Indian Journal of Community Health

About the Journal

The Journal provides an avenue to medical scientists for publication of original research work so as to facilitate use of research for public health action. The scope of the Journal is broad. Original research articles are invited on public health, primary health care, epidemiology, health administration, health systems, health economics, health promotion, public health nutrition, communicable and non-communicable diseases, maternal and child health, occupational and environmental health, social and preventive medicine which have potential to promote evidence-based public health action. The Journal also include editorial, commentaries, perspectives, state of the art reviews, research briefs, policy and practice, reports from the field, public health classics, letters to the editor and book reviews.

Current Issue

Vol. 37 No. 1 (2025)

Published: 2025-02-28

Editorial

Expanding PM-JAY to Senior Citizens: A Progressive Step Towards Holistic Health Coverage
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.001

Annarao Kulkarni, Krupal J Joshi

01 - 03
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Current Updates

Commonwealth Declaration for Empowerment of Junior Doctors
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.002

Venkatesh Karthikeyan, Johnrose Austin Jayalal, V S Hariharan , K M Abul Hasan , Shiv Joshi, Merlinda Shazellenne, Duane Muruga Raj , Indranil Deshmukh, Pablo Estrella Porter, Pradeep Aggarwal

04 - 07
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Case Study

Women’s Health and Nutritional Security through a Community Health Perspective - A Case Study of Poshan Vatika- Harit se Poshan Project (Plan India)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.003

Bijayalaxmi Nanda , Nupur Ray

08 - 14
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Review Article

Civil Registration, Legal Reforms, Public Health, and SDG 16.9: Catalyzing Social Inclusion for Transgender Persons in India
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.004

Om Prakash Bera, Vandana Shah, Mokshada Chandge, Ranjit Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Lalita Kumari, Shuchi Shrama

15 - 21
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Nutritional Health Programmes in India: How far have we reached?
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.005

Sylvia George, Aditi Chandrakar, Anjan Kumar Giri

22 - 26
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Original Article

Review of Tobacco Industry Interference in Telangana State, India
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.006

Sonu Goel, Rajesh Bharatiya, Rajeev Kumar, Shravan Kumar, Ravita Yadav, Jatina Vij

27 - 31
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Physical Well-being & Health Care Resource Utilization Among the Elderly in Banda District: A Cross-Sectional Study
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.007

Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Suneel Kumar Kaushal, Mohd Maroof, Lal Divakar Singh

32 - 40
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Health-Seeking Behaviour and its Determinants Among Adult Population: A Comparative Study Between Urban and Rural area of Western Uttar Pradesh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.008

Banisha Sulthana, Neelam S Gautam, Tanveer Bano, Seema Jain, Sanjeev Kumar

41 - 46
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Practices and Knowledge about Safe Pesticide use- a Cross sectional Study amongst Farmers of a district in Odisha, India
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.009

Tapas Ranjan Senapati, Ipsa Mohapatra, Basanta Kumar Behera, Smruti Ranjan Nayak, Ansuman Kar, Prem Sagar Panda

47 - 53
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Prevalence and Patterns of self-medication practices in the urban areas of Belagavi, Karnataka; A Community Based Study
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.010

Asha A Bellad, Gibin George

54 - 59
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Evaluation Of Urban Primary Health Centres Operating Under The Public-Private Partnership Model In The State Of Uttarakhand
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.011

Ajeet Singh Bhadoria, Manish Chaturvedi, Shantam Mishra, Aprajita Mehta, Sivarchaka Omkarnath

60 - 69
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Social Support Systems and Psychosocial Health Conditions: Utilization and Satisfaction among College Students in Chandigarh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.012

Dinesh Kumar Walia, Anuj Kumar, Ravleen Kaur Bakshi, Deepak Vashisht

70 - 78
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Prevalence of dental Fluorosis and its epidemiological determinants in a Hilly state of India- A Cross-Sectional Study
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.013

Nidhi Sharma, Vartika Saxena, Pallavi Singh, Rohit Katre, Manisha Naithani, Minakshi Dhar

79 - 83
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Navigating Risks: Exploring Sexual and Reproductive Health and Contraceptive Awareness among Adolescent Girls in in District Dehradun
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.014

Ruchi Juyal, Jayanti Semwal, Deep Shikha, Gagandeep Kaur, Vidisha Vallabh

84 - 89
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An Epidemiological Investigation of Cholera Outbreak in an NGO Residential School for differently abled children and adolescents of urban Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India: A Cross-sectional study.

PRAGATI GAUTAM, VP Goswami, Dr. Ila Bajpai, Dr. Salil Sakalle, Dr. Sanjay Dixit
Perception for Traditional and Competency Based Educational environment among medical students of GMC Haldwani, Nainital: A Mixed-method Cross-sectional study

Hema Thakkar, Neetu Vishwakarma, Sadhna Awasthi
Respiratory tract infection: Current pattern of pathogens involved and related antibiotic resistance observed at a tertiary health care institute of Rajasthan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.019

Navgeet Mathur, Yadav Narayan Verma, Medha Mathur

114 - 118
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Bagasse dust related morbidities and its determinants among sugarcane factory workers: A cross-sectional survey

Chhaya Suman, Chhaya Mittal, Bhavna Jain, Manoj Kumar Singh, Sudheer Rathi, Rupesh Tewari
Psycho-Social and General Health Status of Adolescent Girls in Rural Area of Gurugram, Haryana
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.017

Sunita Vashist, Nidhi Gupta, Priya Kataria, Aswathy Krishna

101 - 105
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Quality of life and its associated factors of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus patients attending tertiary care hospital, Yavatmal, Central India: A hospital-based cross-sectional study
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.018

Anchal A Rangari, Vijay K Domple , Pankaj M Kasdekar, Sushama S Thakre

106 - 113
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Relationship between Lifestyle habits and the Indian Diabetes Risk Score in a community based study at Meerut
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.020

Amandeep Kaur, Rahul Bansal, Pawan Parashar, Varsha Chaudhary, Bhawana Pant, Kaynat Nasser

119 - 123
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Enhancing Healthcare Service Quality through Awareness and Participation: A Case Study of Kanpur

Arpana Katiyar, Vivek Singh Sachan, Warshi Singh, Praveen Katiyar, Shivam Agarwal, Dinesh Singh Martolia
Assessment of Problems & Challenges faced by Anti-retroviral Therapy Seekers at an ART Centre of tertiary care hospital during the COVID-19 -pandemic.”

Rashmi Bhujade, Dr Anupma Srivastva , Dr Renu Agrawal , Dr Anil Baghel, Dr Gagandeep Kaur , Dr Pankaj Jain
Poster Presentation as an Education tool: Use, Views and Reviews from Undergraduate Medical students
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.016

Bhavya Khattri, Chhavi Kiran Gupta, Manish Garg, Rijul Ranjan, Bhawana Pant, Surabhi Gupta

96 - 100
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Association of antenatal care and birth outcome: A community based cross-sectional study in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2025.v37i01.015

Yashvant Singh, Shailendra Singh Chaudhary, Suneel Kumar Kaushal, Mohd. Maroof, Lal Divakar Singh, Tarnnum

90 - 95
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Short Article

Experiences regarding Respectful Maternity Care amongst women living in two Block PHC areas of Assam.

Chandana Thaosen, Tulika Goswami Mahanta, Manas Jyoti Kotoky, Hiranya Saikia, Gourangie Gogoi
Designing and Validating a Multimorbidity Assessment Questionnaire for a Rural Indian Community

Deepti Nagrath, Jayanti Semwal , Rajeev Mohan Kaushik
Patient Satisfaction Survey: A Cross-Sectional Study Conducted in a Tertiary Care Government Owned Hospital in Northern Part of India

Tripti Agrawal, Amitava Dutta

Perspective

Transforming Medical Education: A Need for Mandatory Faculty Development Program for Standardized Implementation of Family Adoption Program Across the Medical Colleges of the Country

SWATI SHIKHA, Abhishek Kumar, JARINA BEGUM, SYED IRFAN ALI
Employing reflective writing as a tool to enhance development of critical thinking skills among medical students

Saurabh Shrivastava, Prateek Bobhate, Harshal Mendhe, Swapnil Inkane

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