Introduction: The Aetio-pathogenesis and risky behaviour determinants start early in adolescent period for the development of hypertension which poses a major public health problem with serious complications. These are amenable for prevention and therefore this study was taken up to determine prevalence and determinants of Pre hypertension and hypertension among high school adolescents.Materials and methods: A school based cross sectional study was carried out among adolescents studying in a schools attached to urban health training centre of Deccan college of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad. All the students from seventh class to tenth class consisting of 404 students were included. A semi structured questionnaire schedule was used based on Global school based student health survey questionnaire module; Anthropometry and blood pressure measurement was done by trained team using standardised procedures. Data was entered in Microsoft Excel 2007 and analysed. Frequency, mean, standard deviation and Chi square were done wherever required. Z scores were calculated using WHO Anthro-plus.Results: Out of total 404 students-boys accounted to 162(40.1%) and girls 242(59.9%). Prevalence of Pre Hypertension was 49(12%) and Hypertension was 52(13%) respectively. Mean age was 13.46+1.28 years; mean systolic blood pressure was 112.99+11.18 and mean diastolic blood pressure was 70.84+10.74 mm of Hg. Gender and junk food intake were the significant risk factors of Pre hypertension and Hypertension among adolescents. Conclusion: In this study behavioural determinants play a major role and these are amenable for prevention.

We studied the population records of House Sparrow Passer domesticus 16 th to 20 th December 2011 during winter in Ramakrishna Beach Road Vishakhapatnam town, Andhra Pradesh. The ecological density of House Sparrow was investigated using fixed width transects. A total of 189 House sparrows were recorded. The present study shows that a notable population of House Sparrow in Beach Road.

Background: Information about the prevalence of communication disorders is essential for planning prevention and rehabilitation services. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of communication disorders between gender and across age groups among a rural population of India. This work reports a study conducted as part of field work by staff and students of the