Introduction: Hundreds of millions of children live in urban slums, many deprived to basic services. This all are resulted in the different kind of behavioural problems in children living in urban slum. Many of these problems are of transient nature and are often not even noticed or sometimes neglected. Various factors play role in causation of behaviour problems. Aim: The present cross-section...

BACKGROUND Aggregate urban health statistics mask inequalities. We described maternity care in vulnerable slum communities in Mumbai, and examined differences in care and outcomes between more and less deprived groups. METHODS We collected information through a birth surveillance system covering a population of over 280 000 in 48 vulnerable slum localities. Resident women identified births in...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases has been reported to be higher in urban than in rural areas between developed and underdeveloped countries and within any given country. Studies in Turkey have yielded different results for different regions. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of asthma and atopy in Sanliurfa, Turkey, and the influence of environmental factor...

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play a significant role in complementing the state ito improve living conditions urban slums developing countries through slum upgrading. However, since NGOs operate on fixed budgets and timelines, small geographical areas, sustainability of their interventions remains subject research interest speculation. This has raised questions about challenges facing ...

Psychiatric disorders in a rural community in West Bengal-an epidemiological study. Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in two tribal communities in certain villages of West Bengal-a cross cultural study. (1980a) Socioeconomic status and mental morbidity in certain tribes and castes in India-a cross cultural study. (1980b) Mental morbidity and urban life-an epidemiological study. Urbanization a...

BACKGROUND Smoking is one of the leading causes of premature death particularly in developing countries. The prevalence of smoking is high among the general male population in Bangladesh. Unfortunately smoking information including correlates of smoking in the cities especially in the urban slums is very scarce, although urbanization is rapid in Bangladesh and slums are growing quickly in its m...

Toilet facilities in highly dense areas such as the slum and emergency settlements fill up rapidly; thus, requiring frequent emptying. Consequently, big quantities of fresh faecal sludge (FS) containing large amounts of pathogens are generated. Fast and efficient FS treatment technologies are therefore required for safe treatment and disposal of the FS in such conditions. This study explores th...

BACKGROUND There are very few community-based epidemiological studies on knowledge, attitude and practice about rabies prevention and control. This cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the same in an urban slum area. METHODS A random sample of 200 people was selected from an urban slum area. A pre-tested pro-forma was used to collect the data. RESULT All study participants had ...

Both developed and less developed countries are becoming increasingly urbanized. The earlier industrialized countries have developed more infrastructure to support the building of healthy housing, in neighborhoods that are strongly linked to municipal and global health initiatives, but to some degree housing and neighborhood issues vary only in degree between the developing and developed worlds...

Different urban structures might affect the life history parameters of Aedes aegypti and, consequently, dengue transmission. Container productivity, probability of daily survival (PDS) and dispersal rates were estimated for mosquito populations in a high income neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro. Results were contrasted with those previously found in a suburban district, as well as those recorded ...