Background: Nurses play a very essential role as health care providers and taking care of their health is necessary. Nursing students are believed to be healthy and although morbidity and mortality from non-communicable diseases occur in adulthood, exposure to risk factors begin in early life. Early identification of risk factors is essential considering their role as future nurses and in public health interventions.Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 280 nursing students of a tertiary care hospital of Mumbai, Maharashtra after the ethical clearance. Pretested questionnaire was used for collecting data by interview after obtaining informed consent.Results: Out of the total 280 students, 47% missed at least one of their meals. 67.8% were underweight (BMI <18.5). There was no consumption of dry fruits and non-veg food in 54.64% and 23.9% of the students respectively. 36.07% students consumed green leafy vegetables only once a week. Consumption of water was quite low among the students. 56.07%, were anaemic (Hb <12 gm/dl). Under-nutrition and anaemia was found to be more prevalent in students coming from rural areas. The health seeking behaviour was observed to be better among the urban students.Conclusions: Findings of this study demonstrated that there is a need to increase the awareness among the nursing students regarding the healthy lifestyle and to follow specific strategies for their comprehensive management.

Introduction: As cataract is a major cause of avoidable blindness, it is necessary to know its magnitude particularly in rural areas where health resources are limited in order to mobilize the resources. Hence the study focused mainly on the sociodemographic profile and cataract surgical coverage in the rural field practice area of a Municipal Tertiary care Teaching hospital in Mumbai. Methods: A cross-sectional community based study was carried out amongst 500 geriatric (>60 yrs) cataract patients in rural field practice area of primary health centre attached to municipal tertiary care teaching hospital in Mumbai during the period of August 2015 to July 2016. A semi-structured interview schedule was prepared comprising of socio-demographic determinants. Results: Out of total 500 study subjects, 213(42.6%) belonged to the age group of 65-69 years and more than half 256(51.2%) were females. By religion 354(70.8%) were Hindu followed by 97(19.4%) were Buddhist. Majority 365(73.0%) had nuclear family and 228(45.6%) study subjects was illiterate. According to socioeconomic classification, 368(73.6%) belonged to lower middle class and only 14(2.8%) were in upper class. Proportion of cataract surgery uptake for males was found to be 62.3% and that for females was 59.5%.Conclusion: The study concluded that 42.6% participants were in the age group of 65-69 years and more than half were females and 70.8% were Hindu by religion and only 2.8% belonged to the upper socio-economic class. Majority 73.0% had nuclear family. The unmet need for cataract services in this population was found to be 39.1% (40.4% females and 37.6% males).

INTRODUCTION:Immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases in adults is the need of the hour. The student nurses by virtue of training are the frontline health workers dealing with patient care. They are exposed to maximum risk of contracting the diseases. Vaccine awareness is not a part of their induction training program. It is necessary to plan preventive measure related to vaccination in their interest.AIM:This study aims to assess awareness and practices of nursing students related to adult immunization.MATERIALS AND METHODS:It is a cross-sectional study, conducted on nursing students of School of Nursing in Mumbai, over a period of 4 months. Universal sampling technique was used. Sample size was 271. A semi-structured interview schedule was used for data collection. Data were analyzed in Microsoft Excel.RESULTS:The awareness about the vaccines was as follows: hepatitis B (98.1%), hepatitis A (72.3%), rabies (90.4%), H1N1 (74.9%), dT (52%), meningococcal (33.6%), human papillomavirus (49.8%), vaccines during pregnancy (88.2%), varicella (76.4%), typhoid (54.6%), cholera (52.8%), rubella (79.7%), travel vaccines (63.5%), Japanese encephalitis (69%), haemophilus influenzae b (40.9%), and pneumococcal (43.5%). About 87.8% of students have received TT at 10 years of age and 83% have received TT at 16 years of age. Hepatitis B vaccine was taken by 64.5%, out of which only 35% students received complete three doses. Majority of them could not answer the correct doses, availability, and cost of these vaccines.CONCLUSIONS:The awareness and practices about adult immunization are found to be inadequate. Nurses should be appraised about theory and practical aspect of immunization as an immediate solution. Furthermore, considering the importance of this topic, the induction training program of nursing students should include awareness on adult immunization and emphasize their own vaccination. The annual health checkup of students should ensure the compliance of vaccines such as hepatitis B.

Background: Health care professionals (including class IV employees) are the most ignorant as far as their own health is concerned. Problems encountered at the workplace affect not only a worker's health but also adversely affects the workplace environment. Today is an era of women who have diverse role to play in the society and often they handle multiple tasks simultaneously. They are therefore prone to suffer from work related diseases, which are further complicated by various social (responsibilities at home), psychological and physiological (e.g., pregnancy) issues. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out amongst 287 female class IV employees of municipal tertiary care teaching hospital in Mumbai during the period of April 2017 to December 2018. A semi-structured interview schedule was prepared comprising of socio-demographic determinants and BMI. Data was entered in MS Excel sheet and were analyzed in the form of percentage and proportions whenever necessary. Results: Out of total 287 participants, 101 (35.2%) belonged to age group of 41-50 years, more than half 168 (58.5%) were widows and majority 231 (80.5%) were Hindu by religion, 124 (43.2%) belonged to upper middle class, 158 (55.0%) belonged to a nuclear family and 44 (15.3%) had to travel more than 60 kms daily to reach at workplace. Conclusions: Study concluded that 35.2% participants were 41-50 years age group and 80.5% were Hindu by religion and 43.2% belonged to the upper middle class. Only 2.1% respondents had completed their graduation. More than half i.e. 55.1% of the participants were having normal body mass index and 10.5% were obese.

Objectives: According to WHO, Palliative care is an essential component of a comprehensive package of care for people living with HIV/AIDS. Lack of palliative care results in untreated symptoms that hamper an individual’s ability to perform daily activities. The study aimed to explore the perceived Palliative care needs of People Living With HIV/AIDS and the association between socio- demographic profile with Palliative care needs. Materials and Methods: It was a mixed method study conducted over 2 months in November and December 2020 at Link ART OPD of Urban Health Training Centre in Mumbai. Out of 120 registered patients,15 patients were selected for in-depth interview by purposive sampling. The remaining 105 patients were selected for quantitative part of the study by complete enumeration method. For Qualitative part, Thematic analysis of the transcripts was done. Data were coded using Microsoft word comment feature. Themes and categories were drawn from it. For Quantitative part, Data analysis was done using SPSS version 22. Chi- square test was applied to find out the association between socio- demographic profile & palliative care needs. P value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The major themes identified were poor attitude towards the disease, lack of support and role of counselling. The common palliative care needs identified were need for financial assistance, family support and psychological support. Conclusions: Palliative care should be introduced early in the care process by a team of providers who is aware of the patient’s history and requirements.