Rita Isaac

Christian Medical College Vellore | CMCH-Vellore · Department of RUHSA

Introduction: The concept of adolescent health is getting importance ahead globally, thus far there is a paucity of national studies to assess the health behaviour and stress level among adolescent boys. Objectives: This study was aimed to assess the health behaviour and stress level among adolescent boys in Vellore city, Tamil Nadu. Methodology: D...

Knowledge Attitude and Practice among mothers regarding post partum care in a Rural Community of Tamil Nadu

Aim: The aim of the study was to develop and assess an instrument to measure the stress level among adolescent boys in relation to school, family, personal and social life. Methods: Before administering the ABSQ-2015 to adolescent boys (N=380), experts from nursing and psychology in research, practice, tool development reviewed it twice, known as t...

In order to study the epidemiology of acute otitis media (AOM) and Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal colonization in the first 2 years of life, we followed up an unvaccinated birth cohort monthly and at visits when sick, with otoscopy to detect AOM and performed nasopharyngeal swabbing to detect S. pneumoniae . Serotyping of positive cultures...

Voluntary blood donation is an act of selflessness, blood donors demonstrate altruistic behavior and a good attitude towards the well-being of society. The dream and the ultimate aim of the developing countries is to achieve total 100% voluntary blood donations to provide safe blood for a needy population. There are many factors that determine the...

Background: Blood donation is a divine act that serves a humanitarian cause. Blood transfusion saves lives and improves health of many patients. Every component of blood can be used and it plays an important role in saving the lives of different individuals in the community. Blood banks urge everyone to respond to the needs of patients so that they...

Blood donation is a noble act and blood donors are the angels of Goodwill since they donate blood for saving human lives. Blood donor recruitment and retention is important as human blood is an essential to save human life. This study designed and conducted over a period of eight weeks to investigate determinants which influence to donate blood vol...

Parenting is a process of raising and educating children from birth until adulthood. Parenting style varies across cultures. This chapter discusses the parenting styles in India. It includes the factors influencing parenting and changes that have happened in India over the years with globalization and industrialization and existing policies, scheme...

Recruitment of voluntary blood donors is an important task. Human blood is an essential element of the human life and there are no substitutes for it . Studies have proved that voluntary blood donation enhances safe blood transfusion when compared to replacement blood donation. The need for blood is growing day by day as a result of the advancement...

Abstract We examined the association between metabolic syndrome (MS) and its individual defining criteria on all-cause mortality in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons. We used data from 567 HIV-infected participants of the Nutrition for Healthy Living study with study visits between 9/1/2000 and 1/31/2004 and determined mortality t...

Objectives: Despite being one of the commonest causes of morbidity among infants, there are no reliable data on the incidence and risk factors of upper respiratory infection among Indian infants. Accordingly, we aimed to study the incidence and age related prevalence, socio-demographic risk factors and association between upper respiratory infecti...

Background: The majority of women in rural India have poor or no access to cervical cancer screening services, although one-quarter of all cervical cancers in the world occur there. Several large trials have proven the efficacy of low-tech cervical cancer screening methods in the Indian context but none have documented the necessary components and...

Objective To establish the role of various risk factors for otitis media among preschool, rural Indian children. Methods A cross sectional study of 800 children was undertaken to determine the prevalence of otitis media. Thereafter, using a case control study design, all the cases and an equal number of controls were compared in terms of various c...

To establish the role of various risk factors for otitis media among preschool, rural Indian children. A cross sectional study of 800 children was undertaken to determine the prevalence of otitis media. Thereafter, using a case control study design, all the cases and an equal number of controls were compared in terms of various common risk factors...

To determine the relationship between incident depression symptoms and suboptimal adherence to HIV highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Participants in a cohort study of persons with HIV on HAART with at least 4 consecutive semiannual study visits were included (n = 225). Incident depression was defined as having 2 visits with a negative d...

Abstract Objectives (a) To study knowledge, attitudes and practices with respect to risk factors of otitis media in a rural South Indian Community where the prevalence of otitis media is high. (b) To discover the association between parental education, socioeconomic status (SES) and family type (nuclear or joint) with knowledge, attitudes and pract...

(a) To study knowledge, attitudes and practices with respect to risk factors of otitis media in a rural South Indian Community where the prevalence of otitis media is high. (b) To discover the association between parental education, socioeconomic status (SES) and family type (nuclear or joint) with knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding risk...

In India, little is known about health care-seeking behavior among HIV-infected individuals. Similarly, little is known about how HIV is being treated in the community, in particular by Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM) providers. Therefore, while ART implementation programs continue to expand, it is important to determine whether the knowledge, att...

The effect of depression on dietary intake has not, to our knowledge, been examined in persons with HIV infection. We conducted a longitudinal analysis of participants in the Nutrition for Healthy Living Study (NFHL). We measured changes in dietary macronutrient intake in participants who developed depression and, using multiple regression analysis...

Background: India risks experiencing the greatest increase in HIV cases worldwide, making implementation of effective testing/counseling/treatment programs imperative. This requires understanding health care resource availability/usage within the population. Methods: In urban/rural Vellore, we gathered data focusing on issues of HIV knowledge and t...

World-wide, drowning is one of the leading causes of death in children between 1 and 12 years of age, especially in low- and middle-income countries. To assess the community's perceptions of the common causes of death in children, the level of awareness of drowning as a major cause and the reasons for the high rate of drowning, and to discuss preve...

A cross sectional study design to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of mothers regarding parenting of children less than 3 years of age was conducted with 120 mothers from both rural and urban areas of South India. Mothers were interviewed in their homes using a structured questionnaire. The nutritional status of their children was asses...