Prevalence of Tobacco Consumption and Its Economic Burden among Adult Males (≥18 Years) Residing in an Urban Area of Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.

Globally, besides being the second largest consumer of tobacco, India is also the second largest tobacco producer. There are very few studies that give data on economic burden of tobacco consumption. We estimated the prevalence of tobacco consumption along with monthly expenditure for the same among adult males.

Clinical, Demographic, and Oral Presentations of COVID-19 Associated Mucormycosis from a Tertiary Care Hospital in India: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: The black fungus, mucormycosis, is on the list of lethal complications reported in recent times in COVID patients.

Methodology: This cross-sectional study included all cases of post-COVID-19 mucormycosis. Patients' demographics, clinical presentations, and general health information were collected using a pre-designed form.

Burden of Childhood Injuries in India and Possible Public Health Interventions: A Systematic Review.

Childhood injuries are a major public health challenge in India and globally. This systematic review was conducted to understand the burden and spectrum of childhood injuries, with a focus on unintentional injuries, among children 5-14 years of age and to suggest approaches to prevention that can be adopted in the Indian context. This systematic review was conducted with the standard approach and use of keywords.

Undiagnosed hypertension and associated factors among adults in the urban field practice area of AIIMS Raipur: A community-based screening survey.

Introduction: Undiagnosed hypertension (HTN) increases the risk of severe consequences such as chronic kidney disease (CKD), hypertensive retinopathy, heart failure, and stroke. Population-based screening can be used to expose the hidden diseased mass with active disease. Thus, a screening survey was conducted to estimate the proportion of people with HTN among apparently healthy adults of age ≥30 years residing at the urban field practice area (UHTC) of AIIMS, Raipur, and also determine the predictors of undiagnosed HTN among the study participants.

Predictors of Out-of-Pocket Expenditure on Health Incurred by Elderly Persons Residing in a Rural Area of Faridabad District.

Background: A significant portion of India's 1.2 billion population consists of elderly individuals, accounting for approximately 8.6%, who incur substantial out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare expenses.

Correction: Viral Hepatitis as a Public Health Concern: A Narrative Review About the Current Scenario and the Way Forward.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.7759/cureus.21907.

Viral Hepatitis as a Public Health Concern: A Narrative Review About the Current Scenario and the Way Forward.

Viral hepatitis is one of the emerging public health problems, which urgently needs special attention. The disease has a varied presentation at the time of diagnosis, and it can progress from an accidental finding to life-threatening conditions like liver cirrhosis. It belongs to the rare group of diseases that can cause chronic inflammation inside the body, and it can have a delayed presentation.

COVID-19 reinfection: Linked Possibilities and future outlook.

SARS-CoV-2 is the third major coronavirus epidemic to affect humans. There had been multiple instances of patients turning positive after recovering from SARS-2-CoV infection. Though many different theories emerge, false positive RT-PCR is logically the foremost cause and there is a general consensus that during quarantine re-infection from outside seems unlikely when strictly adhered to.

Tribal population in India: A public health challenge and road to future.

India with 8.6% of tribal population is finding it difficult to bridge the gap that exists between tribal and non-tribal population in regards to healthcare. Tribal population suffers triple burden of disease; in fact it is quadruple, namely, communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, malnutrition, mental health, and addictions complicated by poor health seeking behavior.

Vaccination coverage and vaccine hesitancy among vulnerable population of India.

Vaccination coverage in India has improved from 44% to 62%, an increase of 19% over a span of 10 y (2006-2016), the inequity continues among the vulnerable people belonging to tribal groups and migrant population. In order to leave no one behind strategy, their vaccination coverage, reasons for low coverage were analyzed from available literary sources through this review article. A systematic search for relevant articles was conducted and articles published in various journals over the past 5 y were included.

Correction: Health behaviors, outcomes and their relationships among young men aged 18-24 years in a rural area of north India: A cross-sectional study.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.

Health behaviors, outcomes and their relationships among young men aged 18-24 years in a rural area of north India: A cross-sectional study.

Background: There is limited information related to health behaviors and their related factors among young men in rural setting of India. This study was conducted to investigate multiple health risk behaviors and outcomes among young men aged 18-24 years in rural India.

Methods: This was a community-based cross-sectional survey conducted in the Ballabgarh block of Faridabad district, Haryana, India.