Search Results - "Subitha, L."

Burden of excessive gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention among Indian women - A systematic review and meta-analysis by Patel, Namita, L, Vignesh, Sagili, Haritha, L, Subitha

“…Excessive weight gain during pregnancy and weight retention in the postpartum period may lead to obesity, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular events among…”
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Nutritional Supplementation Would Be Cost-Effective for Reducing Tuberculosis Incidence and Mortality in India: The Ration Optimization to Impede Tuberculosis (ROTI-TB) Model by Sinha, Pranay, Lakshminarayanan, Subitha L, Cintron, Chelsie, Narasimhan, Prakash Babu, Locks, Lindsey M, Kulatilaka, Nalin, Maloomian, Kimberly, Prakash Babu, Senbagavalli, Carwile, Madeline E, Liu, Anne F, Horsburgh, C Robert, Acuna-Villaorduna, Carlos, Linas, Benjamin P, Hochberg, Natasha S

“…Undernutrition is the leading cause of tuberculosis (TB) in India and is associated with increased TB mortality. Undernutrition also decreases quality of life…”
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Improving Self-care Behavior and Removing Barriers by Structured Diabetes Education Program in Primary Health-care Settings of Puducherry: Evidence from a Mixed-method Intervention Study by Gehlawat, Mamta, Subitha, L., Kar, Sitanshu Sekhar, Thumati, Goutham

“…Context: Diabetes self-management education (DSME) improves patients’ clinical outcomes and quality of life by encouraging self-care behavior. Aims: This study…”
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Food portion size educational programme in a workplace setting in Puducherry - Is it effective? by Vinayachandran, Gopika, Patel, Namita, Mathavaswami, Vijayageetha, Subitha, L

“…Background: Consuming larger portion sizes, i.e., in excess of a typically recommended serving size, has been attributed to the obesity epidemic. The workplace…”
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Vaccine hesitancy among the nursing officers working in a tertiary care hospital, Puducherry – A mixed-method study by Gopi, Ahalya P., Ganesh Kumar, S., Subitha, L., Patel, Namita

“…Vaccination was considered one of the vital moves in controlling the spread of highly infectious COVID-19 pandemic. But, the initial acceptance level was…”
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Prevalence and Pattern of Alcohol Consumption using Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in Rural Tamil Nadu, India by Kumar S, Ganesh, K C, Premarajan, L, Subitha, E, Suguna, Vinayagamoorthy, Kumar, Veera

“…There is a paucity of information on prevalence and pattern of alcohol consumption in India. To assess the prevalence and pattern of alcohol consumption in a…”
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Health-related quality of life and its effect on TB treatment outcomes by Roy, N., Krishnamoorthy, Y., Rajaa, S., Ezhumalai, K., Madhusudhanan, S., Raghupathy, K., Knudsen, S., Horsburgh, C. R., Hochberg, N. S., Salgame, P., Ellner, J., Subitha, L., Babu, S. P., Sarkar, S.

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Endocrine Abnormalities in Adolescents with Menstrual Disorders by Rajiwade, Siddhesh R., Sagili, Haritha, Soundravally, R., Subitha, L.

“…Purpose To look for endocrine abnormalities like thyroid disorders, hyperprolactinemia, hyperandrogenism and PCOS among adolescents with menstrual disorders…”
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A randomized controlled trial of sublingual misoprostol and intramuscular oxytocin for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage by Priya, G. Prema, Veena, P., Chaturvedula, Latha, Subitha, L.

“…Purpose In India, two third of maternal deaths occur in rural areas where there is lack of transportation facilities, lack of refrigeration to store the…”
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Menstrual abnormalities in school going girls - are they related to dietary and exercise pattern? by Vani K, Rupa, K S, Veena, L, Subitha, Kumar V R, Hemanth, A, Bupathy

“…Adolescence is the transitional phase of physical and mental development between childhood and adulthood and is characterized by immense hormonal changes.75%…”
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Awareness and practices on eye effects among people with diabetes in rural Tamil Nadu, India by Balasubramaniyan, N, Ganesh Kumar, S, Ramesh Babu, K, Subitha, L

“…Background: Recently eye effects of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) are an important concern due to increase in its trend especially in developing countries…”
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Palliative care in India: Situation assessment and future scope by Kar, S S, Subitha, L, Iswarya, S

“…Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness,…”
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Awareness and Attitudes toward Organ Donation in Rural Puducherry, India by Balajee, K L, Ramachandran, N, Subitha, L

“…For many of the end-stage organ diseases, organ transplantation is the most preferred treatment. The need for the organ transplantation is higher than the…”
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Self-directed learning readiness among fifth semester MBBS students in a teaching institution of South India by Kar, Sitanshu Sekhar, Premarajan, K C, Ramalingam, Archana, Iswarya, S, Sujiv, A, Subitha, L

“…Lifelong learning is a skill that must be acquired by medical graduates and proposes that students take the responsibility for learning process. The present…”
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Knowledge, attitude and practice of school teachers towards oral health in pondicherry by Sekhar, Vidya, P, Sivsankar, M A, Easwaran, L, Subitha, N, Bharath, K, Rajeswary, S, Jeyalakshmi

“…School teachers by virtue of their training can influence a large number of children thereby play major role in the planning and implementation of oral health…”
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Assessment of Early Impact of Cyclone Thane on Physical and Psychosocial Environment by Adhisivam, B., Lukose, Fromsi, Subitha, L., Bhat, B. Vishnu

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Attack rate and household secondary attack rate of acute conjunctivitis during an outbreak in South India: A community-based survey by Thekkur, Pruthu, Reddy, Mahendra, Naik, Bijaya, Subitha, L, Kar, Sitanshu

“…Introduction: Knowledge on epidemiology of the disease in the contemporary world will help to develop appropriate strategies to curtail the transmission during…”
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Development and implementation of healthy workplace model in a selected industry of Puducherry, South India by Kar, Sitanshu Sekhar, Subitha, L, Kalaiselvi, S, Archana, R

“…The workplace is increasingly being used as a setting for health promotion and preventive health activities; not only to prevent occupational injury, but to…”
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Student-centred learning in Community Medicine: An experience from Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry by Kar, S S, Premarajan, K C, L, Subitha, Archana, R, Iswarya, S, A, Sujiv

“…Student-centred learning (SCL) places the student at the centre of policies, practices and decision-making in the teaching-learning process. SCL methodology…”
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Community-based physical activity intervention using principles of social marketing: a demonstration project in Southern India by Subitha, L, Soudarssanane, M Bala, Murugesan, R

“…We aimed to study the development and implementation of promotion of physical activity in a rural community by applying the principles of social marketing and…”
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