, participatory learning methods, and focus group discussions were adopted to record the background information (anthropometry, clinical signs of micronutrient deficiency, hemoglobin, and dietary assessments). Even though there was no increase in body mass index (BMI), there was a significant change in age, income, and BMI with hemoglobin levels. Imp...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jancirani Ramaswamy Tharanidevi Natarajan Soorya Haridas Kirthika Palanisamy Prema Nedungadi Source Type: research
Significance of Laboratory Markers in Predicting the Severity of COVID-19 in the Central Reserve Police Force Front-line Workers with a Review of Literature
CH Krishna Reddy, PK Achari, B Nisha, AR RadhaIndian Journal of Public Health 2022 66(4):512-515
COVID-19 disease has variable clinical presentations, ranging from asymptomatic to mild symptoms to severe manifestation with pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, septic shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and/or multiple organ failure. The real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction is gold standard test for severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 detection. In the present study, we aimed to predict the significance of various hematological and biochemical markers for e...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: CH Krishna Reddy PK Achari B Nisha AR Radha Source Type: research
Exploring the status of iodine deficiency disorders control program in Nagaland
Imlinungla Indian Journal of Public Health 2022 66(4):508-511
Globally, 1.9 billion individuals have inadequate iodine nutrition, of whom 285 million are school-aged children. Universal salt iodization is the favored preventive strategy for iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), the single largest cause of preventable mental retardation. Two thousand and twenty estimates show nearly 1 billion people do not consume iodized salt. When at least 90% of households consume adequately iodized salt (≥15 ppm), a country is said to have attained USI. Only 23 countries had household coverage of 90% or ...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Imlinungla Source Type: research
Extent, spectrum, and predictors of cognitive impairment in urban geriatric population in a district of North India
This study was carried out to assess extent, spectrum, and predictors of cognitive impairment in the participants. A community-based cross-sectional study was done on 616 urban geriatric participants of Varanasi city selected by multistage sampling procedure. The participants were interviewed about their sociodemographic profile using a predesigned and pretested pro forma, and their cognition was assessed through Mini-Mental State Examination tool. Logistic regression analysis was applied for an inferential purpose. Adjusted odds ratios (AORs) and 95% confidence interval were computed. Extent of cognitive impair...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Priya Keshari Hari Shankar Source Type: research
Spatial Modeling of leprosy disease in east java province with spatially varying regression coefficients models
Husnul Chotimah, IG N. Mindra JayaIndian Journal of Public Health 2022 66(4):501-503
Indonesia ranks third with the most leprosy cases globally. East Java is the province that has the highest leprosy cases. The Provincial Government socialized the East Java Leprosy Eradication Program, which targets a maximum of one leprosy case per 10,000 residents. We propose spatially varying regression coefficients models to evaluate the effects of risk factors on of leprosy cases in East Java, use Geographically Weighted Generalized Poisson Regression and Geographically Weighted Negative Binomial Regression (GWNBR) models. The best m...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Husnul Chotimah IG N. Mindra Jaya Source Type: research
Technology-based tobacco cessation training in Indian context
Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha, Abhinav Prakash Arya, Gaurav Jain, Anandakumar Pandi, Saurabh VarshneyIndian Journal of Public Health 2022 66(4):498-500
In tobacco use disorders (TUDs), technology-based training of health-care professionals can reduce the treatment gap and bring attitudinal change. The study aimed to assess the practices and determine the change in knowledge and attitude among health-care professionals following an online training program (OTP). Half-day OTP on tobacco cessation using prepost quasi-experimental study design with a structured questionnaire-based assessment was conducted. Among 293 completed sur...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Abhinav Prakash Arya Gaurav Jain Anandakumar Pandi Saurabh Varshney Source Type: research
Risk factors for severe rhino-orbital mucormycosis during its epidemic post-COVID-19 pandemic
Gopal Krushna Das, Ankur Singh, Nitika Beri, Pramod Kumar Sahu, Tanya Bisht, Isha SharmaIndian Journal of Public Health 2022 66(4):494-497
Postsecond wave of COVID-19 pandemic in the year 2021, rhino-orbital mucormycosis (ROM) was seen as an epidemic in the Indian community. Severe ROM disease has poor prognosis and requires a multidisciplinary approach for treatment. Hence, its prevention is better than cure. Studies done during the epidemic assessed predisposing factors, but this was a novel study which focused on assessing risk factors for severe disease of ROM. Ninety-four consecutive patients of ROM admitted at our d...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gopal Krushna Das Ankur Singh Nitika Beri Pramod Kumar Sahu Tanya Bisht Isha Sharma Source Type: research
Trends in selected birth defects among parents from below poverty line population in Karnataka during 2010 & #8211;2020
DC Nanjunda, S Jyothi Lakshmi, H Rajesh Acharya, Amit Kumar MishraIndian Journal of Public Health 2022 66(4):490-493
The aim of the study is to reveal the common birth defects among parents of newborns belonging to the below poverty line (BPL) category in Karnataka state (South India) by analyzing Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust data. In the last 10 years, 3672 kids in BPL families have been born with various birth abnormalities. It is found that 50.3% of newborns have anorectal malformations, 33.1% have hypospadias, 6.0% have diaphragmatic hernia, 5.1% have esophageal atresia, an...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: DC Nanjunda S Jyothi Lakshmi H Rajesh Acharya Amit Kumar Mishra Source Type: research
Spectrofluorimetric-based approach to screen urine contamination in drinking water: A step toward the development of screening method for leptospirosis
Deepak Kumar, Deepak Yadav, Sumanpreet Kaur, Sheemona Chowdhary, Rajasri Bhattacharyya, Dibyajyoti BanerjeeIndian Journal of Public Health 2022 66(4):487-489
Hygiene hypothesis and sanitization are two important pivots of modern civilization. The drinking water should be free from urine and stool contamination. Coliform test is popular for understanding feces contamination. However, understanding urine contamination in drinking water is a difficult task. On the other hand, urine contamination can cause disease like leptospirosis. It occurs mainly in animals and infects humans through contaminated water, food, and soil and...
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Deepak Kumar Deepak Yadav Sumanpreet Kaur Sheemona Chowdhary Rajasri Bhattacharyya Dibyajyoti Banerjee Source Type: research
A survey of the training and working arrangements of general practitioners providing asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care in a rural area of Maharashtra State
Conclusion: Many GPs practising “modern medicine” only had qualifications in Ayurveda/Homeopathy and fewer GPs are involved in the management of COPD as compared to asthma. These are important factors that form the context for initiatives seeking to improve the quality of community-based care for people with CRD in Maharashtra state in India. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Dhiraj Agarwal Makrand Ghorpade Pam Smith Sanjay Juvekar Hilary Pinnock Source Type: research
Postpartum depression and its clinico-social correlates & #8211; A community-based study in aligarh
Conclusions: About one in every 10 postpartum females suffered from depression but did not seek health care for the same. Women facing social pathologies such as substance abuse in husband, marital conflict, and poor relationship with in-laws are more at risk of PPD. Screening for PPD should be included in the maternal and child health care programs to ensure early diagnosis and treatment. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mehnaz Aslam Tabassum Nawab Anees Ahmad Ali Jafar Abedi Suhail Ahmed Azmi Source Type: research
Effect of COVID-19 lockdown on lifestyle habits and self-care practices of diabetic and hypertensive patients in rural Shimla and Udaipur & #8211; Findings from the HealthRise India program
Conclusion: Participants exposed to support, appreciate, learn, and transfer-community life competence process (SALT-CLCP) intervention maintained metabolic control during the COVID-19 pandemic with improved behavioral and self-care practices. Community-based interventions such as SALT-CLCP method bring ownership and empower community in achieving the better health outcomes. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Santhosh Kumar Kaza Pallavi Gupta Ruchi Vaidya Shalini Chandrashekar Nooyi Nayanjeet Chaudhury Source Type: research
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on influenza surveillance: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Conclusion: The meta-analysis concludes that globally there was a decline in influenza surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic except in Canada. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sasidharanpillai Sabeena Nagaraja Ravishankar Sudandiradas Robin Source Type: research
Social isolation, social support, and psychological distress among the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study from central India
Conclusion: Social isolation and lack of social support were significant predictors of psychological distress among the elderly during the pandemic. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Akkilagunta Sujiv S Kalaiselvi Mithilesh Kumar Tiwari Pradeep Deshmukh Source Type: research
Study of maternal and fetal outcomes in obese women
Conclusions: It was clearly evident from the present study that maternal obesity had adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. Maternal obesity was strongly associated with antenatal complications like gestational diabetes mellitus, gestational hypertension, preeclampsia and increase in need for induction of labour and operative interference. (Source: Indian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mansi Kumar Kimaya A Mali Source Type: research
