Vol. 4 No. 7 (2017): July 2017

Published: 2017-06-23

Review Articles

MERS: an emerging disease of the 21st century

Mohamed Osman Bala, Mohamad Abdel Halim Chehab, Nagah Abdel Aziz Selim

2202-2207

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172806
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Gabon health care system: a 20 year analysis

Brice Wilfried Obiang Obounou

2208-2211

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172807
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Cost-effectiveness analysis for decision making in health care-concept, relevance and methodological challenges

Kesavan Sreekantan Nair, Muneeb Jehan, Fahad Albejaidi, Syed Arif Pasha

2212-2218

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172808
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Centenarians in India: the present scenario

Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya

2219-2225

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172809
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Original Research Articles

Frequency of red blood cell alloimmunization in sickle cell patients and healthy donors: the influence of racial and antigenic pattern differences

Majid Vafaei, Bijan Keikhaei-dehdazi

2226-2229

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172810
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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards blood donation and its associated factors among university students in Shah Alam, Malaysia

Maged Elnajeh, Hasanain Faisal Ghazi, Mohammed A. Abdalqader, Mohammed Faez Baobaid

2230-2233

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172811
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Evaluation of health promoting schools in Makkah city, Saudi Arabia

Mohamed Osman Elamin Bushara, Mohamed Ganbi, Mohamed Elqarni, Abdulaziz Terkstani, Rakan Lihyani, Badr AlHassani, Hatem Almuterfi

2234-2239

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172812
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Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards infection prevention among healthcare workers in Trinidad and Tobago

Chandrashekhar G Unakal, Anoop Nathaniel, Bajnath Keagan, Bharat Alexandria, Burgess Lauralee, Chatoo Varun, Defour Reneé, Duverney Sarah, Thurston Uniqué, Patrick E. Akpaka

2240-2247

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172813
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Food colouring additives in selected confectioneries in Khartoum state, Sudan

Elrasheed Abdalla Ali, Walaa Abdalateef Abdalla, Mohanad Hassan Mohamed

2248-2253

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172814
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Health status of Lebanese university students

Mariana Helou, Rania Sakr, Alain Tanios

2254-2257

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172815
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Job retention among healthcare workers in Tabora province, Tanzania

Rashid S. Mfaume, Gunini P. Kamba, Masahiro J. Morikawa

2258-2260

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172816
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Career counselling and its knowledge among high school students in Pakistan

Uzair Yaqoob, Fatima Arif, Maryam Samad, Asra Iqbal

2261-2268

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172817
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A study on non-utilization of healthcare services among known diabetic and hypertensive patients at RHTC in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh

Harshal Mendhe, Kiran G. Makade, Dhiraj Bhawnani, Hanumanth N., Daneshwar Singh

2269-2274

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172650
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Oral cancer epidemiology of Aurangabad district (Maharashtra) of India from 2005 to 2014: understanding the burden of disease

Vikram R. Niranjan, Sudarshan G. Ranpise

2275-2281

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172524
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Knowledge about iron rich foods and its consumption pattern among adolescent girls in an urban slum of Kolar

Latha K., Mohan H. D.

2282-2287

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172586
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Screening of diabetic respiratory symptomatics for pulmonary TB: a key to tackle another hurdle in patient care and TB control?

Omprakash D. Jalamkar, Vijay Tukaram Salve

2288-2293

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172647
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Outbreak investigation of acute diarrheal disease in Palitana urban, Gujarat

Bharti Koria, B. P. Boricha, Hirava Munsi, Jatin Sarvaiya

2294-2296

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172649
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Socio-demographic distribution of hypertension and its risk factors among urban slum adults of Tirupati: a cross sectional study

Ravi Sankar Deekala, Ravi Prabhu G., Altaf Hussain R., Saritha Kadari

2297-2302

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172506
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Abortion seeking behaviour: a study from tertiary care hospital

Uma Maheswari R., Jayanthi T. P.

2303-2307

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172648
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Prevalence of dry eye amongst computer workers in Kanpur

Debayan Mallik, Anju Gahlot, Ashok Maini, Sughandha Garg

2308-2311

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172523
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Prevalence of type II diabetes mellitus and its associated sociodemographic risk factors found in Nachanwel and Pishor revenue circle of Aurangabad district

Sameer S. Naval, Swati M. Mahajan, Vallabh B. Yadav

2312-2319

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172553
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Instrumental social support for the rural elderly: study of a rural block of a costal district of Odisha

Tuhinamsu Rath, Debabrata Panigrahi

2320-2326

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172818
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Rationality in handling biomedical waste: a study on the sanitary workers from a tertiary care hospital in West Bengal

Aditi Chaudhuri, Sita Chattopadhyay, Siddalingaiah H. S.

2327-2332

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172522
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Incidence of pregnancy-induced hypertension in block Hazratbal of district Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir: a prospective longitudinal study

Rouf Hussain Rather, S. Mohammad Salim Khan, Shahnaaz Taing

2333-2338

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172819
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Urinary iodine excretion in urine samples among children in Dang district, Gujarat

Rahul Damor, Jatin Chhaya, Sukesha Gamit, Jayant Patel, J. K. Kosambiya

2339-2343

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172820
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A demographic study on gender related differences in adverse drug reactions of a tertiary care teaching hospital

Raja Vikram Prasad, M. A. Mushtaq Pasha, Afsar Fatima, C. Deepalatha

2344-2347

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172821
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A study of menstrual hygiene and related personal hygiene practices among adolescent girls in rural Puducherry

Hema Priya S., Partha Nandi, Seetharaman N., Ramya M. R., Nishanthini N., Lokeshmaran A.

2348-2355

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172822
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Study of the changing trends in place of delivery in rural women in relation to pre and post NRHM period in Paithan, Aurangabad, Maharashtra

Sandeep B. Pund, Bina M. Kuril, Mohan K. Doibale, Rajendra T. Ankushe, Purushottam Kumar, Nafeha Siddiqui

2356-2360

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172823
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Prevalence of underweight among preschool children attending anganwadi in Kannur district, Kerala, India

Anitha S. S., A. K. Jayasree, Devaki Antherjanam S.

2361-2365

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172824
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Assessing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus among medical students in Chennai using Indian diabetes risk score

Gopalakrishnan S., Rama R., Muthulakshmi M.

2366-2372

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172825
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A study on prevalence of myopia among high school children in an urban area of Shivamogga: a cross sectional study

Rajashree Kotabal, Mangala N. Belur, Nandini C., Kanchan Nagendra

2373-2376

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172826
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Climacteric syndrome: symptom prevalence and quality of life assessment, a proxy of health care services

Mahesh D Kurugodiyavar, Madhavi Gajula, Dattatreya D. Bant, Geeta V. Bathija

2377-2382

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172827
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Risk factors of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in urban Allahabad, India

Jamil Raazi, Shiv Prakash, Khurshid Parveen, Shama Shaikh

2383-2388

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172828
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Survival outcome of neonates admitted at government and private neonatal intensive care units of Allahabad, India

Kriti Dwivedi, Shiv Prakash, Khurshid Parveen, Shama Shaikh

2389-2394

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172829
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Maternal biosocial factors influencing new born birth weight at a municipal corporation maternity home in Bangalore city

Kavita S. Konapur, Jayanthi Srikanth

2395-2399

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172830
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Anaemia among pregnant women in a rural area of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu

Abiselvi A., Gopalakrishnan S., Umadevi R., Rama R

2400-2405

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172831
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An evaluation study of mass drug administration of DEC tablet in a North-Eastern district of Andhra Pradesh

Satyanarayan Dash, Aurobindo Samantaray

2406-2411

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172832
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Prevalence and pattern of internet addiction among medical students in Nagpur, Maharashtra

Sneha D. Patil, Jyotsna S. Deshmukh, Ketan R. Dagdiya

2412-2416

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172833
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Epidemiological study of rubella outbreaks in Rajasthan, India

Rajesh Garg, Kamaljit Singh

2417-2422

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172834
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A study to assess awareness about Janani Suraksha Yojana among beneficiaries of urban slums of Raipur city, Chhattisgarh

Shanta P. Khes, Divya Sahu, G. P. Soni, Aditi Chandrakar

2423-2427

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172835
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Knowledge of diabetes, its complications and treatment adherence among diabetic patients

Deepali B. S., Mangala Subramanian, Soumya G., Vikyath B. R., Aarudhra P., Ankitha M., Deepashree R., Nagashree N.

2428-2434

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172836
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Bi-directional screening of tuberculosis patients for type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetes patients for tuberculosis in Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Shritam Das, Elina Das, Kashyap Bhuyan, Biswajita Prusty, Minaketan Barik, V. S. Yadav, Tahziba Hussain

2435-2442

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172837
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Knowledge of needle sticks injuries and its prevention among interns and post graduate students working at a tertiary health care centre, Bangalore

Christy Vijay, Allen Joe, Naveen Ramesh

2443-2448

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172838
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Prevalence of acute morbidities and their health seeking behaviour among under-five children of urban slums in a city in Karnataka

Yamuna B. N., Ratnaprabha G. K., Prakash Kengnal

2449-2456

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172839
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A demographic study on type of accidents, injuries and associated factors, patients attending emergency trauma care at tertiary care teaching hospital

Raja Vikram Prasad, C. Y. Nandanwar, B. S. Isaac Ebenezer

2457-2462

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172840
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Status of family planning service delivery for people living with HIV at public hospital settings in Maharashtra: opportunities and challenges

Beena N. Joshi, Bhushan A. Girase, Ragini N. Kulkarni, Shahina Begum

2463-2469

DOI: 10.18203//2394-6040.ijcmph20172841
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A 10 year retrospective analysis of Hansen’s disease patients in an urban leprosy centre of Himachal Pradesh

Renu Rattan, Gita R. Tegta, Anuj Sharma, Meena Chauhan

2470-2473

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172842
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Health care needs of persons affected by leprosy in Kurnool division of Kurnool district

Visweswara Rao Guthi, A. Sreedevi

2474-2481

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172843
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Utilisation of water disinfecting kit by armed forces personnel: a cross sectional study

K. C. Verma, V. Malhotra, Babu Ram

2482-2485

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172844
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Effectiveness of behaviour change communication for preventing tobacco use among high school children in rural area, Bengaluru

Swetha Rajeshwari, Hemavarneshwari S., Sathyanarayana P.

2486-2491

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172845
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Impact of health education regarding personal hygiene and dietary habits on morbidity profile of students: an intervention study in a government secondary school in a slum area of Kolkata

Jayita Pal, Arghya K. Pal

2492-2497

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172846
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Health status of primary school children: study from a rural health block of Lucknow

Syed Abid Asghar, Pratibha Gupta, Mrinal R. Srivastava, J. P. Srivastava, Zeashan H. Zaidi

2498-2501

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172847
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Coverage and compliance of mass drug administration against lymphatic filariasis in Kalaburgi district

Mallikarjun K. Biradar, Sharankumar Holyachi

2502-2505

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172848
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Assessment of epidemiological determinants of obesity among nursing staff in a tertiary healthcare center in northern Maharashtra: a cross sectional study

Anant N. Borde, Amol D. Kinge, Mukesh Bawa, Vikrant Pagar, Parth Vyas

2506-2510

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172849
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Knowledge and practices among health functionaries working at first referral units: a cross sectional study in a district of Uttar Pradesh

Brijesh Kumar Shukla, Suneel Kumar Kaushal, Sunil Kumar Misra Misra, Shailendra Singh Chaudhary, Geetu Singh

2511-2514

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172850
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An epidemiological study of utilization of Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana in a municipal tertiary care hospital located in a metro city

Radhakrishnan A., Seema S. Bansode-Gokhe

2515-2519

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172851
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Profile of epilepsy in a tertiary care public sector hospital of western India

Anuj Gupta, Chetna Desai

2520-2524

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172852
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Internet addiction and factors associated with it: a cross sectional study among students of a medical college in Davangere, Karnataka

Aswin Kumar, Ayesha S. Nawaz, Ravi Kumar, Yamuna B. N.

2525-2530

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172853
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A study on body image satisfaction, BMI status and dietary patterns among newly entrant girl students of Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar

Rubel Sihag, Harshdeep Joshi

2531-2537

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172854
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An epidemiology of animal bite cases attending tertiary care centre of Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru: a retrospective study

Navya Sri Sreenivas, Saraswathi Sakranaik, Ranganath Thimmanahalli Sobagiah, Anil Kumar

2538-2542

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172855
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An analytical study of intestinal parasitosis in children

Rituparna Bhattacharya, Kanai Lal Barik, Promukh Bhattacharya, Uttam Kumar Paul

2543-2547

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172856
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A cross sectional study to assess the diagnostic and management practices of general practitioners regarding tuberculosis in an urban slum of Mumbai, Maharashtra

G. B. Sawase, S. M. Achrya, R. R. Shinde

2548-2554

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172857
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A study on knowledge regarding first aid among undergraduate medical students

Chaitali A. Gore, Sruthi Sankar, Shabnam Sheriff, Swetha Anand, Smrithika L., Swathi Maiya

2555-2557

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172858
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Morbidity profile of elderly individuals in urban Visakhapatnam

Sanjay Polisetty, Madhavi Seepana

2558-2563

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172859
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An interventional study to assess the effectiveness of ‘WhatsApp’ as a teaching learning tool in community medicine

Padmavathi V. Dyavarishetty, Dipak C. Patil

2564-2569

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172860
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Adverse events following immunization with pentavalent vaccine among infants attending the immunization clinic at a tertiary hospital in Eastern India

Shamshad Ahmad, Jayita Pal, Amiya Das, Sonalinandini Samanta

2570-2575

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172861
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Prevalence of risk factors for non-communicable diseases in Aligarh: a community based study

Riyaz Ahmad S., Mohd Haroon Khan, M. Athar Ansari

2576-2580

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172862
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Profile of donors’ blood wastage in Bagalkot blood bank: a record based case series study

Waseem Anjum, Mir Viquar Ahmed, Gagan S., Sumalatha N.

2581-2586

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172863
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Profile of animal bite cases at immune prophylaxis clinic, tertiary care centre

Jyoti Dattaramji Bhise, Swati Dattaramji Bhise

2587-2591

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172864
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An association of knowledge and misconceptions with health seeking behaviour for dog bite: a cross-sectional study in Ahmedabad

Arjunkumar Hardas Jakasania, Farzana Mustufabhai Mansuri, Grishma Trambaklal Dixit

2592-2595

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172865
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Medico-social profile of male alcoholics in a north Indian city

J. Mukhopadhyay

2596-2603

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172866
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Evaluation of mother and child protection card entries in a rural area of West Bengal

Subhadip Bag, Mousumi Datta

2604-2607

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172867
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A study of the morbidity pattern among the elderly population in Vadodara, Gujarat

Pranay A. Jadav, Neha R. Bavarva

2608-2612

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172868
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Short Communication

Correlates of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis: a case control study from a hilly district of North India

Salig Ram Mazta, Harshvardhan Singh, Prem Lal

2613-2619

DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172869
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