Vol 3, No 7 (2016)

July 2016

Table of Contents

Review Articles

Hypertension and meditation: can meditation be useful in preventing hypertension?
Yadneshwar Khobragade, Sujata Khobragade, Adinegara bin Lutfi Abbas
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162030
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1685-1694

Original Research Articles

Beyond our labour pains: women experiences of informal payments and delivery room conditions at birth in the Bongo district of Ghana
Martin Amogre Ayanore, Robert Kuganab-lem, Paul Armah Aryee
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162031
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1695-1706
Nutritional status of senior citizens living in old age homes of Kathmandu metropolitan municipality
Devendra Raj Singh, Soniya Shrestha
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162032
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1707-1715
A study to assess the association of maternal factors and the outcome of pregnancy among mothers delivering in a tertiary care hospital in Haryana, India
Shveta Saini, Mukhmohit Singh, Anshu Mittal
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162019
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1716-1722
Quality of life of type 2 diabetes patients in a tertiary care hospital in southern part of India, Shimoga, Karnataka: a cross-sectional study
Santosh Kumar A., Raghavendraswamy Koppad, Chandrashekar S. V.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161855
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1723-1728
Menstrual hygiene practices among slum adolescent girls
Rajsinh V. Mohite, Vaishali R. Mohite
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162033
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1729-1734
Prevalence and risk factors of low bone mineral density with quantitative ultrasonography among south Indian postmenopausal women
Sudha Bala, M. L. S. Prabha, T. Prasanna Krishna
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162034
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1735-1740
Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding antenatal care among husbands attending antenatal clinic in a tertiary care hospital
Neha Pruthi, Sumitra Bacchani, Vandana Singh
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162035
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1741-1744
Study on current community access to and practices on water, sanitation and hygiene in selected villages of Chargawa block, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
U. Venkatesh, D. K. Srivastava, Harish C. Tiwari
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162036
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1745-1751
A cross sectional study to assess perceived stress and stressors associated with it among undergraduate medical students in a private medical college of Uttar Pradesh, India
Varsha Chaudhary, Deepak Upadhyay, Shailendra Pratap Singh, Arun Singh, Hari Shankar Joshi, Rashmi Katyal
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162037
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1752-1758
A cross sectional study of knowledge and practices regarding menstrual hygiene, in undergraduate student girls of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Mahesh Kumar Shukla, Neha Priya, Anurag Srivastava
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162038
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1759-1764
Profile of dog bite cases attending the outpatient department of an urban health training centre in Bangalore city, India
Karthik C., Viswanatha P. G., . Shobha, Ranganath T. S., Sushmitha P.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162039
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1765-1768
A cross-sectional study on depression from rural India
Sadia R. Safwi, Ali Amir, Najam Khalique, Rakesh K. Gaur
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162040
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1769-1776
Health seeking behaviour among post-menopausal women: a knowledge, attitude and practices study
Samreen Khan, Mahesh K. Shukla, Neha Priya, M. Athar Ansari
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162041
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1777-1782
Immunization coverage and its associated factors among children residing in project affected population’s resettlement colonies in urban slum of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Naresh Gill, Ravikant Singh, Aniket Mondal, Balaram Jadhav
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162042
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1783-1787
Knowledge, attitude, and practice among mothers towards female circumcision Ombada province Khartoum state, Sudan
Ebtihal Alamen Esmeal, Abd Elbasit Elawad Mohammed Ahmed, Hisham Ali Waggiallah, Yousif Mohammed Almosaad
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162043
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1788-1794
Effect of co-occurrence of overweight/obesity and psychosocial stress dimensions on risk factors for cardiovascular disease among construction workers
Christopher E. Ekpenyong, Koofreh Davies
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162044
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1795-1802
A study to estimate the prevalence of depression among the inmates of select old age homes in Bangalore city, India
Karthik C., Viswanatha P. G., . Shobha, Ranganath T. S., Sushmitha P.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162045
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1803-1806
Demographic profile; changing trends in patients with HIV/AIDS in response to anti-retroviral therapy - a study from tertiary care centre
Ravala Siddeswari, Budithi Sudarsi, Nanayam Srinivasa Rao
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162046
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1807-1811
Spirituality and its association with psychological distress in cancer patients attending a tertiary care hospital in Bangalore, India
Vidya D. C., Sundarnag Ganjekar, Shalini C. N., Harish K., Murthy N. S.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162047
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1812-1815
Prevalence of self-medication practices among urban slum dwellers in Hyderabad, India
Sushma Katkuri, Pooja Chauhan, Kotina Shridevi, Prashant Kokiwar, Varun Gaiki
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162048
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1816-1819
Drinking water and sanitation: household survey for knowledge and practice in rural area, Magudanchavadi, Salem district, India
Ravi Pachori
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162049
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1820-1828
A study of major depressive disorder and quality of life in patients with oral cancer
Archana Surajprasad Kantak, Ashokkumar Ukabhai Vala, Bharat Navinchandra Panchal
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162050
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1829-1834
Functional dependence among elderly people in a rural community of Andhra Pradesh, South India
Nagapraveen Veerapu, Praveenkumar B. A., Subramaniyan P., Arun G.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162051
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1835-1840
Personality correlates of accident-proneness in truck drivers passing by one of the state highway of India
Sudhir Gowda, Namith Rangaswamy, Harish Bekkalele Rudresh
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162052
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1841-1846
Awareness and practice towards dengue fever in Kannamangala village, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Pradeep C., Achuth K. S., Manjula S.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162053
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1847-1850
Awareness of animal bite and rabies among agricultural workers in rural Dharwad, Karnataka, India
Chandan N., Kotrabasappa K.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162054
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1851-1855
Study of health seeking behavior and its determinants among attendees of urban health center, Dharavi, Mumbai, India
Subita P. Patil, Satish S. Parbhankar, Seema S. Bansode-Gokhe, Pallavi S. Shelke, Rakesh Darbar Singh
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162055
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1856-1861
Gender preference among reproductive age group women in rural area
Vishal Samadhan Dhande, Gadekar R. D., Amol D. Shingare, Vijay K. Domple
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162056
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1862-1865
Prevalence and factors affecting hypertension among old age population in rural area
Ankit M. Sheth, Pranay A. Jadav
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162057
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1866-1871
Menstrual hygienic practices among adolescent girls of rural North Karnataka region, India
Vidya V. Patil, Rekha Udgiri
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162058
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1872-1876
Comparing the body mass index, blood pressure and blood biochemical changes during Ramadan between high to moderate level and low level physical activity groups prior to Ramadan among overweight and obese working women
Suriani Ismail, Khadijah Shamsuddin, Khalib Abdul Latiff, Hazizi Abu Saad
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162059
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1877-1883
A study on the prevalence of thinness and obesity in school going adolescent girls of Kashmir Valley
Darakshan Ali, Rohul Jabeen Shah, Anjum Bashir Fazili, M. M. Rafiq, Beenish Mushtaq, Qazi Mohammad Iqbal, Sameena Yousuf Dar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162060
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1884-1893
Study of cardiovascular risk factor profile among first-degree relatives of patients with premature coronary artery disease at Kota, Rajasthan, India
Deepika Mittal, Kirti Shekhawat
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162061
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1894-1899
Knowledge and practices regarding fire safety amongst health care workers in tertiary care teaching hospital in Marathwada region of Maharashtra, India
Rohini S. Kulkarni, Purushottam A. Giri, Pankaj R. Gangwal
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162062
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1900-1904
Problems of medical education in India
Balbir Singh Deswal, Vijay K. Singhal
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162063
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1905-1909
A cross-sectional study to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of sanitation in rural areas of Tamil Nadu, India
Anuj Mittal, Vedapriya Dande Rajesekar, Prasad Thirumal, Sowmiya Murali
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162064
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1910-1914
Prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women in Derna city, Libya
Raga A. Elzahaf, Mariam Omar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162065
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1915-1920
A community based assessment study of positioning, attachment and suckling during breastfeeding among 0-6 months aged infants in rural area of Gandhinagar district, Gujarat, India
Arpit Chelabhai Prajapati, Haresh Chandwani, Bhavik Rana, Kantibhai N. Sonaliya
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162066
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1921-1926
A cross-sectional study to assess burden of obstructive sleep apnoea among type 2 diabetic patients attending urban health centre in an urban slum of south India
Malatesh Undi, Rachana R. Annadani, Bheemayya Badesaab
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162067
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1927-1931
Oral cancer awareness of the general public in coastal village areas of Tamilnadu, India: a population based cross sectional study
Rajeshkumar Konduru, Ariarathinam Newtonraj, Sugumaran Arun, Ananthan Velavan, Zile Singh
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162068
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1932-1939
Impact of iodine deficiency disorders control programme implementation in four districts of Chhattisgarh, India: baseline survey
Ashish Kumar Sinha, Kamlesh Jain, Aditi Chandrakar, Srishti Dixit
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162069
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1940-1944
An analysis of animal bite cases attending anti-rabies clinic attached to tertiary care centre, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
Rekha Acharya, Renu Sethia, Gaurav Sharma, Rattiram Meena
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162070
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1945-1948
Egg supplementation to improve cognitive ability in elementary school children with iodine deficiency
Toto Sudargo, Hamam Hadi, Wiryatun Lestariana, Amitya Kumara
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162071
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1949-1956
Prevalence of dermatological manifestations among the tribal school children of South India
Bharatesh Devendra Basti, Shankar Radhakrishnan
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162072
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1957-1962
Prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension among a cohort of university workers in Nigeria
Grace Vincent-Onabajo, Habiba Suleiman Mohammad, Chuka Umeonwuka
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162073
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1963-1967
Communication to promote physical activity in family case study in community medicine for under graduate medical students
Shobha Kowli, Rupali Sabale
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162074
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1968-1971

Case Reports

A rare side effect to pentavalent vaccine
Rajeshwari S. Gore, Yashika R. Garg, Sourabh Jain, Arun Dahiya
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162075
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1972-1974
Verbal autopsy: the vital tool to bridge the gaps between health care delivery system and maternal deaths
Neha A. Patel, J. P. Mehta, Sumit V. Unadkat, Sudha Yadav
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162076
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1975-1978

Letter to the Editor

Latur water crisis: our eyes will open or not?
Sumeet Dixit
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162077
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1979-1980