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Sociodemographic correlates of infant mortality in India: A review of national family health survey data

CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, 2020
Introduction: Infant mortality rate (IMR) is interplay of several sociodemographic factors. There are several scopes for policymakers to bring IMR down by improving those factors.
Ratan Gupta, Manas Pratim Roy
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Hypertension in men - An emerging public health challenge for India: Evidence from national family health survey-4

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2023
Background: Men in the 25–54 year age group form the major workforce in developing countries like India. The rising trend of hypertension in this age group is a growing matter of concern.
Prasad Waingankar, Sneha Kotian, Noopur Kulkarni, Palanivel Chinnakali, Mahendra Pratap Singh, Sonu Goel   +5 more
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Nutritional Indicators for Gujarat, Its Determinants and Recommendations: A Comparative Study of National Family Health Survey-4 and National Family Health Survey-5

Cureus, 2023
Malnutrition is a public health problem globally. Gujarat is one of the states facing challenges in dealing with malnutrition and anemia. The NFHS-5 (National Family Health Survey-5) data reveals that the gains made in NFHS-4 (National Family Health Survey-4) were reversed in NFHS-5.
Soni, Jimeet, Sheikh, Faisal S, Saha, Somen, Wanjari, Mayur B, Saxena, Deepak   +4 more
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Identifying the trend of persistent cluster of stunting, wasting, and underweight among children under five years in northeastern states of India

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2022
Objective: To examine the spatial clustering of child undernutrition and identify the persistent clusters. Methods: We utilized the data from the report of the National Family Health Survey, NFHS-4, (2015–16) and NFHS-5 (2019–21).
Kh Jitenkumar Singh, Vekutulu Chiero, Mosoniro Kriina, Nongzaimayum Tawfeeq Alee, Kirti Chauhan   +4 more
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Responding to families with complex needs: a national survey of child and family health nurses [PDF]

Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2016
AbstractAimsThe aim of this study was to explore the extent to which Australian child and family health nurses work with families with complex needs and how their practice responds to the needs of these families.BackgroundMany families with young children face challenges to their parenting capacity, potentially placing their children at risk of poorer ...
Chris Rossiter, Virginia Schmied, Lynn Kemp, Cathrine Fowler, Sue Kruske, Caroline S.E. Homer   +5 more
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Stillbirth undercount in the sample registration system and national family health survey, India

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2023
To assess the extent of under-reporting of stillbirths in India by comparing stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates from two national data sources and to review possible reasons for undercounting of stillbirths.We extracted data on stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates from the annual reports for 2016-2020 of the sample registration system, the ...
Dandona, Rakhi, George, Sibin, Majumder, Moutushi, Akbar, Mohamed, Kumar, G Anil   +4 more
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A Study to Find Out the Full Immunization Coverage of 12 to 23- month old Children and Areas of UnderPerformance using LQAS Technique in a Rural Area of Tripura [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Introduction: It is very important to analyze the factors which acts as obstacle in achieving 100% immunization among children. Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) is one of the effective method to assess such barriers.
Anjan Datta, Subrata Baidya, Srabani Datta, Chanda Mog, Shampa Das   +4 more
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Health Information–Seeking Behaviors of Family Caregivers: Analysis of the Health Information National Trends Survey [PDF]

JMIR Aging, 2019
The growing population of aging adults relies on informal caregivers to help meet their health care needs, get help with decision making, and gather health information.The objective of this study was to examine health information-seeking behaviors among caregivers and to identify caregiver characteristics that contribute to difficulty in seeking health
Lauren R Bangerter, Joan Griffin, Kristin Harden, Lila J Rutten   +3 more
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How and What are Indians Drinking? Findings from the National Family Health Survey

Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2022
Abstract Aims To assess recent changes in the extent and pattern of alcohol use in India using the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data. Methods We used unit-level data from both rounds of NFHS.
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Prashant Kumar Singh, Siddharth Sarkar, Ankita Chattopadhyay, Shalini Singh   +4 more
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Factors determining institutional delivery in rural India

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2020
Introduction: For reducing maternal deaths, institutional delivery (ID) is a recognized strategy. India has introduced a combination of performance-based incentive and conditional transfer under Janani Suraksha Yojana to boost ID.
Manas Pratim Roy
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