Impact of school closure during COVID-19 pandemic on school-going children in a rural population of Haryana: A qualitative study.

Background: The Government of India undertook several measures for COVID-19 pandemic, of which school closure was one. This led to sudden shift of teaching methods from classroom-based to online mode. This study aimed to understand the effects of school closure on children during lockdown period.

Effectiveness of Home-Based Self-monitoring of Blood Pressure in a Primary Care set-up of India (EASE-BP): Protocol for an Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background And Objectives: Rising hypertension from inadequate detection, noncompliance with treatment, and poor control presents a major public health challenge. Previously, adopting the strategy of self-monitoring of blood pressure (SMBP) showed better hypertension detection, control, and medication adherence. However, evidence from India is scarce.

Cooking fuel use and respiratory health of women and children in rural Ballabgarh, Haryana.

Background: Household air pollution arising from combustion of unclean fuels during cooking activities causes serious respiratory health effects. This study investigated patterns of household cooking fuel use and its effect on respiratory health status of women and children.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in rural households of Ballabgarh, Haryana during December 2019 to January 2020 among 18-45 years old women and their children having age between 6 and 59 months.

Perception and Practices Regarding Stubble Burning in Rural Community of Haryana.

Background: Agricultural emissions pose significant health risks, especially in countries like India with abundant agricultural waste. This study focuses on understanding stubble burning perceptions and practices in rural National Capital Region to inform targeted interventions for sustainable farming practices and improved public health.

Methods And Material: This community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among the randomly selected households of rural Ballabgarh, Haryana.

Construction and validation of a covariate-based model for district-level estimation of excess deaths due to COVID-19 in India.

Background: Different statistical approaches for estimating excess deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have led to varying estimates. In this study, we developed and validated a covariate-based model (CBM) with imputation for prediction of district-level excess deaths in India.

Methods: We used data extracted from deaths registered under the Civil Registration System for 2015-19 for 684 of 713 districts in India to estimate expected deaths for 2020 through a negative binomial regression model (NBRM) and to calculate excess observed deaths.

Common mental disorders among adolescents in an urban area of Delhi.

Background: Common mental disorders (CMDs) among adolescents may hamper their psycho-social development.

Aim: This study evaluated the prevalence and determinants of CMD like depression and anxiety among late adolescents of an age of 15--19 years residing in an urban resettlement colony of southeast Delhi.

Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out among 556 randomly selected adolescents.

Prevalence and gender difference in depression in primary health care in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Depression contributes to the major burden of mental illness in India. Assessment of burden is essential to develop interventions to address the problem at the primary care level.

Materials And Methods: We carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies documenting the prevalence of depression in primary care in India.

Mapping of mental health care facilities and psychiatrists in a North Indian district of India.

Introduction: Since 1990, the proportional contribution of mental disorders to India's total disease burden has nearly doubled, but the number of psychiatrists has not increased proportionately. Even after two decades of District Mental Health Programme (DMHP) launch, a considerable treatment gap still exists for mental illness. The present study aimed to map all health facilities providing mental health services and all psychiatrists in district Faridabad, Haryana.

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Hypertension Among Adolescents in a Rural Community of North India.

Background And Aim: Hypertension exerts a substantial burden on the healthcare system in India. Recent literature suggests hypertension to be a rising health problem not only in adults but also in adolescents. The early diagnosis of hypertension in adolescents and timely interventions are key in reducing the burden of hypertension-related morbidity and mortality in later life.

Prevalence and Determinants of Long COVID Among Patients Attending the Outpatient Department of a Subdistrict Hospital in Haryana.

Introduction: Growing evidence indicates that individuals recovering from COVID-19 may experience prolonged health consequences, resulting in notable morbidity even after the acute phase. Limited published literature exists concerning sequelae of COVID-19 among the Indian population. Therefore, we conducted this study at a subdistrict hospital (secondary level) in Haryana, aiming to estimate the prevalence of long COVID and its determinants.

A Time and Motion Study of Community Health Workers in Rural Area of Ballabgarh, Haryana.

Introduction: Health workforce is the important pillar of health system in India. Efficient utilization of scarce community-level human resources in health care is critical to ensure optimum care in a community.

Objective: To describe the time utilization pattern of health workers (HWs) during field activity at the primary healthcare level and to study the facilitators and barriers in efficient time utilization.

The Role of Noncommunicable Disease Clinics in Improving Control of Hypertension and Diabetes Among Adults Residing in Rural Ballabgarh, Haryana.

Introduction High systolic blood pressure (SBP) and raised plasma glucose are major attributable and preventable causes of death worldwide. The objective of this study was to estimate the control rates and identify determinants of control of hypertension and diabetes among adults. Methods A longitudinal follow-up study was conducted among all the adults registered at the noncommunicable disease (NCD) clinics under the national program at two primary health centers in Faridabad, Haryana.

Sub-optimal knowledge with positive attitude and belief of frontline health workers toward the use of information technologies: A mixed-method study from rural Haryana, India.

Background: Information technology (IT) can be used by frontline health workers (FLWs) to connect and deliver care to the community. Various studies in India have assessed the beneficial impact of IT usage by FLWs, but for the long-term sustainability, the attitude and belief toward IT usage have not been adequately studied. We conducted this study to assess the knowledge and attitude and to explore the beliefs of FLWs toward the use of IT in a rural area of Haryana.

Community practices in COVID-19 outbreak in rural Ballabgarh, Haryana - A mixed methods study.

Background: More than 43 million cases and 5.2 lakhs death have occurred due to COVID-19 in India. Approximately 1 lakh people (cumulative) have been infected by COVID-19 in Faridabad district alone as of 4 April 2022.

A qualitative study regarding menstrual hygiene in a rural community of Haryana, India.

Introduction: Adolescent girls face challenges in menstrual hygiene in routine patterns which impacts their education and health. A qualitative study was undertaken to assess the knowledge and practices regarding menstruation in a rural community of Haryana and to identify the barriers to menstrual hygiene.

Methodology: The study was conducted in the month of September 2019 among various stakeholders i.

WHO Non-Lab-Based CVD Risk Assessment: A Reliable Measure in a North Indian Population.

Introduction: Timely, affordable, and sustained interventions reduce the risk of heart attack or Stroke in people with a high total risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Risk prediction tools are available to estimate the cardiovascular risk using information on multiple variables. CVD risk charts prepared by the World Health Organization (WHO) has laboratory-based and non-laboratory-based charts with the latter meant for use in resource limited settings.

Performance of equations for estimation of 24-hour urinary sodium from morning fasting urine samples in a multisite study in India.

Background Dietary salt intake is an important modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Estimation of 24-hour salt intake using morning urine samples needs to be validated in the Indian context. We examined the performance of INTERSALT, Tanaka and Kawasaki equations for the estimation of 24-hour urinary sodium from morning fasting urine (MFU) samples.

Virulence gene mutations as a differentiator of clinical phenotypes: insights from community-acquired uropathogenic .

Uropathogenic (UPEC) remains an important cause of urinary tract infection during pregnancy. Multiple molecular virulence determinants and antibiotic resistant genes facilitate its pathogenesis and virulence phenotype. Hence it is hypothesized that there will be considerable variation in genes among the isolates from symptomatic as well as asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) during pregnancy.

Prevalence and resistance pattern of uropathogens from community settings of different regions: an experience from India.

Introduction: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common infections in clinical practice worldwide in both healthcare and community settings causing significant morbidity and mortality. It is one of the major conditions at the community level treated empirically and regarded as a potential cause of emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Limited information is available regarding community-acquired UTI (CA-UTI) from India.

Use of web-based health information portals in primary health care: Experience from a rural Primary Health Centre in Haryana.

Background: Health care informatics is the scientific field that deals with the data capture, storage, retrieval, and use of biomedical data, information, and knowledge for problem solving and decision-making. The objectives of the study were to describe the web-based portals used at the Primary Health Centre (PHC) and to appraise its utilization at the local level.

Methods: Various methodologies included observation of portal use, record review, interview of stakeholders using the portals.

Preparedness of primary and secondary health facilities in India to address major noncommunicable diseases: results of a National Noncommunicable Disease Monitoring Survey (NNMS).

Background: The monitoring framework for evaluating health system response to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) include indicators to assess availability of affordable basic technologies and essential medicines to treat them in both public and private primary care facilities. The Government of India launched the National Program for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) in 2010 to strengthen health systems. We assessed availability of trained human resources, essential medicines and technologies for diabetes, cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases as one of the components of the National Noncommunicable Disease Monitoring Survey (NNMS - 2017-18).

Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders among pregnant women-Evidence from population-based study in rural Haryana, India.

Background: Mental disorders during pregnancy is one of the major public health problem because of its effect on both mother and child.

Objectives: The objective of the study was to assess the burden of common mental disorders (CMDs) among pregnant women in rural Haryana, North India.

Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 28 villages of rural Haryana in 2016.

Baseline risk factor prevalence among adolescents aged 15-17 years old: findings from National Non-communicable Disease Monitoring Survey (NNMS) of India.

Objective: To generate national estimates of key non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors for adolescents (15-17 years) identified in the National NCD Monitoring Framework and, study the knowledge, attitudes and practices towards NCD risk behaviours among school-going adolescents.

Design And Setting: A community-based, national, crosssectional survey conducted during 2017-2018. The survey was coordinated by the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research with 10 reputed implementing research institutes/organisations across India in urban and rural areas.