Publications by authors named "Kauma Kurian"
Introduction: Anaemia is one of the micronutrient deficiency disorders that have global public health implications. The present study aims to determine the association of minimum dietary diversity (MDD) with anaemia among children aged 6-59 months in rural North India.
Methods: In Rohtak (a north Indian city), a cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2018-19 (n = 266).
Objective: This study aims to estimate the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine usage and determine the factors for awareness about HPV vaccine among women in reproductive age group.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional survey under a cervical cancer prevention study. The sample size was 1020 women, aged 15-49 years [550 in Delhi and 470 in Rohtak].
The aim of the study was to determine the awareness, desire to use, and preferred providers of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among Female Entertainment Workers (FEWs) aged 18-35 years in Cambodia's Phnom Penh region. Of 1003 FEWs, 31.8% of them had heard of PrEP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAir pollution is a global public health threat. Evidence suggests that increased air pollution leads to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The aim of this review was to systematically review and synthesize scientific evidence to understand the effect of performing outdoor physical activity (PA) in a polluted environment on cardiovascular outcomes.
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- - The study investigates the prevalence and factors influencing cervical cancer screening among reproductive-age women in Delhi and Rohtak, India, using data from a survey conducted by MAMTA-Health Institute between 2015 and 2017.
- - Only 35.2% of women reported awareness of cervical cancer screening, with only 3.9% actually having been screened; awareness significantly increased the likelihood of screening by five times for those who had heard about it.
- - The results highlight that older women (over 30 years) and those from higher-income households were more likely to undergo screening, suggesting that enhancing awareness about cervical cancer and its benefits could improve screening rates.
Background: Early-stage cervical cancer diagnoses may be the consequence of timely medical care in the presence of symptoms which can be linked to awareness of the symptoms and risk factors. This study aims to determine the knowledge about risk factors and symptoms of cervical cancer and associated factors among women aged 20-49 years.
Methods: Data were utilized from the survey under the intervention "Increasing access to cervical cancer screening and care through the community-centric continuum of care initiative in India" (2015).
Maternal undernutrition can lead to protein-energy malnutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, or anemia during pregnancy or after birth. It remains a major problem, despite evidence-based maternal-nutrition interventions happening on ground. We conducted a scoping review to understand different strategies and delivery mechanisms to improve maternal nutrition, as well as how interventions have improved coverage and uptake of services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction/background: The nationwide lockdown enforced due to the spread of coronavirus disease-2019 had a definite impact on sleep.
Objective: To observe any changes in the duration, pattern and quality of sleep among pharmacy students due to the lockdown.
Methods: A google form-based cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out after approval was obtained from the ethical committee in the month of July 2021 among 310 pharmacy students.