Department of Community Medicine

Impact of New Competency-Based Medical Curriculum on the Educational Environment of Medical Studentsin a Medical College in Central Kerala

Authors : Dr. Aswathy S., E.V. DeepasreeVarier, GayathriSobha, Angel Babychan, NajiyaNajeem Jasmin, Naveena Manu, P. Gopika, AyshaNaurinFirosh, Gondi GouriHanisha, Avani Dinesh, Minu Maria Mathew and SilpaThozhuthungalSasi

Publisher : HAP Journal of Public Health and Clinical Medicine

Year : 2023

Prevalence of Oral Health Issues and Its Associated Risk Factors among Post-COVID Patients in Kannur, Kerala:A Cross-Sectional Study

Authors : Dr. Aswathy S., AthiraRadhakrishnan, Avani Dinesh, Minu Maria Mathew

Publisher : HAP Journal of Public Health and Clinical Medicine

Year : 2023

Impact of low calorie diet plans and structured strength training regimens on body recomposition: A four month case report

Authors : Dr. Anu Sasidharan, Dr. Suja Gopalakrishnan, Dr. Sreelakshmi Mohandas

Year : 2023

Mental health and COVID 19 among seafarers working in maritime industry residing in India : a pilot study

Authors : AnandGurleen Kaur, Teena Mary Joy

Publisher : HAP Journal of Public Health and Clinical Medicine

Year : 2023

Menstrual practices, fertility intentions and decision‐making regarding family planning by women belonging to various indigenous groups of Wayanad‐ A Qualitative study

Authors : Dr. Aswathy S., Dr. Leyanna Susan George, Dr. Prema Nedungadi, Varughese SA, Najeeb SS, Aravindan L, Anvar R, Georgy S, Menon VB, Sathish

Publisher : JFMPC

Year : 2023

Hypertension in urban slums of southern India: Burden, awareness, health seeking, control and risk factor profile

Authors : Dr. Sreelakshmi Mohandas, Dr. Jaideep C. Menon, Dr. Aswathy S., Rakesh PS, Renjini BA,Numpelil M, Vasudevan B.

Publisher : Indian Heart J

Year : 2023

Experiences and Beliefs on Tobacco Use, Cessation in India: A Qualitative Study

Authors : Dr. Aswathy S., Majumdar A, Olando Y, Sun MC, Jennings C, Tibazarwa K, Gray H, Zatonska K, Pk R, Najeeb SS

Publisher : Global Heart

Year : 2023

Variations and Associated Factors in Symptom-to-Balloon (STB) Time and Door-to-Balloon (DTB) Time Before and After the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Authors : Dr. Jaideep C. Menon, Mohandas NV, K V, Sreedevi A, George N, Eapen K, Subramanian S, Raj H

Year : 2023

Transmissibility of severe acute respiratorysyndrome coronavirus 2 among household contacts ofcoronavirus disease 2019-positive patients: A community-based study in India.Influenza Other Respi Viruses

Authors : Dr. Prem Kumar Nair, Aswathy Sreedevi , Ahmad Mohammad, Mini Satheesh, Anuja Ushakumari, Anil Kumar, Geetha Raveendran, Saritha Narayankutty, Soumya Gopakumar, Anisur Rahman, Sachin David, Minu Maria Mathew

Year : 2023

Prevalence and severity of coronal and radicular caries among patients with type diabetes mellitus: A cross sectional study

Authors : Dr. Kavitha R., Dr. R. Venkitachalam, Dr. Arun S. Menon, Dr. Paul T. Francis, Dr. Kaushik Haridas, Y Sravan Kumar

Publisher : Medical Joural Armed Forces Inda

Year : 2022

Prevalence of Internet Gaming Disorder among Engineering Students Aged 18–25 Years: A Cross-Sectional Study from Ernakulam Distric

Authors : Dr. Sreelakshmi Mohandas, Nevin J. Palal, Minu Maria Mathew, Aravind S. Raj, Aravind V. Mohan, Abdul Bari, Amrithachandra K. P., Aravindh Krishna R.

Publisher : Amrita Journal of Medicine

Year : 2022

Prevalence of Obsessive – Compulsive Systoms and the Level of Fear Due to COVID 19 Pandemic among the Undergraduate Medical Students in a Tertiary Care Unit in Southern India

Authors : Arora A, Chauhan A, Dhonge SS, Pandey N, Dinesh A

Publisher : Indian J Public Health

Year : 2022

Seroconversion and side effects after COVID Vaccination among persons with Type 2 Diabetes in Urban, Rural, and Tribal areas in Kerala, India

Authors : Dr. Aswathy S., Dr. Sreelakshmi Mohandas, Dr. Chitra Tomy, Dr. Sanjeev Vasudevan, Navami Sasidharan

Publisher : Diabetes Seroconversion Study Team

Year : 2022

Seroprevalence of COVID 19 Antibody among children aged 5 – 17 years in an Urban and Rural Area of Ernakulam District , Kerala

Authors : Dr. Chitra Tomy, Dr. Sreelakshmi Mohandas, Dr. Poornima B., Sidharthan S, Shaik S

Publisher : Paediatric COVID 19 , Seroconversion group

Year : 2022

Diagnostic and Treatment Delay among New Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Southern India : A Cross Sectional Study

Authors : Dr. Paul T. Francis, Arjun Balasubramnian, K Leelamoni, PS Rakesh, JishnuSatheesLalu

Publisher : Indian J Public Health

Year : 2022

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice regarding Mosquito – Borne Diseases among Migrant Laborers from a Migrant Settlement in Ponekkara, Ernakulam Kerala

Authors : Dr. Sreelakshmi Mohandas, RohiniBharadwaj, Minu Maria Mathew

Publisher : Indian J Public Health

Year : 2022

Assessing the Quality of Life of Lymphatic Filariasis patients with Elephantoid Legs in Post Mass Drug Administration (MDA) phase residing in Cherthala Taluk, Alappuzha

Authors : Shilpa M, Panicker KN, Joy TM.

Publisher : J Commun Dis.

Year : 2022

Glycemic Control and its determinants among people with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Ernakulam District, Kerala

Authors : Dr. Aswathy S., Shana ShirinNajeeb, Teena Mary Joy, K Vijayakumar, Syama, Sneha G, Steffi A V, Vishnu B

Publisher : Indian J Public Health

Year : 2022

Uncontrolled blood pressure and associated factors among persons with diabetes from a community-based study in Kerala, India

Authors : Dr. Aswathy S., Dr. Jaideep C. Menon, Vijayakumar K, Vishnu B Menon, Minu Maria Mathew, Rajeesh R Nair, Gopal S Pillai, Mathews Numpelil, Vishal Marwaha

Publisher : Frontiers in Public Health

Year : 2022

Involvement of Husbands in birth preparedness of their partner; a cross-sectional survey from a rural area of Ernakulam, Kerala

Authors : Dr. Sreelakshmi Mohandas, Dr. Paul T. Francis, NimithaPaul

Publisher : Amrita Journal of Medicine

Year : 2022

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in standardised First Few X cases and household transmission investigations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors : Dr. Aswathy S., Lewis HC, Marcato AJ, Meagher N, Valenciano M, Villanueva-Cabezas JP, Spirkoska V, Fielding JE, Karahalios A, Subissi L, Nardone A, Cheng B, Rajatonirina S, Okeibunor J, Aly EA, Barakat A, Jorgensen P, Azim T, Wijesinghe PR, Le LV, Rodriguez A, Vicari A, Van Kerkhove MD, McVernon J, Pebody R, Price DJ, Bergeri I; Unity Studies Collaborator Group; Al Ariqi L, Alemu MA, Alvi Y, Bukusi EA, Chung PS, Dambadarjaa D, Das AK, Dub T, Dulacha D, Ebrahim F, González-Duarte MA, Guruge D, Heraud JM, Heredia-Melo DC, Herman-Roloff A, Herring BL, Inbanathan FY, Islam F, Jeewandara KC, Kant S, Khan W, Lako R, Leite J, Malavige GN, Mandakh U, Mariam W, Mend T, Mize VA, Musa S, Nohynek H, Olu OO, Osorio-Merchán MB, Pereyaslov D, Randremanana RV, de Dieu Randria MJ, Ransom J, Saxena S, Sharma P, Sreedevi A, Satheesh M, Subhashini KJ, Tippet-Barr BA, Usha A, Wamala JF, Watare SH, Yadav K.

Publisher : Influenza and Respiratory Diseases

Year : 2022

A prospective survey to determine the general awareness and knowledge on COVID vaccinations among general public attending the vaccination clinic under a tertiary care hospital

Authors : Dr. Aswathy S., Dr. Merlin Moni, Dr. Dipu T. S., Preetha P, Pranav V, Fabia E, BinilBabu, Ajitha A, Rejitha PS, Mahitha Mohan, Arya GK, Beena KV

Publisher : IJCMPH

Year : 2022

Pattern of contraceptive use, determinants and fertility intentions among tribal women in Kerala, India: A cross- sectional study

Authors : Dr. Aswathy S., Dr. Prema Nedungadi, Prof. Raghu Raman, Vijayakumar K, Shana SN, Vishnu BM, Minu MM, Lakshmi A, Rithima A, Syama, Viroj W

Publisher : BMJ Open

Year : 2022

Pattern of contraceptive use, determinants and fertility intentions among tribal women in Kerala, India: a cross-sectional study

Authors : Dr. Aswathy S., Dr. Prema Nedungadi, Prof. Raghu Raman, Krishnapillai Vijayakumar, Shana Shirin Najeeb, Vishnu Menon, Minu Maria Mathew, Lakshmi Aravindan, Rithima Anwar, Syama Sathish, Viroj Wiwanitkit

Publisher : BMJ

Year : 2022

COVID 19 Pandemic :Knowedge , Attitude and Practice of Public in South India

Authors : Dr. C. V. Lalithambika, Dr. Saraswathy L., Dr. Aparna Ajay, Dr. Col Vishal Marwaha, Dr. Lakshmi Aravindan

Publisher : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Year : 2021

Adherence to Methotrexate therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis – a hospital based cross sectional study from Kochi, Kerala

Authors : Dr. Sreelakshmi Mohandas, Dr. Mithun C. B., ChitraBabu, Athira, James Jijo, Lakshmi Jayasree Aravindan, K Vijayakumar

Publisher : Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Year : 2021

A tertiary care system response to COVID-19 in a resource limited setting: A 6-month experience

Authors : Dr. Merlin Moni, Dr. Dipu T. S., Dr. Aswathy S., Dr. Sreelakshmi Mohandas, Prasanna P, Edathadathil F, Thomas E, Joy H, Vijayakumar K, Beena KV.

Publisher : Int J Community Med Public Health

Year : 2021

A novel banana fiber pad for menstrual hygiene in India: a feasibility and acceptability study

Authors : Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan, Dr. Aswathy S., SharanyaMuthupalani, VysakhKaniKolil, AnjuBist, Krishna Sreesuthan

Publisher : BMC Women’s Health

Year : 2021

A qualitative study exploring the views on tobacco use and cessation support among patients in Kenya

Authors : Dr. Aswathy S., Yvonne Olando, AnindoMajumdar, Marie Chan Sun, Catriona Jennings, KemiTibazarwa, Holly Gray, and KatarzynaZatonska

Publisher : African Journal of Alcohol & Drug Abuse

Year : 2021

Impact of an educational intervention on internet usage, among students of an urban higher secondary school in Kochi, Kerala

Authors : Dr. Sreelakshmi Mohandas, Reshma Javed, Alexander John, Nimitha Paul, Ratheesh Kumar

Publisher : International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health

Year : 2020

Pattern of anaemia, determinants and weekly iron and folic acid supplementation programme among tribal adolescent girls attending a primary health centre in Wayanad, Kerala

Authors : Dr. Aswathy S., Bhardwaj A,Vasudevan S, Vidyadharan G

Publisher : Int J Community Med Public Health

Year : 2020

Non- communicable diseases awareness and control in a rural population in an epidemiologically advanced stage of transition (Kerala): results of the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases in rural areas study

Authors : Dr. Jaideep C. Menon, Dr. Aswathy S., Beena KV, Rajesh T, Attacheril TV, Jaisoorya TS

Publisher : Int J Community Med Public Health

Year : 2020

Prevalence of Depression among students of a dental tertiary care centre in Kerala

Authors : DhanyaRaghunathan, DevrajRamakrishnan,K. V. Iris Valsan and SuchitraAmbika

Publisher : Indian J Community Med

Year : 2019

Immunization Coverage in a Rural Area of Malappuram District, Kerala: A Cross Sectional Study

Authors : Dr. Sreelakshmi Mohandas, Vivin Vincent, Teena Mary Joy, Dulari Gupta

Publisher : Amrita Journal of Medicine

Year : 2019

Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding hepatitis B among medical students in a private medical college in Kochi

Authors : Dr. Sreelakshmi Mohandas, Arun Jacob, Teena Mary Joy, HarshaLais, Nimitha Paul

Publisher : Int J Community Med Public Health

Year : 2019

Nutritional assessment of tribal women in Kainatty, Wayanad: A cross-sectional study

Authors : Dr. Sreelakshmi Mohandas, K Amritesh, HarshaLais, Sanjeev Vasudevan, S Ajithakumari

Publisher : Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Year : 2019

Barriers to healthy lifestyle among college-going students in a selected college in Bengaluru Urban district

Authors : Dr. Chitra Tomy, Fathima FN, Mathew SS, Johnson AR

Publisher : Indian J Community Med.

Year : 2019

Prevalence and pattern of antibiotic self-medication practice in an urban population of Kerala, India: A cross-sectional study

Authors : Dr. Sobha George, Rajendran A, Kulirankal KG, Rakesh PS

Publisher : Indian J Community Med

Year : 2019

Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence among women in a rural coastal area in Kerala

Authors : AathiraKizhakkeveetilAjith, AmrithaRekha, SucharithaDuttagupta, Vinita Murali , DevrajRamakrishnan , VijayakumarKrishnapillai

Publisher : Indian J Community Med

Year : 2019

Study on oral smokeless tobacco use among migrant labourers and their attitude towards tobacco cessation in an urban settlement in Ernakulam district of Kerala

Authors : Dr. Leyanna Susan George, AnjanaRameshan, DevrajRamakrishnan, AnuVasudevan

Publisher : Int J Community Med Public Health.

Year : 2019

Outbreak investigation of acid fly attack among residential students in a tertiary care centre in South India

Authors : Dr. Leyanna Susan George, Devraj R, Arun Jacob , HarshaLais , Midhun M, Panicker KN

Publisher : Int J Community Med Public Health

Year : 2019

HIV Related Stigma and Discrimination among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Ernakulam District: A Qualitative Study

Authors : Dr. Leyanna Susan George

Publisher : Indian J Community Med

Year : 2019

Evaluation of a community based yoga training programme in Ernakulam

Authors : Dr. Paul T. Francis, Vasudev A

Publisher : Int. J Community Med Public Health

Year : 2019

Impact of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on residents of Cochin corporation

Authors : Dr. Paul T. Francis, Mavila AD

Publisher : Indian J Community Med

Year : 2019

Transgenerational preventive practices of diabetes mellitus type II patients attedning a tertiary care hospital in Cochin, India

Authors : Dr. Paul T. Francis

Publisher : Indain J Community Med

Year : 2019

Assessment of respiratory morbidity among bus drivers and conductors of the state road transport corporation, Kochi, Kerala

Authors : Dr. Sreelakshmi Mohandas, Dr. Paul T. Francis, Rakesh P S, Antony P F

Publisher : J Family Med Prim Care

Year : 2019

From neglect to equity vis-a-vis noncommunicable diseases and neglected tropical diseases

Authors : Dr. Aswathy S., VijayaKumar K,Devraj R.

Publisher : Indian J Community Med.

Year : 2019

Variations in common diseases, hospital admissions, and deaths in middle-aged adults in 21 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study

Authors : 6) Dagenais GR, Leong DP, Rangarajan S, Lanas F, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Gupta R, Diaz R, Avezum A, Oliveira GBF, Wielgosz A, Parambath SR, Mony P, Alhabib KF, Temizhan A, Ismail N, Chifamba J, Yeates K, Khatib R, Rahman O, Zatonska K, Kazmi K, Wei L, Zhu J, Rosengren A, Vijayakumar K, Kaur M, Mohan V, Yusufali A, Kelishadi R, Teo KK, Joseph P, Yusuf S.

Publisher : Lancet

Year : 2019

Assessment of air borne infection control and practices in health care institutions in Kerala, southern India

Authors : Arun Raj, DevrajRamakrishnan, Carmel RegeelaMainuThekkeveettil Thomas, Amrita Das Mavila, Midhun Rajiv, Rakesh Purushothama Bhat Suseela

Publisher : . Indian J Community Med

Year : 2019

Seroprevalence of dengue infection in pregnant women and placental antibody transfer

Authors : Nujum ZT, Saritha N, Prathibha Raj MR, Gayathri AV, Nirmala C, Vijayakumar K, Varghese S.Med

Publisher : J Armed Forces India

Year : 2019

Burden of dengue in Kerala using disability-adjusted life years from 2006 to 2016

Authors : Nujum ZT, Vijayakumar K, Meenakshy V, Beegum MS.

Publisher : Indian J Public Health.

Year : 2019

Comparison of Health-care Utilization Pattern and its Correlates among the Tribal and NonTribal Population of Kerala

Authors : Moosan H, Stanley A, Prabhakaran AO, Vijayakumar K, Jayasree AK, Gopakumar S

Publisher : Indian J Community Med

Year : 2019

Impediments to Optimal Health-care Utilization of a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group in Wayanad: A Qualitative Study

Authors : Moosan H, Stanley A, Vijayakumar K, Jayasree AK, Lawrence T, VeenaA

Publisher : Indian J Community Med.

Year : 2019

From Colonoscope to Microscope: The Diagnosis of Trichuris Trichiura

Authors : Dr. Shine Sadasivan, Sushma Krishna, Kavitha Dinesh, Aswathy S, Shamsul Karim

Publisher : International Journal of Case Reports

Year : 2019

Incidence and Outcomes of Dengue in a Cohort of Pregnant Women from an Endemic Region of India: Obesity Could be a Potential Risk for Adverse Outcomes

Authors : Nujum ZT, Nirmala C, Vijayakumar K, SabooraBeegum M, Jyothi R.

Publisher : Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg

Year : 2019

Drivers and Barriers for Measles Rubella Vaccination Campaign: A Qualitative Study

Authors : Dr. Leyanna Susan George, Krishnendhu VK

Publisher : J Family Med Prim Care

Year : 2019

Reliability and validity of PHQ-9 when administered by health workers for depression screening among women in primary care

Authors : Dr. Indu P. S., Anilkumar TV, Vijayakumar K, Kumar KA, Sarma PS, Remadevi S, Andrade C

Publisher : Asian J Psychiatr

Year : 2018

Effectiveness of community-based depression intervention programme (ComDIP) to manage women with depression in primary care- randomised control trial

Authors : Dr. Indu P. S., Indu PS, Anilkumar TV, Vijayakumar K, Kumar KA, Sarma PS, Remadevi S, Andrade C.

Publisher : Asian J Psychiatr.

Year : 2018

HPV vaccine knowledge and coverage among female students in medical college, Kerala

Authors : Dr. Paul T. Francis, Niveditha Das E.

Publisher : Int. J Community Med Public Health

Year : 2018

Study on sleep quality and associated psychological factors among elderly in a rural population of Kerala, India

Authors : Dr. Sobha George, Dr. George Paul, Paul N.

Publisher : Int J Community Med Public Health

Year : 2018

Intimate partner violence experienced by pregnant women availing antenatal care at a rural hospital in South Karnataka

Authors : Dr. Chitra Tomy, Mani MR, Deepa S, Christy SA, Johnson AR.

Publisher : Int J Community Med Public Heal.

Year : 2018

Staphylococcus aureus carrier state among surgery and orthopedics health care personnel of a tertiary care center

Authors : Sara Varghese, Devraj Ramakrishnan, Jyothi Rajahamsan, Sreekanth Karthikeyan Balakrishnan, Indu Rajendradas Mercybai, Mathew Joseph Valamparampil, Ananth Mohan, Amjith Rajeevan

Publisher : Clin Epidemiol Glob Health.

Year : 2018

Effectiveness of an ‘abridged course in medical education technology’ based on students’ evaluation of the teachers’ performance

Authors : Dr. Alexander John, Dr. Sumithra N. Unni, Joy Teena , Paul Nimitha, Gopalakrishnan, Suja Gopinathan, Anusha

Publisher : International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health

Year : 2018

Breakfast-eating Habits of School-Going Adolescents in Kochi, Kerala, India.

Authors : Dr. Rakesh P. S., Kurien, Ann John; Rejiv, Anjali; Premarajan, Anusree; Renjini, B A .

Publisher : Natl Med J India .

Year : 2018

Availability and affordability of essential medicines for diabetes across high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a prospective epidemiological study.

Authors : Dr. Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., Chow, Clara K; Ramasundarahettige, Chinthanie; Hu, Weihong; AlHabib, Khalid F; Avezum, Alvaro; Cheng, Xiaoru; Chifamba, Jephat; Dagenais, Gilles; Dans, Antonio; Egbujie, Bonaventure A; Gupta, Rajeev; Iqbal, Romaina; Ismail, Noorhassim; Keskinler, Mirac V; Khatib, Rasha; Kruger, Lanthé; Kumar, Lanas, Fernando; Lear, Scott; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; McKee, Martin; Mohammadifard, Noushin; Mohan, Viswanathan; Mony, Prem; Orlandini, Andres; Rosengren, Annika; Vijayakumar, Krishnapillai; Wei, Li; Yeates, Karen; Yusoff, Khalid; Yusuf, Rita; Yusufali, Afzalhussein; Zatonska, Katarzyna; Zhou, Yihong; Islam, Shariful; Corsi, Daniel; Rangarajan, Sumathy; Teo, Koon; Gerstein, Hertzel C; Yusuf, Salim

Publisher : Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol

Year : 2018