Incidence and Source of COVID-19 Infection Among Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Hospital in South India-A Prospective Cohort Study.

Background: Data for COVID-19 incidence and the source of infection among health care workers (HCWs) in Indian population are limited. The main objective of the study was to assess the incidence of COVID-19 infection and identify the source of infection among the HCWs in a tertiary teaching hospital.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted among the 2134 HCWs recruited by purposive sampling from a tertiary teaching hospital from May to August 2020 (4-month period-123 days).

Evaluating the effectiveness of 'AETCOM Module' on the medical interns posted in peripheral health centres of a tertiary care medical college in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu.

Introduction: Effective communication skills between doctor and patient leads to enhanced patient satisfaction, better compliance to treatment and improved health outcomes.

Aims And Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of Attitude, Ethics and Communication (AETCOM) module in improving the communication skills of the interns posted in peripheral health centres after methodical training and approach.

Methods: A Module based interventional study was conducted among the medical interns posted in in the months of December 2019 and February 2020 at Rural Health Training Center (RHTC) and Urban Health Training Center (UHTC).

An epidemiological study on quality of life among elderly in an urban area of Thirumazhisai, Tamilnadu.

Introduction: One of the most important indicators of health and well being of the elderly is the quality of life they live in. Owing to the rise in elderly population due to the demographic transition, there is growing need to address the health concerns of this population.

Aims: The study was undertaken to find out the Quality of Life among the elderly and the associated factors.

Sexuality in Adolescents: have we Explored Enough! A Cross-sectional Study to Explore Adolescent Health in a City Slum in Northern India.

Context: Adolescent health is a relatively new focus area of India's National health program. However, little evidence is available for the existing problems especially in adolescent slum population. A study was planned to explore the problems of adolescent pertaining to sexuality, physical health, tobacco and alcohol use in slums of Urban Meerut, and create evidence base for informed planning and decision making by the local health authorities.

Experiences from tsunami relief activity: implications for medical education.

A tsunami struck the coast of Tamilnadu and Pondicherry on 26 December 2004. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, (JIPMER) in Pondicherry played a vital role in providing medical relief. The experiences from the relief activities revealed areas of deficiency in medical education in regards to disaster preparedness.

Microwave assisted extraction of curcumin by sample-solvent dual heating mechanism using Taguchi L9 orthogonal design.

The present work reports on a novel extraction method using microwaves based on solvent-sample duo-heating synergism, for the extraction of curcumin from Curcuma longa L. The duo-heating mechanism is based on simultaneous heating of sample matrix and extracting solvent under microwave energy. Methanol soaked plant material was used as a modifier to bring about selective and effective heating of the sample under microwave.