Feasibility of use of color-coded rings by nurse midwives: an appropriate technology based on partographic principles.

Objectives: To study the feasibility of use of color-coded rings as a proxy for partograph for early identification of slow progress of labor.

Materials And Methods: Color-coded rings were devised as a tool using appropriate technology to translate the partographic principles into simpler, easy to understand methodology. The rings were in pairs of 4 colors i.

Use of 'Mishri' A Smokeless form of Tobacco During Pregnancy and its Perinatal Outcome.

Background: Use of 'Mishri' (Tobacco containing teeth cleaning powder) is common in the central and southern part of India.

Objectives: To study the effects of Mishri use on the fetus during pregnancy and the perinatal outcome, and stopping its use.

Materials And Methods: All apparently healthy pregnant women were enrolled at 20 weeks of gestation from rural Maharashtra, India.