Awareness and Practices on Menstrual Hygiene Amongst Adolescent Girls in Rajkot District of Gujarat

[b]Introduction :[/b] The knowledge established about the physiology of menstruation and unhygienic practises at adolescent age of girls predispose them to life threatening reproductive tract infections, infertility an...

Evidence Based Education System (EBES) - Sumandeep Vidyapeeth

A Cross-Sectional Study of Assessment of Quality of Life among Adolescents with Type-1 Diabetes Mellitus in Bhavnagar, Gujarat

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is on the rise and is a prevalent chronic disease in middle and low income countries. Type-1 diabetes mellitus usually develops during infancy and adolescents and as a chronic condition ha...

A Cross Sectional Study Regarding Menstrual Hygiene Practices and Myths among Rural Adolescent Girls

Introduction: Menstruation, though a natural process, is still regarded as unclean/dirty in Indian society, clouded by taboos and socio-cultural restrictions resulting in adverse health outcomes. This poses a serious pro...

A community based study to assess the awareness about the coronary risk factors in rural Maharashtra

 Background- Since the key to combating the increased incidence of CAD is the control of known risk factors by a population based strategy aimed at comprehensive risk reduction; it is pertinent to study the existing...