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Background: Menopausal transition initiates with menstrual cycle length variety and finishes when last menstrual period happens. As life expectancy has increased, a menopausal woman has to spend one-third of her life span with estrogen deprivation stage that leads to major long-term symptomatic and metabolic complications. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study conducted on 103 menopausal women between 40 and 60 years of age residing in Ambala district, Haryana. In the experimental group, women received lifestyle modification program that includes six domains, i.e., health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, spiritual growth, interpersonal relations, and stress management. Intervention was divided into two sessions of total 2-h duration on 2 consecutive days. Sociodemographic pro forma, Menopausal Rating Scale, and Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II were used to collect data from women through face-to-face interview. Results: There was a significant difference ( P < 0.05) in mean menopausal symptom score and mean health-promoting behavior score in the experimental group after the intervention, but there was no significant difference in the comparison group ( P > 0.05). It was revealed that there was no significant difference between the groups with regard to mean menopausal symptom score and mean health-promoting behavior score before intervention ( P < 0.05). The mean posttest menopausal symptom score ( t = −8.99, P = 0.01**) was significantly low and the mean health-promoting behavior score ( t = 8.7, P = 0.01**) was significantly high in the experimental group. Conclusion: Based on the finding of the study, it can be concluded that Lifestyle modification program was significantly effective in reducing menopausal symptoms and improving health-promoting behaviors among women.

INTRODUCTIONAdolescence proves to be the most vulnerable stage in the way of human life cycle after childhood, characterized by accelerated growth and development with a change from childhood to maturity. 1 The adolescent word is taken from Latin word 'adolescence' which means to grow into maturity. 1For girls, menstruation is a physiological process which unprecedented to women that begins in puberty. It is periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus for 4-5 days (average) occur regularly every 28-30 days of cycle. 2 In India there are over 355 million menstruating women and girls but millions of girls across the country still facing significant problems to a comfortable and dignified experience with menstrual hygiene management. 3 In India about 88% of women use homemade products (e.g., old cloth or rags) during their menstrual period. The main reasons for using cloth-based product are: personal preference and familiarity, lack of approach to or affordability for good-quality commercial sanitary pads, and lack of adequate information about pads. Some girls also use locally made cotton cloth. The reproductive tract infection (RTI) incidence was 70 percent more common ABSTRACT Background: In India menstruation is generally considered as unclean. Orphanage girls are vulnerable group in our society. The unfailing support and a constant check of orphan girls during menstruation are usually absent. The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge and practices regarding menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls residing in selected orphanages of Haryana. Methods: A descriptive survey was conducted on 150 adolescent girls residing in selected orphanages of Haryana. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the adolescent girls for study. The data was obtained by structured knowledge questionnaire and structured practice questionnaire. Results: SPSS version 20 was used for statistical analysis. The result of the study indicated that more than half of adolescent girls (62.7%) were in age group of 12-15 year. Half (50.7%) of adolescent girls had age of menarche at 12 year. Only 16% adolescent girls had good knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene. 95.3% were using sanitary pad during menstruation. Conclusions: The present study concluded that adolescent girls had poor knowledge of menstruation and menstrual hygiene.

INTRODUCTION: Educational interventions have been associated with improved performance and significant changes, especially in perinatal outcomes. Teaching is one of the main components in educational planning which is a key factor in conducting educational plans through various teaching strategies such as simulation, demonstration and video teaching. AIM: The study aimed to assess lecture cum demonstration (LCD) versus video-based teaching (VBT) regarding active management of the third stage of labor (AMTSL) in terms of knowledge and skills of General Nursing Midwifery (GNM) students. METHODS: This was a quasi-experimental study conducted on 100 GNM third-year students selected by purposive sampling and randomly assigned to LCD ( n = 50) and VBT ( n = 50) groups. Sample characteristics performa, Structured Knowledge Questionnaire, and observational checklist were used to collect data from GNM students through self-report and observational technique. RESULTS: The study results showed that the mean posttest knowledge scores of LCD (17.32 ± 2.14) and VBT group (16.90 ± 2.41) were nearly equal and mean rank posttest skills score of LCD group (54.40) was slightly higher than VBT group (49.51), but computed “ t ” value of mean posttest knowledge and computed “ Z ” value of skill score of both LCD and VBT group (0.47, 0.54) were found to be statistically non-significant at 0.05 level of significance. CONCLUSION: It can be concluded that both LCD and VBT were found to be effective in improving knowledge and skills of GNM students regarding AMTSL.

Background: Active management of third stage of labour is a simple and practical intervention to reduce the incidence of PPH has been identified, globally endorsed, and widely promoted for more than a decade as part of programs to reduce maternal mortality. The objective of the present study was to assess knowledge and skills of GNM students regarding Active Management of third stage of Labour in selected schools of Nursing, Haryana.Methods: A non-experimental research design with descriptive survey was carried, the study comprised of 100 GNM students selected by purposive sampling technique from M.M. School of Nursing, Mullana and School of Nursing, Christian Hospital, Jagadhri. Structured knowledge questionnaire and observational checklist was used to assess the knowledge and skills respectively. Validity and reliability of tool was established.Results: SPSS version 20 was used for statistical analysis. Majority (92%) of the GNM students had below average level of knowledge and all (100%) were incompetent to perform active management of third stage of labour.Conclusions: GNM students should be updated with the knowledge and skill in order to provide safe and qualified care. Various teaching strategies or training should be inculcated in their curriculum and integrated as necessary to achieve the goals set for maternal and newborn survival.