Impact of Ban on Smokeless Tobacco (SLT) on Second Hand Smoke (SHS) Exposure among Males : Findings of a Community-based Survey in Delhi

Introduction: Ban on gutka/smokeless tobacco (SLT) in India beginning in 2011 raised apprehension of its users switching to smoking and thereby increased second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure to non-users. Delhi Government is...

Rural and Urban Health training Centers and Community Medicine

Health and Nutritional Profile of School going Adolescents in Surat city

[b]Abstract:[/b] Background:As the health remains a neglected issue in majority of times by school going adolescents and the data on prevalence of childhood obesity and blood pressure fromIndia are scanty. [b]Objective...

Earthquake : Challenges for Public Health

Road to Demedicalization- Need of Hour in Public Health

Medicalization is the process whereby previously non-medical aspects of life are seen in medical terms, usually as disorders or illnesses. It is based on the biomedical model of disease, which sees behaviors, conditions...