Sanjay Pattanshetty

Manipal Academy of Higher Education | MAHE · Department of Public Health

Caregivers of children living with HIV/AIDS (CLWHA) face unique challenges due to disease-related stigma and discrimination, isolation from society, financial constraints, grief and mortality of loved one. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at Udupi ART centre to assess the caregiver burden, psychological distress and their associate...

Background: Health-related quality of life (QOL) is considered as an important component in the diabetes care and management; unfortunately, assessments of diabetes interventions focus mainly on glycemic control with limited consideration of QOL. Objective: Assessment of QOL among diabetic patients registered in primary health centers of Udupi talu...

Leptospirosis is one of the most under diagnosed and underreported disease in both developed and developing countries including India. It is established that environmental conditions and occupational habit of the individuals put them at risk of acquiring disease, which varies from community to community. Various seroprevalence studies across the wo...

Context: Anaemia is a major public health problem in India. Many studies have emphasized on prevalence of anaemia among general population. This study has focussed to address the prevalence of anaemia among the tribal population in Udupi taluk. Anaemia among women in the reproductive age group is one of the causes for maternal morbidity and mortal...

Title: Private practitioner’s perception about Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme – challenge to ensure “ZERO TB” deaths Introduction: Globally Tuberculosis (TB) burden is well known and in India it is estimated that about 40% of population is infected with TB bacteria. Among those who are affected by TB develop full range of symptoms...

HIV-TB (tuberculosis) coinfection has emerged as a major public health threat. Given the multifactorial enabling environment in a resource-constrained setting like India, the consequences are of epidemic proportions. This study was aimed at identifying the clinical and epidemiological determinants underlying HIV-TB coinfection. A retrospective revi...

Background: Dengue fever is a major public health problem in India. Dengue is a re-emerging arboviral disease in the World. Assessment of environmental factors in the rural and urban areas is extremely important to understand vectors, its transmission and vector breeding sites. Aim: The study was conducted to assess the environmental factors associ...

Background: Salmonella enteric serotype Typhi has created a significant therapeutic problem as these strains have developed resistance to the commonly used antimicrobials for the treatment of typhoid fever. Objectives: To assess the clinical profile and sensitivity patterns to anti-typhoid drugs. Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis of...

Self-medication results in wastage of resources, increases resistance of pathogens and generally causes serious health hazards such as adverse drug reactions, prolonged suffering and drug dependence. This study was undertaken to determine the reasons for self-medication and the pattern of self-medication among medical students. This cross-sectional...

Globally, there has been an increase in incidence of paratyphoid fever, including paratyphoid fever caused by antimicrobial-resistant strains. Studying the clinical profile and antimicrobial sensitivity of paratyphoid fever would help in early diagnosis, appropriate treatment, rational use of antibiotics and prevent drug resistance. The aim of the...

Background In May 1988, the World Health Assembly committed the member nations of the WHO to achieving the goal of global eradication of poliomyelitis. In 2008, only four countries in the world remain polio-endemic, down from more than 125 in 1988. The remaining countries are Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan. Since 1995, the Ministry of Hea...

Background Lymphatic filariasis is an important public health problem in India. Inspite of National filarial control programme (NFCP) being in place for lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination, several important issues need to be addressed. There is uncertainty about the coverage and compliance to treatment in order to achieve elimination. Method A c...

Background Lymphatic filariasis is an important public health problem in India. Inspite of National filarial control programme (NFCP) being in place for lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination, several important issues need to be addressed. There is uncertainty about the coverage and compliance to treatment in order to achieve elimination. Method A c...

Background HIV has reduced life expectancy by more than 20 years, slowed economic growth, and deepened household poverty, and many women in the rural areas still lack complete information on how to avoid exposure to the infection. Method A Cross sectional study was carried out among 167 married women in the age group of 15-45 years during the month...

Background Improved knowledge about emergency contraception (EC) may decrease the unplanned pregnancy rate, unsafe abortion and save many lives. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of EC amongst the nursing staff in Sikkim.

Background The prevalence of underweight children in India is among the highest in the world, and is nearly double that of Sub- Saharan Africa. The effect of malnutrition is high morbidit and mortality among young children. The objective of this study was to determine the nutritional status of children aged between 3-6 years registered in governmen...

To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of contraception among the college students. A cross sectional study was conducted in the Government College, Gangtok, Sikkim, during the month of April 2009 to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of contraception among 156 students enrolled in the first year bachelor course. Descriptive stat...

Directly Observed Treatment Short Course is the internationally recommended strategy to ensure cure of tuberculosis. However, it is equally important to review the shortcomings if any of such an important strategy against tuberculosis to make it more useful. This Descriptive study carried in a Tuberculosis Unit was to find out the treatment outcome...

During the past two decades, epidemics of dengue fever have been causing concern in several South-East Asian countries, including India. A study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital situated in Southern India to determine the trends and outcome of dengue cases. There was a steady rise in number of cases from 2002 to 2007, with the largest numb...

The new guidelines issued by the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme for diagnosis of smear-positive tuberculosis recommend examination of only 2 sputum smears. We did a retrospective analysis of data from a designated microscopy centre to ascertain the diagnostic yield of 2 smears and the additional yield provided by the third smear. D...