Introduction: Amalgamation of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha& Homeopathy) with allopathy medicine is a practicable solution for scarcity of health care providers in India. In this regard Government of India has recently mainstreamed AYUSH in rural area by in cooperating it in National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). But the scope of this incorporation will be subjective to the acceptance of AYUSH by allopathic practitioners. Objective: To assess the knowledge and attitude of allopathic health care professionals (undergraduates, postgraduates and interns) towards AYUSH system of medicine. Material and Method: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in medical students of a college in Karnataka, India. Questionnaire was used and data was analyzed using SPSS 16.ver. Results: Out of 131 medical students 49% were males and 51% were females. Only 49.6% of them could expand AYUSH completely and 61% knew that AYUSH was included under NRHM. Attitude of the allopathic practitioners was positive towards AYUSH. 72.5% of them welcomed the Government move of mainstreaming AYUSH in primary health care delivery under NHM in rural areas. Conclusion: Majority of the medical students had positive attitude towards AYUSH and welcome the step of government to include them in NHM.

Background: Diabetes and hypertension are rising like an epidemic in India. The initial phase of hypertension and diabetes is asymptomatic and may, therefore, remain undiagnosed. Early diagnosis and treatment can reduce complication and with this background, the present study was carried out in government employees of Gandhinagar to find out the prevalence of undiagnosed cases of Hypertension and Diabetes. Objective: To measure the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes among the employees of New Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar, and to estimate the ratio of diagnosed cases to undiagnosed cases of diabetes and hypertension. Result: Out of 775 subjects examined, 676 (87.2%) were males and 99 (12.8%) were females. The ratio of diagnosed to undiagnosed cases was 98:177. The ratio indicates that for every 10 known cases of hypertension, there were about 18 cases which were undetected. The ratio of diagnosed cases to undiagnosed cases was 36:43. This ratio indicates that for every 10 known cases of diabetes there were about 12 cases, which are left undetected. There is no statistically significant difference found between gender and distribution of diabetes and hypertension cases as per Chi-square test. Conclusion: Prevalence of undiagnosed cases of hypertension and diabetes was found high in the study population in spite of high education. Awareness regarding regular periodic checkup for hypertension and diabetes should be promoted and such diagnostic camps should be organized for the early detection of diabetes and hypertension for employees in offices.

Most of the maternal, foetal and neonatal complications and mortality occur at or shortly after labour and delivery and, are reported to be considerably worse than those occurring in a hospital. These morbidity and mortality can be decreased by ensuring delivery in a health facility or with the assistance of a Skilled Birth Attendant (SBA). However, in most developing countries including India, institutional delivery is still not the preferred norm for many. In Meghalaya, only half of expectant mothers go for institutional delivery. The present case report is an in-depth interview (IDI) of a forty-one-year-old man residing in a village of Meghalaya who has eight children, all of whom were delivered by him except one. Meghalaya, being a matrilineal society, we were interested to know the role of a husband in choice of place of delivery and explore the reasons of this unusual case. It was found that decision making lies on the wife and her family. Problems in accessibility including poor transport facility, dilapidated roads and distance between the village and health facility are important contributing factors for home delivery. Other reasons of preference for home delivery were poverty, fear of out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures, loss of daily wages, illiteracy, and trust on TBAs or dais amongst others.

Introduction: Human and organisational factors (HOF) are essential components of all types of industry. On one hand, HOF is found to be the influencing factor that contributes to the workplace injuries while on the other hand, HOF has long been accepted as having a significant role in accident prevention in any industries. Nevertheless, no study was found to be conducted on contribution and prevention of workplace accident due to HOF in Ferroalloy industry in Bhutan. Objectives: to describe how the HOF contribute to accident and their association with workplace accident in the ferroalloy industries. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with a sample size of 300 workers selected proportionately among the six ferroalloy industries in Bhutan. Results: Among the human factors, this study found a significant association between regular employment, workers with dependents, and four occupations of 12 listed. Among the occupations, Tapper, Electrician, Mechanic, and Lab technician were found significantly associated with workplace accident. The nature of these jobs was found physically demanding and more hazardous than other occupations. The significant result between workers with dependent and workplace accident was supported by higher incidence of workplace accident among the married and divorced workers (21.2%) compared to single (17.4%). The equipment and training of organisational factors were found to be significantly associated with workplace accident. Conclusion: The social factors were also found to be the triggering factors of a workplace accident. Similarly, poor level of equipment and training of an organisation such as lack of regular safety training, and inadequate and sub-standards equipment were the contributing factors of the workplace accident. HOF was also influenced by lack of strong OHSMS at the workplace and National OHSA in the country.

Background: A proper infant-feeding practice is essential for child’s survival, growth and development. Nearly half of all deaths in under-5 children are attributable to improper nutrition, which translates into unnecessary loss of 3 million young lives a year. The prevalence of malnutrition among children in India is among the highest in the world and the most common reason for malnutrition is improper feeding practices. Objectives: (1). To find out the infant-feeding practices in an urban poor locality. (2). To find the association between infant-feeding practices and nutritional status of under-5 children. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted by probability proportion to population size technique in an urban poor locality. Detailed information was obtained from mothers of 1–5 year children regarding sociodemographic characteristics, infant-feeding practices, and utilization of ICDS. Anthropometric factors like weight and height were measured and plotted on WHO growth chart and mid-arm circumference was measured. Analysis was done by computing percentage for categorical data and descriptive statistics for continuous data. Results: The study included 216 children belonging to 1–5 years. Among the study subjects, 95.1% were given colostrum, 49.5% exclusively breast fed, 49.1% weaned at 6 months and 58.3% were given all food items at 1 year. 92.5% of the children were immunized till date. The study revealed that 31.1% children were underweight, 33.7% were stunted and 16.6% were wasted as per the WHO growth chart. Conclusion: Under-nutrition is still a significant health problem, which is associated with improper infantfeeding practices.

Background: The opinions of the medical community and perhaps most importantly, the attitudes of the public, clearly affect the availability of organs for transplantation. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 181 medical students in a medical college of Karnataka in the month of August 2015. “Direct interview method” of primary source of information technique was used for data collection. A pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire was used to meet the objectives. The data was analysed and presented in simple proportions. Results: A convenience sample of 181 medical students studying in 2nd and 3rd year MBBS in Mysore Medical College were surveyed using self-administered,pre-tested,semi-structured questionnaire. Out of 181 study subjects, 93 were females and 88 were males. Mean age of the study subject was 20.23 years. Majority (n= 150, 82.9%) opined that the ideal candidate for organ donation is the brain dead followed by healthy living donors(n=23,12.7 %) and cadaver(n=07, 3.9%). Students had good knowledge about organ donation. 61.9%students had willingness to donate their own organs.The attitude scores, on the individual items, showed a mean of 2.17 to 3.87 (agree) when asked about approving of cadaver organ donation, willingness to donate one’s own or a child/family members organs, and willingness to discuss organ donation with one’s family.Majority of the students had correct perceptions about organ donation. Conclusions: Thestudents have good knowledge about the brain death and positive attitude towards organ donation. However, there is need for further research on attitude of medical students and other professionals on larger sample and also better education programs regarding the organ donation process.

Name of the Author: Sumit Kumar, Published By: Foundation Books, Imprint Of Cambridge University Press, New Delhi, India, Year of Publication: 2015, ISBN: 978-93-84463-96-0, Type of Book: Reference, Price of Book: Rupees Seven Hundred Ninety Five Only, Number of Pages: 204, Reviewed by: Seema Rani, Assistant Professor(Nursing), Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062. Title of the book is appropriate asit incorporatestwo undetachable aspects of the society namely the illness,sufferings and their economic impact on the daily lives of people, more so critical for people uprooted from their original establishments and livingsin slums. Colour and pattern of the cover design matchesthe gloomy picture of urban slums. Book size, quality of the paper used is acceptable but font size of the print is small hence making it difficult to read. In my view price of the book is on the higher side which might be an affordability issue for many a readers, otherwise