Awareness about "Ten Steps for Successful Breastfeeding" among Medical and Nursing Students.

Background: Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is a vital intervention supported by World Health Organization and UNICEF to reduce infant mortality and has been included as a part of the curriculum in nursing and medical courses. To know the extent of knowledge of students about BFHI along with its understanding and to find out the gap in their knowledge about BFHI steps.

Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out among the nursing (4(th) year) and medical students (3(rd) year MBBS) about ten steps of BFHI by a pretested and predesigned questionnaire.

Health status of hotel workers with special reference to high risk practices and STDs.

A cross sectional study was conducted on health status of hotel workers of Pune city. Out of estimated 1000 hotel workers 516 were selected by stratified random sampling technique. The study revealed that 71.

Rapid assessment survey of earthquake affected Bhuj block of Kachchh District, Gujarat, India.

Research Questions: How much human loss would have caused by the earthquake in Bhuj block? What is the environmental sanitation status?

Objectives: (1) To assess human loss and injuries after the earthquake in Bhuj block.(2) To study the status of some relief activities.(3) To study the environmental sanitation status of the earthquake affected Bhuj block.

The role of hearing aids in providing environmental feedback for the profoundly hearing impaired.

A number of studies have brought out the limitations of hearing aids in the rehabilitation of hearing impaired. This study was undertaken to assess the use of hearing aids in improving the ability of the hearing impaired to hear vehicular horns. The students of a school for the hearing impaired were interviewed with the help of their teachers.

Making healthy baby contests more objective.

Study Objectives: To assess the objectivity of the criteria chosen to judge a healthy baby contest.

Design: Cross-sectional study design.

Setting: Urban Health Centre, Pune.