Background: Adolescence is a period during which psychological foundations are laid down
as well as consolidated. Not much information is available on rural Indian adolescent girls …

Research on family functioning within given cultural contexts is needed. This study aims to
describe salient dimensions of family functioning in two urban contexts in India and to …

Background Neighbourhood tobacco retail access may influence adolescent tobacco use. In
India, we examined the association between neighbourhood tobacco retail access and …

Aims and Objectives: Several biological, social, and cultural factors contribute to the poor
outcome of tobacco cessation interventions. Inability to engage large number of participants …

School remains an important setting offering an effective and efficient ways to reach over to
children and through them, families and community members.(1) Dental caries is very …

BACKGROUND BKL Walawalkar Hospital is situated near the village of Dervan in the Kokan
region of the state of Maharashtra in India. A survey of 2200 surrounding villages showed …

MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis of records of the donors from January
2012 to December 2016 at Swami Samarth Blood Bank attached to BKL Walawalkar Rural …

Snake bite is one of the major public health problems in India. Venom induced consumption
coagulopathy (VICC) is the commonest coagulopathy resulting from viper bites. Anti-snake …

BACKGROUND Objective of this study is to assess ultrasonic foetal growth patterns and its
comparison with known standards in relation to normal & low birth weight in all trimesters …

BACKGROUND: The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a pandemic
affecting health and wellbeing worldwide. In addition to the physical health, economic, and …