Effectiveness of Health Promotion Curriculum in Enhancing Non-communicable Diseases Health Literacy in Indian Youth.

Background There is a theory-praxis gap related to health literacy interventions focused on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among young people. We designed an NCD curriculum and investigated its' effect on health literacy in non-medical, non-nursing college students in India. We deliberately selected non-medical and non-nursing college students (age 17 to 22 years) as we hypothesized, they would have a minimum baseline knowledge of NCDs.

Community-level women's education and undernutrition among Indian adolescents: A multilevel analysis of a national survey.

Background: Little research has explored the influence of social context on health of Indian adolescents. We conceptualized community-level women's education (proxy for value placed on women's wellbeing) as exerting contextual influence on adolescent hemoglobin level and body mass index (BMI).

Methods: We derived our sample of more than 62,000 adolescent aged 15 through 17 years from the Indian National Family Health Survey 2015-16.

Surgical Unmet Need in a Low-Income Area of a Metropolitan City in India: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Introduction: We investigated the burden of surgical conditions, level of unmet needs and reasons for non-utilization of surgical services in a slum of Ahmedabad, India.

Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out from August to December 2019. Inclusion criteria was age > 14 years; any type of injury/condition that requires surgery; subject has had surgery in last 1 year, and death information of family members.