Indian Journal of Public Health

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In this article, we describe the profile of patients who were issued disability certificates from the neurology unit of a medical college in Maharashtra, India. In a retrospective cross-sectional study of 1-year duration, the demographic and clinical details of 102 participants were studied, of which 100 were issued the certificate. The mean age was 36 ± 14.04 years. There were more number of male applicants (65%) than females. Motor disability (71%) was the most common manifestation for which disability certificate was sought...

Shigellosis is one of the driving factors for extrahepatic manifestations of sexually transmitted Hepatitis-C infection, which was previously thought to affect only men who have sex with men (MSM) who were human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive. Highly infectious diseases like shigellosis which has been termed as the potent factor for creating "perfect storm" of disease transmission with the conjunction of specific sexual activities between men, and HIV status is something which needs attention. Strategies such as health communication and social marketing could be utilized to enhance MSM awareness of shigellosis, and these efforts should focus on giving answers to the sorts of queries respondents pose regarding shigellosis...

Heavy metals are capable of inducing toxicity even at lower levels and the contamination adversely impact humans, animals, and plants thus, resulting in variety of health issues. Thus, the present study investigated the presence of metals in the serum of mothers (n = 77) having Down syndrome children and healthy control mothers (n = 86) and the possible association of heavy metals with genotype. We found that increased levels of cobalt were significantly associated with MTHFR 677 C>T, RFC 80 A>G, and CBS844ins68 polymorphisms in cases...

Hypertension is a global public health issue. Being a silent killer, very rarely symptoms are seen in the early stages till a severe medical crisis (heart attack, stroke, or chronic kidney disease) occurs. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of hypertension in urban slums and to evaluate the association of hypertension with various modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors. Data were collected by house-to-house visits in the slums. Pro forma created in the Magpi app was used to collect demographic characteristics and record anthropometric findings...

Pregnancy intention refers to a women's thinking at the time she became aware that she was pregnant. It can be categorized as intended and unintended. Identifying pregnancy intentions during prenatal periods help to employ careful monitoring of pregnancy that is at high risk for mother and children's health outcomes. Unintended pregnancy is a contributing factor for maternal and infant mortality, which is still high in Nepal. Reproductive and family planning program should incorporate pregnancy intention domains in health education and counseling with priority to design program to address and reduce unintended pregnancy...

The study reports the trend of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection observed from 2020 to 2022 in the city of Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, across each week in relation to the corresponding severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) sewage positivity data and other non-COVID-19 respiratory viral infections such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The data on COVID-19 cases were procured from public domains, whereas the molecular testing of sewage samples and clinical samples for influenza and RSV was performed at our unit...

Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a major public health concern in Yemen, particularly in areas affected by ongoing conflict war. SAM is defined as a very low weight for height, by visible severe wasting, or by the presence of nutritional edema. The prevalence of SAM in Yemen has increased dramatically since the onset of the conflict. Prior studies have focused on evaluating prevalence, but this novel study aimed to assess the risk factors associated with SAM prevalence. Five thousand two hundred and seventeen patients of SAM admitted at 12 sentinel hospitals were enrolled, and data were collected and analyzed...

Health system strengthening is a much-needed priority to achieve the major public health goals of control, elimination, and eradication of various diseases. It depends on improving the country's ability to successfully perform essential functions while focusing on sustainability, equity, effectiveness, and efficiency. Medical colleges and public health institutions play an integral role in health system strengthening by educating and training the current and the future generations of health-care workforce with a vision to achieve the global standards in public health...

Men have conventionally been excluded from Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services, thereby reinforcing the erroneous notion that pregnancy and the processes leading to childbirth and child-rearing are the preserve of women. Participation of men in MCH is crucial for the reduction of infant and maternal mortality. This scoping review focuses on the contribution of male involvement to MCH care and explores the feasible strategies to improve it. Studies on male involvement in the crucial timelines of the MCH and strategies for implementing and improving male involvement in MCH care in India and other developing countries were obtained through a review of literature in PubMed databases using the medical subject headings (MeSH) terms and unpublished, grey literature during the year 1990-2020...

Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a common symptom experienced by all the cancer patients at all stages of the disease and in survivors. Fatigue from cancer is one of the understated, underestimated, and least managed. Several scales have been developed to measure CRF, but they vary in the quality of psychometric properties, ease of administration, and dimensions of CRF. This systematic review explores the validity and reliability of the different CRF measurement scales. A systematic review methodology was followed to identify the scales that have been validated to measure CRF...

BACKGROUND: Globally, hypertension is the leading risk factor for men and women and the largest contributor to premature deaths and diseases in India. Health literacy (HL) and health-care access are important determinants for self-care management of hypertension. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of HL, health-care access, and their importance in the self-care management of hypertension. METHODS: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 104 known hypertensive patients for 2 months from May to June 2022...

BACKGROUND: Large food portion size is contributing toward overweight and obesity rates and has been found directly proportional to increase in portion size. OBJECTIVES: The study was done to see the effect of health promotion intervention on small portion size consumption behavior using multitheory model (MTM). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A quasi-experimental study was conducted among students of age groups 18 - 21 years in two different colleges from North India between 2019 to 2020...

BACKGROUND: Integration of HIV care into family planning (FP) services would help in reducing unintended pregnancies among women living with HIV. OBJECTIVES: This study focuses on determining the health system cost for providing the linked HIV-FP services per beneficiary for the year 2019-2020. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using mixed micro-costing approach costs were collected from two tertiary hospitals in Maharashtra, India. The economic costs collected from gynaecology department and anti-retroviral treatment center were combined and added with package, program, and intervention costs to obtain health-system costs...

BACKGROUND: Providing health-care services through telemedicine for musculoskeletal ailments after the first wave of COVID-19 may help reduce the burden on the already-strained health-care system. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were (1) to assess the satisfaction levels of orthopedic surgeons and patients with respect to telemedicine and (2) to determine the factors governing the overall efficacy of telemedicine consultations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted to ascertain the perception of telemedicine (both doctors and patients) under the following domains - (1) information provided and ease of usage; (2) doctor-patient communication; (3) ease of prescribing and understanding treatment; and (4) audio-video quality of the consultation...