The Design, Development, and Implementation of a Web-Enabled Informatics Platform to Enhance the Well-being of Individuals Aged 18-24 Years: Protocol for an Experimental Study.

Background: Well-being is multidimensional, complex, and dynamic in nature. It is an amalgam of physical and mental health, essential for disease prevention and the promotion of a healthy life.

Objective: This study aims to explore the features that impact the well-being of individuals between 18 and 24 years of age in an Indian setting.

Designing and Evaluating a Personalized, Human-Centered Dietary Decision Support System for Use Among People With Diabetes in an Indian Setting: Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Study.

Background: Human-centered dietary decision support systems are fundamental to diabetes management, and they address the limitations of existing diet management systems.

Objective: The objective of the proposed study is to evaluate the use of an interactive, telephone-linked, personalized, human-centered decision support system for facilitating the delivery of personalized nutrition care for patients with diabetes.

Methods: A quasi-experimental trial was conducted between the period of June and December 2018.

A pilot evaluation of Swasthya Pahal program using SMAART informatics framework to support NCD self-management.

Background: Empirical research acknowledges the capability of mHealth and eHealth interventions for ensuring high-quality and tailored healthcare to individuals. People living with various health conditions get access to a wide range of healthcare services through digital interventions. The aim of the study is to examine the usefulness of Swasthya Pahal, a community-based Health for all program, aimed to enhance screening and self-management of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity among police personnel.

Gender and the Digital Divide Across Urban Slums of New Delhi, India: Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Disparities in access to specific technologies within gender groups have not been investigated. Slum settings provide an ideal population to investigate the contributing factors to these disparities.

Objective: This study aimed to examine gender differences in mobile phone ownership, internet access, and knowledge of SMS text messaging among males and females living in urban slum settings.

Burden of household food insecurity in urban slum settings.

This study examined the burden of food insecurity in India's un-notified slums, using an SDG framework to identify correlates of food insecurity. A convenience sampling approach was employed in selecting 38 slums from 675 un-notified slums across four geographic zones. Ten percent of the households in each slum site were selected from each zone, and one household member was interviewed, based on their availability and fulfilment of the eligibility criteria.

Evaluation of Dietary Choices, Preferences, Knowledge and Related Practices Among Pregnant Women Living in An Indian Setting.

Introduction: Healthy and nutritious diet is very essential component of Antenatal care along with clinical advice. The objective of this study was to understand the dietary choices, preferences, knowledge and related practices among pregnant women living in an Indian setting.

Materials And Methods: Hundred pregnant women were enrolled in this cross-sectional study.

Knowledge, attitude, and practices of individuals to prevent and manage metabolic syndrome in an Indian setting.

Background: Patients' knowledge, attitudes, and behavior play a large role in preventing and managing the risk factors making up metabolic syndrome (MetS). MetS is associated with increased morbidity and mortality per the World Health Organization criteria. The objective of the study was to examine the current health literacy levels, risk perceptions about MetS, and associated management challenges in diverse Indian settings.

Evaluation of metabolic syndrome related health information on internet in Indian context.

Background: Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) in India is a major contributor to the global increase in CVD. Lifestyle modification programs have been effective in reducing the burden of MetS.

Objective: The Objective of our study was to evaluate the quality of MetS related health information on the internet in an Indian context.