Family-centered Health Education Intervention for Improving Iron-folic Acid Adherence and Anemia Reduction among Antenatal Mothers in Rural Jodhpur: A Quasi-experimental Study.

Background: Anemia is one of the global public health concerns. Despite the availability of effective treatment options, reducing its prevalence remains challenging.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to investigate family-centered health education intervention in improving iron - folic acid adherence and anemia status, knowledge, attitude, and practices.

Challenges and Barriers Faced by People with TB and Healthcare Workers Providing TB Care and Management - A Qualitative Study.

Background: In tuberculosis (TB) care and management, there are practical challenges existing at the patient-provider level leading to implementation barriers at the primary care level.

Objectives: The objective of the study is to explore the challenges and barriers faced by people with TB and health-care workers in TB care and management.

Materials And Methods: This study was done as a part of a community intervention study between November 2021 and December 2022.

Predictive ability of complete blood count, mean platelet ratio, mean platelet volume, and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio for severe pneumonia among RT-PCR or radiologically proven COVID-19 patients.

Background: Immuno-inflammatory markers related to white blood cells, and platelets are shown to be associated with COVID-19 infection, and considered to be independent markers for clinical outcomes and mortality. The present study aimed to study the predictive value of these hematologic parameters in progression of COVID-19 to severe pneumonia.

Methods: This was an analytical cross-sectional study conducted among RT-PCR or radiologically proven COVID-19 patients in a tertiary care hospital in Rajasthan.

Recalibrating the Non-Communicable Diseases risk prediction tools for the rural population of Western India.

Background: The aim of the present study was to recalibrate the effectiveness of Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) and Community-Based Assessment Checklist (CBAC) by opportunistic screening of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and Hypertension (HT) among the people attending health centres, and estimating the risk of fatal and non-fatal Cardio-Vascular Diseases (CVDs) among them using WHO/ISH charts.

Methods: All the people aged ≥ 30 years attending the health centers were screened for DM and HT. Weight, height, waist circumference, and hip circumferences were measured, and BMI and Waist-Hip Ratio (WHR) were calculated.