This study investigated explored the impct of abrogation of article 370, high speed internet ban ... more This study investigated explored the impct of abrogation of article 370, high speed internet ban after abrogation of article 370 on mental health of kasmiri research scholars. A cross sectional qualitative analytical method was used to analyze the status of mental health among research scholars of the valley who pursue Ph.D. in different universities of Kashmir valley from July 5, 2020 - November10, 2020, before one month, when India was about to celebrate first anniversary of article 370 abrogation and Kashmir was about to remember the as "Youmi siyaha" meaning "black day." Mental health screening was conducted using PHQ-9 for anxiety related symptoms and GAD-7 for depression related symptoms. A total of 215 research scholars responded to the mental health screening survey. Results show that the impact of communication blockage during and before COVID-19 pandemic for first six months and then ban on High speed internet, a total of 83.72% were of the view that they cannot access research databases or communicate research articles to journals and they cannot shift to online mode due to low speed internet connection. 11.62% were of the view that they understood that communication blackout is a security measure taken by India government to stop protests, while majority of the researchers 84.38% were not satisfied with ban on high speed internet or communication blackout as it is directly affecting day to day schedule and their research progress. This results in anxiety, hopelessness, and frustration as they were are not able to reach out to their peers or access research databases and will eventually lead to failure as they could not compete with other research scholars of country and their time will be wasted. 45% (98/215) were of the view that they have now lost interest in the research activities as worrying thoughts are coming in their minds. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health
Background: COVID-19 pandemic forced health care workers to seek alternatives of child care due t... more Background: COVID-19 pandemic forced health care workers to seek alternatives of child care due to strong standard operating procedures (SOPs). Informal child care workers include patrilineal, matrilineal, immediate family members, neighbours, friends and housemaids. The present study tried to explore and highlight the role of Informal child care workers in alternative spaces. Methods: The present study aimed to reveal new facts about COVD-19 pandemic, its implications in relation to the alternative child care spaces available to the children of health workers in the valley of Kashmir. Total sample size constituted 100 respondents including doctors, Para medicals and other supportive staff chosen through snowball sampling technique. For data collection, a structured questionnaire was constructed and sent to respondents through different social media platforms like Facebook, e-mail ids and WhatsApp. Results: In the study majority of dual career families especially health workers work...
Background: Over the past four decades, tobacco use has caused an estimated 12 million deaths in ... more Background: Over the past four decades, tobacco use has caused an estimated 12 million deaths in the world, including 4.1 million deaths from cancer, 5.5 million deaths from cardiovascular diseases, 2.1 million deaths from respiratory diseases and 94,000 infant deaths related to mothers smoking during pregnancy. According to the WHO, tobacco is the single greatest cause of preventable death globally. Adolescent tobacco use is a complex behavior factors like, social bonding, social learning, lacking refusal skills, risk-taking attitudes and intentions have been highlighted as reasons for the onset of tobacco use in studies in developed countries. This study was taken to nd the prevalence of tobacco Aims & Objectives: use in school going adolescents of Urban district of Kashmir valley and to provide awareness about tobacco hazards to the adolescents in schools. Methodology: A cross sectional study was taken in school going adolescents of district Srinagar. 6 schools were taken using ...
Background: Pregnancy is a physiological phenomenon for most women. However, some develop problem... more Background: Pregnancy is a physiological phenomenon for most women. However, some develop problems during its evolution, putting both the mother's and the conceptus' health at stake. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are major complications of pregnancy and are important cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality leading to 10-15% of maternal deaths, especially in developing world. To Aim and Objective: estimate the prevalence of hypertension in pregnancy in health block Hajin of Kashmir valley. This is a cross sectional Material and methods: study conducted for a period of one year to estimate the prevalence of hypertension in pregnancy in a eld practice area of the department of community medicine, SKIMS. The data so collected was compiled and subjected to analysis using SPSS version 20.00, Chicago, USA for windows. The prevalence of hypertension in pregnancy was 7.4% (26 women out of 350). The hypertensive disorders in the study were Results: contributed b...
This study investigated explored the impct of abrogation of article 370, high speed internet ban ... more This study investigated explored the impct of abrogation of article 370, high speed internet ban after abrogation of article 370 on mental health of kasmiri research scholars. A cross sectional qualitative analytical method was used to analyze the status of mental health among research scholars of the valley who pursue Ph.D. in different universities of Kashmir valley from July 5, 2020 - November10, 2020, before one month, when India was about to celebrate first anniversary of article 370 abrogation and Kashmir was about to remember the as "Youmi siyaha" meaning "black day." Mental health screening was conducted using PHQ-9 for anxiety related symptoms and GAD-7 for depression related symptoms. A total of 215 research scholars responded to the mental health screening survey. Results show that the impact of communication blockage during and before COVID-19 pandemic for first six months and then ban on High speed internet, a total of 83.72% were of the view that they cannot access research databases or communicate research articles to journals and they cannot shift to online mode due to low speed internet connection. 11.62% were of the view that they understood that communication blackout is a security measure taken by India government to stop protests, while majority of the researchers 84.38% were not satisfied with ban on high speed internet or communication blackout as it is directly affecting day to day schedule and their research progress. This results in anxiety, hopelessness, and frustration as they were are not able to reach out to their peers or access research databases and will eventually lead to failure as they could not compete with other research scholars of country and their time will be wasted. 45% (98/215) were of the view that they have now lost interest in the research activities as worrying thoughts are coming in their minds. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
International Academic Research Journal of Internal Medicine and Public Health
Introduction: Non communicable diseases (NCDs) kill 41 million people each year, equivalent to 71... more Introduction: Non communicable diseases (NCDs) kill 41 million people each year, equivalent to 71% of all deaths globally. Each year, 15 million people die from a NCD between the ages of 30 and 69 years; over 85% of these "premature" deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the profile of clients attending NCD Clinic of a tertiary care institute. Methodology: Opportunistic screening of patients and attendants above 30 years of age attending different clinics of the department of community medicine for various risk factors of NCDs including Obesity, smoking and physical activity. Blood pressure and blood sugar measurements were also taken. A total of 148 people were screened. All those screened received counseling on healthy lifestyle and prevention of NCDs. Results: 89.2% had a sedentary lifestyle and 7.4% were current smokers and 12.8% were obese. 2.7% has raised blood pressure and 4.1% had raised blood sugar a...
This study investigated explored the impct of abrogation of article 370, high speed internet ban ... more This study investigated explored the impct of abrogation of article 370, high speed internet ban after abrogation of article 370 on mental health of kasmiri research scholars. A cross sectional qualitative analytical method was used to analyze the status of mental health among research scholars of the valley who pursue Ph.D. in different universities of Kashmir valley from July 5, 2020 - November10, 2020, before one month, when India was about to celebrate first anniversary of article 370 abrogation and Kashmir was about to remember the as "Youmi siyaha" meaning "black day." Mental health screening was conducted using PHQ-9 for anxiety related symptoms and GAD-7 for depression related symptoms. A total of 215 research scholars responded to the mental health screening survey. Results show that the impact of communication blockage during and before COVID-19 pandemic for first six months and then ban on High speed internet, a total of 83.72% were of the view that they cannot access research databases or communicate research articles to journals and they cannot shift to online mode due to low speed internet connection. 11.62% were of the view that they understood that communication blackout is a security measure taken by India government to stop protests, while majority of the researchers 84.38% were not satisfied with ban on high speed internet or communication blackout as it is directly affecting day to day schedule and their research progress. This results in anxiety, hopelessness, and frustration as they were are not able to reach out to their peers or access research databases and will eventually lead to failure as they could not compete with other research scholars of country and their time will be wasted. 45% (98/215) were of the view that they have now lost interest in the research activities as worrying thoughts are coming in their minds. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health
Background: COVID-19 pandemic forced health care workers to seek alternatives of child care due t... more Background: COVID-19 pandemic forced health care workers to seek alternatives of child care due to strong standard operating procedures (SOPs). Informal child care workers include patrilineal, matrilineal, immediate family members, neighbours, friends and housemaids. The present study tried to explore and highlight the role of Informal child care workers in alternative spaces. Methods: The present study aimed to reveal new facts about COVD-19 pandemic, its implications in relation to the alternative child care spaces available to the children of health workers in the valley of Kashmir. Total sample size constituted 100 respondents including doctors, Para medicals and other supportive staff chosen through snowball sampling technique. For data collection, a structured questionnaire was constructed and sent to respondents through different social media platforms like Facebook, e-mail ids and WhatsApp. Results: In the study majority of dual career families especially health workers work...
Background: Over the past four decades, tobacco use has caused an estimated 12 million deaths in ... more Background: Over the past four decades, tobacco use has caused an estimated 12 million deaths in the world, including 4.1 million deaths from cancer, 5.5 million deaths from cardiovascular diseases, 2.1 million deaths from respiratory diseases and 94,000 infant deaths related to mothers smoking during pregnancy. According to the WHO, tobacco is the single greatest cause of preventable death globally. Adolescent tobacco use is a complex behavior factors like, social bonding, social learning, lacking refusal skills, risk-taking attitudes and intentions have been highlighted as reasons for the onset of tobacco use in studies in developed countries. This study was taken to nd the prevalence of tobacco Aims & Objectives: use in school going adolescents of Urban district of Kashmir valley and to provide awareness about tobacco hazards to the adolescents in schools. Methodology: A cross sectional study was taken in school going adolescents of district Srinagar. 6 schools were taken using ...
Background: Pregnancy is a physiological phenomenon for most women. However, some develop problem... more Background: Pregnancy is a physiological phenomenon for most women. However, some develop problems during its evolution, putting both the mother's and the conceptus' health at stake. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are major complications of pregnancy and are important cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality leading to 10-15% of maternal deaths, especially in developing world. To Aim and Objective: estimate the prevalence of hypertension in pregnancy in health block Hajin of Kashmir valley. This is a cross sectional Material and methods: study conducted for a period of one year to estimate the prevalence of hypertension in pregnancy in a eld practice area of the department of community medicine, SKIMS. The data so collected was compiled and subjected to analysis using SPSS version 20.00, Chicago, USA for windows. The prevalence of hypertension in pregnancy was 7.4% (26 women out of 350). The hypertensive disorders in the study were Results: contributed b...
This study investigated explored the impct of abrogation of article 370, high speed internet ban ... more This study investigated explored the impct of abrogation of article 370, high speed internet ban after abrogation of article 370 on mental health of kasmiri research scholars. A cross sectional qualitative analytical method was used to analyze the status of mental health among research scholars of the valley who pursue Ph.D. in different universities of Kashmir valley from July 5, 2020 - November10, 2020, before one month, when India was about to celebrate first anniversary of article 370 abrogation and Kashmir was about to remember the as "Youmi siyaha" meaning "black day." Mental health screening was conducted using PHQ-9 for anxiety related symptoms and GAD-7 for depression related symptoms. A total of 215 research scholars responded to the mental health screening survey. Results show that the impact of communication blockage during and before COVID-19 pandemic for first six months and then ban on High speed internet, a total of 83.72% were of the view that they cannot access research databases or communicate research articles to journals and they cannot shift to online mode due to low speed internet connection. 11.62% were of the view that they understood that communication blackout is a security measure taken by India government to stop protests, while majority of the researchers 84.38% were not satisfied with ban on high speed internet or communication blackout as it is directly affecting day to day schedule and their research progress. This results in anxiety, hopelessness, and frustration as they were are not able to reach out to their peers or access research databases and will eventually lead to failure as they could not compete with other research scholars of country and their time will be wasted. 45% (98/215) were of the view that they have now lost interest in the research activities as worrying thoughts are coming in their minds. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
International Academic Research Journal of Internal Medicine and Public Health
Introduction: Non communicable diseases (NCDs) kill 41 million people each year, equivalent to 71... more Introduction: Non communicable diseases (NCDs) kill 41 million people each year, equivalent to 71% of all deaths globally. Each year, 15 million people die from a NCD between the ages of 30 and 69 years; over 85% of these "premature" deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the profile of clients attending NCD Clinic of a tertiary care institute. Methodology: Opportunistic screening of patients and attendants above 30 years of age attending different clinics of the department of community medicine for various risk factors of NCDs including Obesity, smoking and physical activity. Blood pressure and blood sugar measurements were also taken. A total of 148 people were screened. All those screened received counseling on healthy lifestyle and prevention of NCDs. Results: 89.2% had a sedentary lifestyle and 7.4% were current smokers and 12.8% were obese. 2.7% has raised blood pressure and 4.1% had raised blood sugar a...
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