Defeating diabetes in the desert: A community-based mHealth diabetes screening intervention in Jodhpur Rajasthan.

Background: There is a paucity of demonstrated models for mHealth-based diabetes screening and coordinated care in India, especially in western Rajasthan, which is the part of Thar desert.

Materials And Methods: JSPH collaboratively developed and implemented an easy-to-use, noninvasive, mobile phone-based screening interview, to identify adults at high risk for diabetes. The high risk for diabetes was defined using multiple clinical and epidemiologic criteria, all based on the evidence for India and globally.

Micronuclei frequencies and nuclear abnormalities in oral exfoliated cells of nuclear power plant workers.

Aim: Biomonitoring provides a useful tool to estimate the genetic risk from exposure to genotoxic agents. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequencies of Micronuclei (MN) and other Nuclear abnormalities (NA) from exfoliated oral mucosal cells in Nuclear Power Station (NPS) workers.

Materials And Methods: Micronucleus frequencies in oral exfoliated cells were done from individuals not known to be exposed to either environmental or occupational carcinogens (Group I).

Exploring the predictors of quitting tobacco usage among patients attending a private dental institution--a survey from Jodhpur, India.

Background: Burden of tobacco epidemic has swiftly moved to developing countries making the exploration of predictors of quitting tobacco usage extremely important.

Aim: To assess the willingness to quit tobacco use and to ascertain the predictors of quitting tobacco as well as tobacco dependency by employing Fagerstrom scale.

Methods: The study consisted of 252 subjects visiting the Public Health Dentistry department in a Dental institution JDCGH (Jodhpur Dental College General Hospital), Rajasthan, India.