Economic Benefit in Treatment of Unintentional Childhood Injuries by Implementation of Child-To-Child Approach.

Background: Childhood injury has been recognized as a major threat to child survival and health, as well as economic burden, which includes the cost to government and out-of-pocket expenses (OOPE) to families. Child-To-Child Approach is an innovative technique to reduce childhood injuries and expenses on their treatment.

Objectives: To assess economic benefit in the treatment of unintentional childhood injuries, including OOPE by families, by the implementation of the child-To-Child approach.

Perception about use of comics in medical and nursing education among students in health professions' schools in New Delhi.

Background: Graphic narratives can give medical and nursing students a broader concept of health and illness. However, graphic texts are not yet integrated into medical education in India. The present study was undertaken to assess the perception of medical and nursing undergraduate students about the use of comics in health professions' education.

Social Security Measures for Elderly Population in Delhi, India: Awareness, Utilization and Barriers.

Introduction: World population of elderly is increasing at a fast pace. The number of elderly in India has increased by 54.77% in the last 15 years.

Mobile phone use and possible cancer risk: Current perspectives in India.

Mobile communication is now essentially ruling our daily lives through better connectivity and intelligent smartphone services. There has been a tremendous growth in Indian communication industry along with growing concerns regarding health effects of mobile radiation exposure. Concerns posed are especially regarding carcinogenesis and other health-related effects of mobile radiation exposure.

Workplace violence against resident doctors in a tertiary care hospital in Delhi.

Background: Healthcare workers particularly doctors are at high risk of being victims of verbal and physical violence perpetrated by patients or their relatives. There is a paucity of studies on work-related violence against doctors in India. We aimed to assess the exposure of workplace violence among doctors, its consequences among those who experienced it and its perceived risk factors.

Stage at diagnosis and delay in seeking medical care among women with breast cancer, delhi, India.

Background: Patients with cancer often delay seeking medical advice in developing countries. It can adversely influence the outcome of disease.

Objectives: The present study was performed to determine the stage at diagnosis and delay in seeking medical care among women with breast cancer in Delhi, India.

Prevalence of Risk Factors for Chronic Non-communicable Diseases Using WHO Steps Approach in an Adult Population in Delhi.

Objective: The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing worldwide largely due to prevalence of various risk factors, which can be controlled. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to measure the prevalence of major preventable risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases in an urban resettlement colony of Delhi, using STEPS approach.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study, that included a random sample of 200 adults, was conducted.

Occupational hazard exposure and general health profile of welders in rural Delhi.

Background: Welding is a common industrial process associated with various health hazards. The aspect of duration of hazard exposure among welders at their workplace has been studied to limited extent in India.

Objective: To assess the duration of occupational hazard exposure and its association with symptoms among the welders.

Effect of life skills training on physical activity patterns amongst school adolescents in Delhi: a non-randomized interventional study.

Background: Effect of life skills on physical activity behavior of adolescents is little explored.

Objective: To assess impact of life-skills training on the level of physical activity amongst adolescents.

Methods: A nonrandomized interventional study with a control group.

Low back pain and associated risk factors among undergraduate students of a medical college in Delhi.

Context: Low back pain (LBP) is the most common orthopedic problem worldwide and is known to affect both younger and older adults. The stressful and time consuming curriculum of medical students predisposes them to this problem. Few statistics are available on prevalence rates of LBP among medical students in India.

Knowledge, attitude, and level of physical activity among medical undergraduate students in Delhi.

Introduction: Physical inactivity has been implicated as a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. The healthy lifestyle of medical students could facilitate the formation of healthy physicians who is more likely to give effective preventive counseling to their patients. Therefore, this study was undertaken to assess the knowledge, attitude, and pattern of the physical activity among the medical students.