Workplace Breastfeeding Support and Breastfeeding Practices among Healthcare Professionals.

Introduction: Working mothers face striking challenges in breastfeeding. It is important to focus on them to further improve breastfeeding rates.

Aim And Objectives: To assess the workplace breastfeeding support and breastfeeding practices of healthcare professionals.

Assessment of Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation with and without Health Education on Anemia in Adolescent Girls: A Comparative Study.

Background: Iron deficiency is the most common and widespread nutritional disorder in the world, affecting a large number of children and women in developing countries and constituting a public health condition of epidemic proportions. Weekly iron and folic acid supplementation (WIFS) with health education has been demonstrated to be effective in reducing anemia in adolescent school going girls. We assessed the impact of WIFS with and without health education on anemia in adolescent school girls of Delhi.

Module to facilitate self-directed learning among medical undergraduates: Development and implementation.

Context: Currently, self-directed learning (SDL) is emphasized in medical institutions all over the world. The skills of SDL enable one to be a lifelong learner, a necessity to cope up with fast-expanding medical knowledge.

Aims: This study aims to develop and implement an "SDL" module for medical undergraduates and find out their perception about the same.

Menstrual patterns and problems in association with body mass index among adolescent school girls.

Background: Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon for females indicating her capability for procreation. Menstrual problems are common in adolescent girls, which may affect their life and outdoor activities. Adolescent girls with abnormal body mass index (BMI) suffer even more often.

A Study of the Swine Flu (H1N1) Epidemic Among Health Care Providers of a Medical College Hospital of Delhi.

Background: Influenza viruses cause annual epidemics and occasional pandemics that have claimed the lives of millions. Understanding the role of specific perceptions in motivating people to engage in precautionary behavior may help health communicators to improve their messages about outbreaks of new infectious disease generally and swine flu specifically.

Objectives: To study the knowledge and practices of health care providers regarding swine flu and to study the attitudes and practices of health care providers toward the prevention of the swine flu epidemic.