Tele-periodontics - Oral health care at a grass root level

Gynecological Morbidity Among Grass-root Level Health Care Providers in an Urban Setup.

OBJECTIVES The study of health status of grass-root level health care providers may help us understand the delivery gaps from the programmatic point of view. METHODS A detailed interview of 313 Anganwadi workers (AWW) was taken in a predesigned, pretested questionnaire, and their clinical examination and Pap smear study were arranged at New Civil Hospital, Surat during November 2007-April 200...

Effectiveness of a Training Programme on Emergency Contraceptives: A study among grass root level health workers

Indications for the use of emergency contraception include sexual assault, unprotected intercourse, condom breakage or slippage, and missed or late doses of hormonal contraceptives, including the oral contraceptive pill, contraceptive patch, contraceptive ring (i.e., improper placement or loss/expulsion), and inject able contraception.Though a battery of contraceptive methods are available and ...

A Systematic Review Opportunities and Challenges of Tele-cardiology in Health Care Systems

Aim: Telecardiology provides a useful diagnostic tool for accurate and rapid diagnosis of patients with cardiac disorders to specialist and general practitioners. In this study, a systematic review was conducted to identify effective components and approaches in Telecardiology, such as the opportunities and challenges of applying this system in different domains. Information sources or data: T...

Oral Health and Care at Intensive Care Units

Hospitalized patients and patients treated in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) are at high risk of contracting infectious diseases, mainly lung diseases resulting from respiratory pathogens found in the oral cavity due to deficient oral health maintenance. This problem could be avoided through preventive actions that require minimum intervention. The surface of the tooth, tongue and prostheses, as w...

Providing HIV/TB Care At The Primary Health Care Level