How power and knowledge hierarchies affect communication in intrapartum care: findings from public health facilities in two southern Indian districts.

Background: Effective communication is a key element of medical care; it can foster a warm interpersonal relationship, facilitate the exchange of information, and enable shared decision-making. In the context of obstetric care, it is associated with a range of positive clinical and social outcomes for mother and baby. Extant communication frameworks and respectful maternity care (RMC) guidelines emphasize the importance of effective communication during intrapartum care.

Effect of a Community Health Worker-Delivered Parental Education and Counseling Intervention on Anemia Cure Rates in Rural Indian Children: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Iron deficiency anemia, the largest cause of anemia worldwide, adversely affects cognitive development in children. Moreover, the imperceptible childhood anemia prevalence reduction in response to anemia control measures is associated with tremendous social and economic cost.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of community-based parental education/counseling when combined with usual treatment on children's anemia cure rate.

Lay health workers perceptions of an anemia control intervention in Karnataka, India: a qualitative study.

Background: Lay health workers (LHWs) are increasingly used to complement health services internationally. Their perceptions of the interventions they implement and their experiences in delivering community based interventions in India have been infrequently studied. We developed a novel LHW led intervention to improve anemia cure rates in rural community dwelling children attending village day care centers in South India.

Breaking Bad News: Patient Preferences and the Role of Family Members when Delivering a Cancer Diagnosis.

Background: Western physicians tend to favour complete disclosure of a cancer diagnosis to the patient, while non-Western physicians tend to limit disclosure and include families in the process; the latter approach is prevalent in clinical oncology practice in India. Few studies, however, have examined patient preferences with respect to disclosure or the role of family members in the process.

Materials And Methods: Structured interviews were conducted with patients (N=127) in the medical oncology clinic of a tertiary referral hospital in Bangalore, India.