Comparative Study of Breastfeeding in Caesarean Delivery and Vaginal Delivery Using LATCH Score and Maternal Serum Prolactin Level in Early Postpartum Period.

Introduction: Practice of starting and sustaining breastfeeding is affected by many conditions, mode of delivery is one of the major factor influencing it. Purpose of the study was to see if the mode of delivery affects the subsequent lactation in early postpartum period and to raise awareness among the community about the importance of mode of delivery in early initiation of breast feeding.

Materials And Methods: Present study was a hospital based observational, comparative prospective study.

Can Patient Navigators Help Potential TB Patients Navigate the Diagnostic and Treatment Pathways? An Implementation Research from India.

Navigating the Indian health system is a challenge for people with tuberculosis (TB) symptoms. The onus of organizing care is on the patient and their families alone. Factors like gender discrimination and opportunity costs further aggravate this.

A qualitative study on the use of mobile-based intervention for perinatal depression among perinatal mothers in rural Bihar, India.

Background: Perinatal depression (PND) is one of the most common psychiatric illnesses in women, with a prevalence around 22% in India. Leveraging mobile-based technologies could help in the prevention and treatment of perinatal depression even in remote places. Understanding the experiences and barriers of using such technology interventions by perinatal mothers could help in the better design and in delivery of these interventions.

Role of community health workers in improving cost efficiency in an active case finding tuberculosis programme: an operational research study from rural Bihar, India.

Objectives: Cost-efficient active case finding (ACF) approaches are needed for their large-scale adoption in national tuberculosis (TB) programmes. Our aim was to assess if community health workers' (CHW) knowledge about families' health status can improve the cost efficiency of the ACF programme without adversely affecting the delivery of other health services for which they are responsible.

Design: Quasi-experimental design.

Prediagnostic loss to follow-up in an active case finding tuberculosis programme: a mixed-methods study from rural Bihar, India.

Objective: To quantify the prediagnostic loss to follow-up (PDLFU) in an active case finding tuberculosis (TB) programme and identify the barriers and enablers in undergoing diagnostic evaluation.

Design: Explanatory mixed-methods design.

Setting: A rural population of 1.

Headache in pregnancy: a nuisance or a new sense?

Headache is a very commonly encountered symptom in pregnancy and is usually due to primary headache disorders which are benign in nature. It can however be quite debilitating for some women who may need therapeutic treatment of which there are several options safe to use in pregnancy. It is equally important though to recognise that headache may be a sign of serious underlying pathology.