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Key findings from NFHS-5 India report: Observing trends of health indicators between NFHS-4 and NFHS-5

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2023
The National Health Family Survey (NFHS) is one of the largest cross-sectional surveys in the world and plays a very important role in seeing the health sector’s growth in India.
Saparya Tripathi, Vineet K. Pathak, Chandrakant Lahariya   +2 more
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Trends in tobacco use among Indian adults 1998 - 99 to 2015 - 16: results from nationally representative data of the national family health surveys

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background India ratified the framework convention on tobacco control (FCTC) in the year 2004. In order to understand the impact of the implementation of FCTC it is important to look at the trends in tobacco use.
GK Mini, KR Thankappan
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Trend of hypertension in Gujarat–Understanding the NFHS-4 and NFHS-5 Data

National Journal of Community Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Several rounds of national health surveys have generated a vast amount of data in India since 1992. This article describes the key health information - hypertension from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS- 4 and 5) of Gujarat.
Swati Patel, Prakash Patel
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Inequalities and predictors of spousal sexual violence among women in India: A multivariate analysis of NFHS-3 to NFHS-5

Annals of Medical Science and Research
Background: Sexual violence by husbands remains one of the most pervasive yet least reported forms of gender-based violence in India. Despite legal frameworks and ongoing awareness initiatives, many women continue to face forced sexual acts within ...
Shubham Pandey, Arunesh Kumar, Suruchi Gupta   +2 more
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Developing an operational research model for strengthening policy and programs on prevention and control of hypertension in India

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
Hypertension is one of the significant risk factors for many noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) including cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), diabetes, stroke and chronic artery diseases.
Sonu Goel
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Comparison of nutritional status of under-five Indian children (NFHS 4 Data) using WHO 2006 charts and 2019 Indian synthetic charts

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2021
Introduction: There is a growing body of evidence against using World Health Organization (WHO) charts for developing nations. Our objectives were: 1) To compare nutritional status of
Vaman Khadilkar, Veena Ekbote, Ketan Gondhalekar, Anuradha Khadilkar   +3 more
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Vasculocentric Axonal NfH in Small Vessel Disease [PDF]

Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology, 2022
Abstract Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) causes lacunar stroke and vascular cognitive impairment in older people. The pathogenic pathways from vessel pathology to parenchymal damage in SVD are unknown. Neurofilaments are axonal structural proteins. Neurofilament-light (NfL) is an emerging biomarker for neurological disease.
Adam Anad, Miriam K Barker, Jessica A Katanga, Konstantinos Arfanakis, Leslie R Bridges, Margaret M Esiri, Jeremy D Isaacs, Sonja Prpar Mihevc, Anthony C Pereira, Julie A Schneider, Atticus H Hainsworth   +10 more
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Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and its determinants in India: Findings from the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019–2021)

Population Medicine, 2023
Introduction HIV is a chronic viral infection that invariably progresses into a life-threatening condition known as AIDS. India has the third highest burden of HIV in the world with an estimated 2.3 million people living with HIV (PLHIV) in 2021 ...
Mansi Malik, Siaa Girotra, Debolina Roy, Saurav Basu   +3 more
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Prevalence of lifestyle diseases in Maharashtra: A comparison between NFHS-5 and NFHS-4 surveys

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
ABSTRACT Background: Lifestyle diseases are non-communicable diseases (NCDs) of long duration and slow progression and are result of combination of genetic, physiological, environmental and behavioural factors.
Maya Vikas Kshirsagar, Madhura Dhananjay Ashturkar   +1 more
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Spatiotemporal change in wealth-based inequalities in overweight/obesity among women of reproductive age in India, 2015–2021

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2023
Background: Overweight/obesity poses significant global health concerns, especially affecting women. This study aimed to measure changes in wealth-based inequality in overweight/obesity among women of reproductive age (WRA) across states of India from ...
Subhojit Let, Seema Tiwari, Aditya Singh, Mahashweta Chakrabarty   +3 more
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