Introduction: Sexual harassment is a problem that is concerned with public health and has a serious effects on the students' dignity, physical as well as mental health. Knowledge on Sexual harassment equips the students to face such situation courageously. Objectives: The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge of the undergraduate students on sexual harassment. Methods: A cross- sectional survey was conducted among 408 undergraduate students of selected professional colleges of Udupi district. Data was collected using structured knowledge questionnaire on sexual harassment. Stratified proportionate systematic random sampling technique was used. Result: The study found that 82.4% of the students had average knowledge, 13.2% had good knowledge and 4.4% had poor knowledge on sexual harassment. Conclusion: This study shows that students have average knowledge on sexual harassment which shows that they need further education that may help them to take proper actions if harassment ever occur.

Mobile health (mHealth) solutions are being widely explored in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) due to its scope in reducing the healthcare access gap and improving health outcomes. The fit of mHealth solutions to specific users and their viability in a particular setting plays a significant role in the successful adoption and sustainable implementation. This article describes the process of designing a sustainable mHealth application for delivering preterm home care to babies discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in India. Intended end‐users are the parents, who are primary caregivers at home, especially mothers of preterm babies and healthcare providers who cared for them at the hospital. This mHealth application is designed to facilitate continuity of care for these preterm babies transitioning from an intensive healthcare setting to home with unique and complex health care needs. It is equipped to remotely monitor the growth and development for early detection of growth impairment and developmental delay often seen in preterm babies in their early years. Therefore, a mHealth application was designed applying a relevant conceptual framework for successful adoption and an ecological model for sustainability in the Indian setting.

Aim To describe a randomized controlled trial protocol designed to evaluate the effectiveness of mobile health based Preterm Home Care Program (mHealthPHCP) known as “NeoRaksha” mobile health application in improving parent‐infant‐interaction, growth and development of preterms. Design A prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial. The protocol is approved and funded by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India on 2 August 2016. Methods A total of 300 preterm‐mother dyads admitted to neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital will be recruited and randomized to intervention and control group. The intervention group would receive mobile health based Preterm Home Care Program and the control group would receive standard preterm care. Intervention group will be followed up at home by community health workers known as Accredited Social Health Activist who will be trained in using the NeoRaksha mobile health application. Preterms outcomes will be assessed during follow‐up at hospital. Discussion Supporting continuity of preterm care is vital as parents and preterms experience transition from Neonatal Intensive Care unit to their home. Empowering mothers and community health workers by integrating mobile technology into health care can help promote healthy preterms, enhance development outcomes and follow‐up, which in turn can reduce the mortalities, morbidities, and disabilities associated with prematurity. Impact The results of this study could open up new horizons in integrating hospital and home based preterm care through technology, which paves way to scale up the model across the countries.

Acupressure has been found to be effective in a number of conditions. This study aims at determining the effectiveness of acupressure on physical stress among high school students. A quasi-experimental pretest/posttest control group design was used. Statistical analysis of data revealed that acupressure was effective in reducing physical stress among students within the study group (Z = -5.803, P < .001) and among students between the 2 study groups (Z = -7.409, P < .001).

Background: Suffering from minor ailments is the most frequent episode in childhood experiences. A productive and energetic population cannot grow from unhealthy children who are chronically affected by repeated minor ailments. Method: An evaluative study using one group pretest posttest design was conducted among 30 school children of 9th class in a selected school of Udupi taluk, Karnataka to assess the knowledge of school children regarding the management of minor ailments and to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding management of minor ailments. Results: Majority of children 17 (56 .7 %) had average knowledge in the pretest and only 4(13.3%) children had poor knowledge. There was a significant difference between the mean pretest and posttest knowledge scores on management of minor ailments among school children which indicated that the structured teaching programme on management of minor ailments was found to be effective(t= 9.702, P<0.05). Conclusion: The study concluded that the teaching programme was effective in bringing the desired changes in the knowledge of the school children.