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Subnational mapping of under-5 and neonatal mortality trends in India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2000-17
(Elsevier, 2020-05-12)
BACKGROUND: India has made substantial progress in improving child survival over the past few decades, but a comprehensive understanding of child mortality trends at disaggregated geographical levels is not available. We ...
Extending application of the 'hardcore' definition to smokeless tobacco use: estimates from a nationally representative population in India and its implications.
(2012)
BACKGROUND: The term 'hardcore' has been applied to use of smoking tobacco and generally referred to as the inability or unwillingness of regular smokers to quit. The component constructs of hardcore except nicotine ...
Use of Betel Quid in India from 2009 to 2017: An Epidemiological Analysis of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS).
(2020)
Background: Betel quid chewing is a deep-rooted practice in India and neighboring countries, which has migrated to other parts of the world. Betel leaf acts as a carrier for areca nut and most often, smokeless tobacco, ...
Self-reported Practices and Attitudes of Community Health Workers (Accredited Social Health Activist) in Tobacco Control - Findings from two states in India.
(2015)
BACKGROUND: The 1978 declaration (Alma-Ata declaration) made at the International Conference on Primary Health Care, meeting in Alma-Ata highlighted the critical role played by Community Health Workers (CHWs) to link ...
Exploring the perceptions, attitude and experiences of adolescents, their parents and teachers towards sugar sweetened beverages consumption in the National Capital Region of Delhi
(Medknow Publications, 2021-07-13)
OBJECTIVE: To understand perceptions, attitudes and experiences of school-going adolescents, their parents, teachers and school management towards sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). DESIGN: An exploratory qualitative study ...
Efficacy of maternal B12 supplementation in vegetarian women for improving infant neurodevelopment: protocol for the MATCOBIND multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2020-05-25)
INTRODUCTION: Vitamin B12 deficiency is widely prevalent across many low- and middle-income countries, especially where the diet is low in animal sources. While many observational studies show associations between B12 ...
Socioeconomic Gradients in Different Types of Tobacco Use in India: Evidence from Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2009-10
(Hindawi, 2015-07-26)
Socioeconomic differences in tobacco use have been reported, but there is a lack of evidence on how they vary according to types of tobacco use. This study explored socioeconomic differences associated with cigarette, bidi, ...
Socioeconomic inequalities in dental caries and their determinants in adolescents in New Delhi, India
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2014-12-12)
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether socioeconomic inequalities are correlated to dental caries experience and decayed teeth of Indian adolescents, and assess whether behavioural and psychosocial factors mediate this association. ...
Improving Utility of Data on Cancer Mortality Risk Associated with Smokeless Tobacco: Recommendations for Future Research.
(2019-02-26)
Background: We analyzed in detail the studies utilized in most recent global systematic review of risk of cancer mortality with smokeless tobacco (SLT) use to report challenges in the available data that limit the understanding ...