No Child's Play: Under-five Child Feces Management in a Rural Area of Bengaluru Urban District, India.

Background: Inappropriate feces disposal leads to environmental contamination, and increases the risk of exposure to children. We aimed to estimate the proportion of rural households with knowledge and practice of safe management of feces (SMoF) among under-five children and to identify associated factors.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in eight villages in Bengaluru Urban district over 2 months, using a face-validated semi-structured interview schedule.

Knowledge, attitude, and practice of patients, visiting a private primary level health care facility towards family physicians.

Aim And Objective: To study the knowledge, perception, attitude, and practice of patients visiting a private primary health centre towards family physicians.

Methodology: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was planned.

Results: A total of 272 patients visiting the health centre were included in the study.

Community perceptions and individual experiences of breast cancer in communities in and around Bangalore, India: a qualitative study.

Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer mortality in India, yet breast cancer literacy remains poor. This study aimed to assess community perceptions and experiences with breast cancer in order to identify and address the gaps in our understanding of the socio-cultural barriers to awareness and care-seeking for breast cancer. Qualitative focus group discussions and in-depth interviews were conducted among breast cancer survivors and caretakers, health workers, and general population individuals in a tertiary care facility, urban underprivileged community, and rural setting around Bangalore city.

Fear of Childbirth among Pregnant Women Availing Antenatal Services in a Maternity Hospital in Rural Karnataka.

Background: Pregnancy, though joyful, may be a time of fear and anxiety. Twenty percent of pregnant women in developed nations report a fear of childbirth, and 6%-10% describe a severe fear that is crippling. This could lead to adverse maternal and fetal outcomes.

Cardiovascular risk factor reduction by community health workers in rural India: A cluster randomized trial.

Background: There is a need to identify and test low-cost approaches for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction that can enable health systems to achieve such a strategy.

Objective: Community health workers (CHWs) are an integral part of health-care delivery system in lower income countries. Our aim was to assess impact of CHW based interventions in reducing CVD risk factors in rural households in India.

Nutritional Status, Hygiene Level, Morbidity Profile, and Their Effect on Scholastic Performance among School Children in Two Subcenter Areas of a PHC in Anekal Taluk, Karnataka, India.

Background: Various factors such as age, sex, nutrition, hygiene, and morbidity impact the scholastic performance of schoolchildren.

Objectives: (1) The objective of the study is to assess the hygiene level, nutritional status, morbidity profile, and scholastic performance of children attending government schools in two select subcenter areas of Karnataka and (2) to study the association of hygiene level, nutritional status, and morbidity profile with scholastic performance.

Methodology: A cross-sectional study was done from July to August 2017 among children studying in the government schools of Mugalur and Kuthganahalli subcenters under Sarjapur PHC, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru urban district.

"DIABETIC TAX" - Cost of Care among Persons with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in an Urban Underprivileged Area of Bengaluru.

Background: Diabetes mellitus drains a significant percent of the health budget by cost toward direct diabetes care and diabetes-related disabilities.

Objectives: The aim of the study is to assess the annual costs incurred by patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Methodology: This cross-sectional study was undertaken among 153 diabetic people in an urban underprivileged area of Bengaluru from January 2013 to January 2014.

Effectiveness of Color Coded Diabetic Control Monitoring Charts among Elderly Diabetics Attending Outreach Primary Care Geriatric Clinics in Rural Karnataka: An Open Label Randomized Control Trial.

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus problem is progressively rising every day. The adherence to the treatment approaches and health-seeking make major difference in case of diabetics particularly elderly. Visual tools improve the involvement of patients in their care, especially among populations with low health literacy.

Adherence to prescribed medications for chronic illnesses among older adults in a rural community, Karnataka, India.

Aim: To assess adherence to prescribed medications for chronic illnesses and to identify factors associated with it among rural older adults.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out from September to November 2011 in three subcenters in Lakkur PHC, Kolar District, India. All older adults were listed, and those suffering from chronic non-communicable diseases were included in the study.

Prevalence of Malnutrition and Relationship with Scholastic Performance among Primary and Secondary School Children in Two Select Private Schools in Bangalore Rural District (India).

Background: Malnutrition is a serious problem among children in developing countries. In India; a school meal program is in place to combat malnutrition, but only in government schools. This study is an attempt to assess the prevalence of malnutrition in primary and secondary school children in private schools and to also assess the relationship between malnutrition and academic performance.

Challenges in conducting community-based trials of primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in resource-constrained rural settings.

Cardiovascular diseases account for almost half of all deaths from noncommunicable diseases, and almost 80% of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries such as India. The PrePAre (Primary pREvention strategies at the community level to Promote treatment Adherence to pREvent cardiovascular disease) trial was a primary prevention trial of community health workers aimed at improving adherence to prescribed pharmacological and nonpharmacological therapies in cardiovascular diseases. It was conducted at three geographically, culturally and linguistically diverse sites across India, comprising 28 villages and 5699 households.

Rationale and design of the Primary pREvention strategies at the community level to Promote Adherence of treatments to pREvent cardiovascular diseases trial number (CTRI/2012/09/002981).

Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in low-income countries including India. There is a need for effective, low-cost methods to prevent CVDs in rural India. One strategy is to identify and implement interventions at high-risk individuals using community health workers (CHWs).