Study of socio-demographic factors affecting prevalence of hypertension among bank employees of Surat City.

Cardiovascular diseases including hypertension are increasing in developing countries especially among high-risk group people like bank employees. A cross-sectional study of 1493 bank employees of Surat city was conducted during August, 2004 to September, 2005 to study the prevalence of hypertension among bank employees and the effects of socio-demographic factors on prevalence of hypertension. Data were analyzed using epi 6 software.

Evaluation of intensive pulse polio immunisation in south Gujarat region of India.

Randomly selected team members of 50% booths in urban areas of Surat, Valsad and Bharuch districts and 25% in tribal areas of Narmada and Dangs districts of South Gujarat region were Interviewed to evaluate the pulse polio immunisation coverage in urban and tribal areas of South Gujarat region. Evaluation of two consecutive rounds of pulse polio immunisation had shown that the booth coverage is about 90% and 80% in urban and tribal areas respectively. Television was the main source of information for pulse polio round in urban areas, while anganwadi workers were in tribal areas.