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Background
AIDS stigma exists in a variety of ways, including ostracism, rejection, discrimination, and avoidance of HIV-infected people. Some people are rejected by family and community, whereas others face poor treatment in healthcare and educational settings, erosion of their rights, and psychologic damage. All these limit access to HIV testing,...
The treatment outcome "default" under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) is a patient who after treatment initiation has interrupted treatment consecutively for more than 2 months.
To assess the timing, characteristics and distribution of the reasons for default with relation to some sociodemographic variables among new sputum-po...
Background:
In India in 2010, 14.1% of retreatment of TB patients' treatment outcome was 'default'. Since 2002, in Paschim Midnapur District (West Bengal), it has been around 15-20%.
Objectives:
To determine the timing, characteristics and risk factors associated with default among retreatment TB patients on DOTS.
Methodology:
It was a case co...
Aggression affects academic learning and emotional development, can damage school climate and if not controlled early and may precipitate extreme violence in the future.
(1) To determine the magnitude and types of aggressive behavior in school children. (2) To identify the influence of age and sex on aggressive behavior.
A cross-sectional study was...
The objective of this cross-sectional study was to assess the association between nutritional status and household food security among 200 preschool children of ICDS centers of Madhyamgram. Nutritional status and food security were assessd using z-score of the WHO Child Growth Standard and six item food security scale of USDA. 71.5%, 22.5% and 6% c...
Both magnitude and severity of disability in new leprosy patients measure indirectly the disease transmission in the community and rapidity of case detection. Various factors might be associated with the presence of impairment at registration.
To find out the prevalence of both grade 1 and grade 2 disability among new leprosy patients along with as...
Early marriage and confinement are contributing factors to high maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity.
To assess the magnitude of the problem of teenage pregnancy and its complications.
A hospital-based cohort study was undertaken over 4 months among women admitted to a rural hospital in West Bengal. The study cohort comprised of teenage m...
A cross-sectional study in a representative sample of 751 women, living in slums, examined their perspectives on partner and relationship factors of domestic violence. More than 17% of women experienced physical violence in the past year. Individual factors related to the husband-namely, poor socioeconomic status, use of alcohol, extramarital relat...
To evaluate and summarize the effectiveness of interventions to change sexual behavior and consequently revent transmission of HIV/AIDS among street children and young people
To evaluate and summarize the effectiveness of in interventions to change sexual risk behavior and consequently prevent transmission of HIV/AIDS among street children and young people
To study the effectiveness of behavioral interventions to reduce the transmission of HIV infection among commercial sex workers and their clients in developing countries
A cross-sectional survey was conducted upon 500 respondents, comprising of 250 adults and 250 children who did consume antibiotics in the previous three months. Data were analysed to determine the patterns of utilisation, compliance and awareness regarding antibiotic medication amongst a selected urban population at Kolkata. Antibiotic consumption...
To determine the impact of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services on child survival in a socio-economically backward rural community.
Twelve villages in Pondicherry with a population of 16,803.
Prospective study.
A birth cohort of 356 live births (LB) born between January 1st and December 31st 1988.
The live births were followed-up from birth to...
Some of the highest exposures to air pollutants in developing countries occur inside homes where biofuels are used for daily cooking. Inhalation of these pollutants may cause deleterious effects on health. We studied the effects of exposure to indoor air pollution from the use of cooking fuels on lung functions and respiratory symptoms in women age...
