Publications by authors named "Jerard Maria Selvam"
Community Control of Hypertension and Diabetes (CoCo-HD) program in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu: a study protocol for a type 3 hybrid trial.
BMC Public Health
August 2024
Article Synopsis
- India faces a serious health crisis, with 315 million adults dealing with hypertension and 100 million with diabetes, prompting the launch of the CoCo-HD program in Kerala and Tamil Nadu to implement large-scale lifestyle interventions.
- The program aims to evaluate peer support and community mobilization as strategies to enhance diabetes and hypertension management while assessing factors influencing scalability and the economic impact of the intervention.
- The CoCo-HD program will involve collaborative approaches, train community health workers, and measure outcomes using established evaluation frameworks to ensure effective implementation and improved health outcomes.
Background: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) account for nearly 75% of all deaths in Tamil Nadu. The government of Tamil Nadu has initiated several strategies to control NCDs under the Tamil Nadu Health Systems Reform Program (TNHSRP). We aimed to estimate the prevalence of NCD risk factors and determine the predictors of diabetes and hypertension, which will be helpful for planning and serve as a baseline for evaluating the impact of interventions.
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- The study analyzes serological surveys in Tamil Nadu, India, to track how SARS-CoV-2 antibodies decline in the population over time and assess contributions from infections and vaccinations to antibody levels.
- Four rounds of surveys involving over 20,000 participants each were conducted between October 2020 and January 2022, highlighting a significant drop in seroprevalence from 31.5% to 22.9% after the first COVID wave.
- By the end of the study, seroprevalence surged to 93.1%, with vaccinations contributing 63% of this increase, while rural areas showed improving antibody levels over time despite initially lower rates compared to urban areas.
This study aims to systematically review the diagnostic accuracy of a digital blood pressure measurement device compared to the gold standard mercury sphygmomanometer in published studies. Searches were conducted in PubMed, Cochrane, EBSCO, EMBASE and Google Scholar host databases using the specific search strategy and filters from 1st January 2000 to 3rd April 2021. We included studies reporting data on the sensitivity or specificity of blood pressure measured by digital devices and mercury sphygmomanometer used as the reference standard.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is recognised as an important risk factor to tuberculosis (TB). India has high TB burden, along with rising DM prevalence. There are inadequate data on prevalence of DM and pre-diabetes among TB cases in India.
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