@article{Shaik_2023c,

title = {Knowledge, attitude and practices of reproductive health among adolescent girls in field practice area of tertiary care centre, Hyderabad},

author = {Mehaboobi Shaik and Sayeedunnisa Sarah and Moniza Maheen},

url = {http://www.ijlbpr.com/uploadfiles/135vol12issue3pp694-699.20230809043213.pdf},

issn = {2250-3137},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-09-30},

urldate = {2023-09-30},

journal = {International Journal of Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Pharma Research},

volume = {12},

issue = {3},

pages = {694-699},

abstract = {Background: Adolescents form precious human resources in every country & constitute 18% of the total population in India.The majority of adolescents lack basic knowledge about puberty, growth during puberty, safe sex, and hygiene. Adolescence is a period of rapid physical growth, sexual and psychological changes. Aim: The aim of the study was to understand the knowledge, attitude regarding reproductive health and to assess the practices regarding reproductive health among school-going adolescent girls of 6th to 10th standard. Methods: It is a cross-sectional study carried out among school-going adolescent girls of standard 6 to 10 in the field practice area of a medical college in Hyderabad. The study duration was from February 2022 to January 2023. The data collection tool used for the study was a semi-structured questionnaire. The data was analysed by using SPSS 20 software. Results: Among the total of 904 participants 45.7% were scared during the first menstrual cycle. Dysmenorrhoea was most common in class IV socioeconomic status (53.7%).31.4% of study participants had occasional itching and 5.3% had continuous itching. About 10.6% of study participants consulted doctors during menstruation of which the majority of them belonged to 10 to 12 years (16.3%). 58.6% of study participants did household activities during menstruation of which the majority were studying 9th class (69.2%). Conclusion: The present study concluded that female adolescents had unsatisfactory knowledge, inadequate hygiene practices, and positive attitudes toward Reproductive Health.},

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@article{Shaik_2023d,

title = {Health problems in school going adolescent girls in field practice area of tertiary care centre},

author = {Mehaboobi Shaik and Moniza Maheen},

url = {http://www.ijlbpr.com/uploadfiles/123vol12issue3pp630-636.20230802064005.pdf},

issn = {2250-3137},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-09-30},

urldate = {2023-09-30},

journal = {International Journal of Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Pharma Research},

volume = {12},

issue = {3},

pages = {630-636},

abstract = {Background: Adolescents form precious human resources in every country & constitute 18% of the total population in India. Adolescence is a period of rapid physical growth, sexual and psychological changes. The aim of the study is to assess the health problems and health issues in Adolescent girls. Their physical growths were also studied. Methods: It is a cross-sectional study carried out among school-going adolescent girls of standard 6 to 10 in the field practice area of a medical college in Hyderabad. The study duration was from February 2022 to January 2023. The data collection tool used for the study was a semi-structured questionnaire. The data was analysed by using SPSS 20 software. Results: Among the total of 904 participants 60.1% belong to the 13-15 years age group and the majority belonged to class II socioeconomic status i.e. 45.6%. Around 79.2% are having skin problems. Among them, 37.1% have hair fall problems and 25.6% have multiple problems. Girls with any episode of illness from the past 15 days show stomach pain at 22.9% and headache at 15.9%. Conclusion: Health problems were found during health check-ups, indicating the need for regular health services. },

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@article{Anjum_2021b,

title = {A cross-sectional study of precautions followed by patients attending primary health centre during the lockdown period of Covid-19},

author = {Vaseem Anjum and Mehaboobi Shaik},

url = {https://ijhcr.com/index.php/ijhcr/article/view/3168/3031},

issn = {2590-3241},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-11-21},

urldate = {2021-11-21},

journal = {International Journal of Health and Clinical Research},

volume = {4},

issue = {20},

pages = {8-12},

abstract = {During the lockdown period of the COVID 19 pandemic in 2021 the patients approaching the primary health centre were studied for a period of 3 months, from March to May in Hyderabad city. The precautions taken by these patients were also recorded using a semi-structured questionnaire. Among the 223 subjects mean age was 27.88 years, 61.9% were females, 83.4% were educated and 47.1% belonged to the SES III. Majority (50.2%) of patients were between 15 to 40 years. Below the age of 15 years constituted 28.3% and those above 40 years were 21.5%. In the study group only 12.6% suspects were asymptomatic, 31.8% had only fever, 49.3% had fever and URTI, while 6.3% had SOB along with fever and URTI. 1.8% had interstate travel history in past 15 days. 5.8%  had  history  of  contact  with  a  COVID-19  patient  or  suspect.  65%  patients  took precautions.  Under the preventive measures hand washing was 59.6% among which 69.2% used soap–water and 30.8% used alcohol rub to clean hands. 51.2% used mask while 48.2% did not use any protection. In this study the clinical  symptoms were significant with age, sex, SES and preventive measures taken (p<0.05) but there was no significant association with presence of comorbidity.},

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@article{Ahmad_2016c,

title = {Health profile of pregnant women attending urban health centre in Hyderabad, Telangana, India},

author = {Sultan Rizwan Ahmad and Mehaboobi Shaik and A. Chandrasekhar},

url = {https://www.ijcmph.com/index.php/ijcmph/article/view/138/135},

doi = {10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20163936},

issn = {2394-6032},

year  = {2016},

date = {2016-12-22},

urldate = {2016-12-22},

journal = {International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health},

volume = {3},

issue = {11},

pages = {3202-3206},

abstract = {Background: Maternal and child mortality is the outcome of multiple factors. Current maternal mortality in India is 254 per 100,000 live births. Improving the maternal and child health is an important public health goal of government of India. To prevent unwanted outcome of pregnancy, antenatal care (ANC) is most important method for early detection and prompt treatment of complications. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among pregnant women attending ANC clinic at urban health centre during September 2015 to November 2015. A pre tested semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Data was collected from 102 pregnant women attained ANC clinic during study period. The data was compiled and analyzed using appropriate statistical tools. Results: In present study majority (46%) of pregnant ladies belong to 20-25 years of age group and 26% had consanguinous marriage. In our study gravida 3, gravida 4 and gravid 5 were 29%, 12% and 5% respectively. 52 % of pregnant ladies had 3 ANC visit, almost 62% of pregnant ladies had done haemoglobin examination and 57% blood grouping testing. Pregnancy outcome were live birth in 82.66 % and abortion in 16.69%. 41% were previous LSCS and 9% were home delivery. In this study we found that high risk pregnancy were 59.8% and main reason of being high risk were previous LSCS (52%), anaemia (40%). Conclusions: High quality antenatal care as well as knowledge and practice of community regarding maternal care during pregnancy are important to unwanted outcome of pregnancy.},

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