In India, prevalence of the KOA is more than 30 %.(1) Patients suffering from KOA have a poor quality of life due to intractable and perpetual pain swelling & buckling.(2) Basically, KOA is a chronic disease. There is a definite role of conservative therapy in management of KOA. It needs lots of attention of the Orthopedists/ physiotherapists as well as the family members for attaining best outcome of the therapy. This rarely happens. When KOA patients go to consult an Orthopaedist in OPD there is too much overcrowding. Doctors don’t have enough time for explaining conservative treatment in detail to them (3). Necessary investigations are advised. Their prescription includes analgesics, list of exercises, dietary advice. Then the patient is referred to physiotherapy section. Patients are given verbal instructions in hardly 2-3 minutes which doesn’t make any sense to them. Consequently, the patients often end up doing exercise wrongly. Rather than benefitting them this aggravates the condition.

Background: As per Medical Council of India guidelines, Under-graduate medical students must involve in planning, implementation and evaluation of a health education program. Problem Solving for Better Health (PSBH) is an excellent opportunity provided to fulfill this objective. PSBH participants are encouraged to generate new ideas and methods to more effectively utilize the resources that are currently available to them to help solve specific health problems in their areas. Many of the PSBH projects are Health Education Intervention projects andBehavior change is the core idea of Health Education. We intend to assess the projects documenting behavior change following Health Education Intervention. Methods: Abstract, Objectives, Methodology, Results, Discussion and Questionnaires of the submitted Health Education Intervention projects were reviewed for data on the Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Change in Behavior of participants before and after Health Education Intervention. Data entered in Epi-Info 6.0 and percentage projects showing Knowledge, Attitude and Behavioral change were assessed. Results: Out of the 243 PSBH projects 177(72.83%) were Health Education Intervention projects. Behavioral assessment before intervention was done in 152(85.87%) studies. 88(49.71%) studies have documented the changes in behavior after intervention and only 38 out of these 88 studies have documented the statistical significance for the change in behavior. 2(0.01%) of the studies have used Health Education Models other than Knowledge Attitude Practice (KAP) Model. Convenient sampling is done in all the studies.

Background:Over the past years several diseases and disorders associated with different kinds of occupations have been identified, including healthcare. It is important for medical personnel especially resident doctors to have adequate knowledge of occupational health and safety and prevention of occupational hazards. Objective: To assess the knowledge among resident doctors regarding occupational health and safety in healthcare settings, and the effect of training on the same. Methodology: A before and after intervention study without control was done among a group of resident doctors of a medical college in Delhi. Training on occupational health and safety was given to the study participants in the form of a two-day workshop. Pre- and post-test questionnaires filled by the participants were scored and the mean scores were compared and tested for statistically significant difference using Mann Whitney U test. Results: The study was done on 17 post-graduate resident doctors. The mean post test score was higher than the mean pre-test score and the difference was statistically significant at p<0.05. Conclusion: Training of doctors and other health personnel on occupational health and safety and prevention and control of occupational hazards can prove to be effective in improving their knowledge regarding the same.