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Item Indian experience of home based mothers card: ICMR task force study.(1991-11-01) Abraham, S; Joshi, S; Kumar, V; Patwary, A; Pratinidhi, A; Saxena, V B; Maitra, K; Singh, K K; Saxena, N C; Saxena, B NTo improve the quality of MCH services, a Home Based Mothers Card (HBMC) prepared and recommended by World Health Organization was adapted to Indian situation, and introduced in 1.5 lakh population of rural area covered by 6 participating centres under the aegis of Indian Council of Medical Research. Two thousand four hundred and forty six mothers were given this card and were followed up for a period of 2 years. Only 89.2 percent retrieval of the cards was possible after a period of 18 months. Screening of the population for "at risk" women monitoring and referral could be undertaken with the help of this card. Improved antenatal, and referral services were observed during the study period. The card (HBMC) was acceptable to the mothers as well as to the health workers, as a tool for improving the quality and coverage of MCH services being rendered at the Primary Health Centre.Item Making healthy baby contests more objective.(2001-10-25) Bhat, G; Pardeshi, S; Kakrani, V; Pratinidhi, ASTUDY OBJECTIVES: To assess the objectivity of the criteria chosen to judge a healthy baby contest. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study design. SETTING: Urban Health Centre, Pune. PARTICIPANTS: Of the 998 children attending twelve anganwadis, who were screened preliminarily, 32 were chosen for the healthy baby contest. The contest was assessed using a specified scoring system in which due weightage was given to personal hygiene, growth, development, immunisation status and mother's knowledge about nutrition and vaccination. RESULTS: There was a significant intraobserver correlation (rs = 0.85, p < 0.05) and intraobserver correlation (rs = 0.92, p < 0.05). The scores were age independent. CONCLUSIONS: The criteria chosen were objective in nature. The objectivity of the criteria can make the assessment of the participants more unbiased, quick and easy. The results of the contests can be explained more easily and are more readily accepted. Thus, the healthy baby contests can be made more successful.Item Measles vaccination. Prevention strategy for malnutrition.(1985-08-01) Natu, M; Chavan, H; Pratinidhi, AItem Outbreak of measles--epidemiological study.(1986-09-01) Chavan, H; Natu, M; Pratinidhi, AItem Risk prediction charts for low birth weight.(1996-01-01) Ghate, M; Pratinidhi, A; Gupte, AOBJECTIVE: To develop intrauterine fetal growth monitoring charts for prediction of babies with low birth weight (LBW). DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Antenastal clinic of a government and a private hospital. SUBJECTS: Two hundred and eighty one healthy pregnant women were enrolled before 28 weeks of pregnancy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The uterine fundal height and abdominal girth were recorded fortnightly. Following delivery, the neonatal birth weight was correlated with these measurements. RESULTS: Graphs were plotted for the mean fundal height and abdominal girth in relation to gestational age for neonatal weight categories of 2000 g, 2500 g and 3000 +/- 200 g. Measurement of the fundal height and abdominal girth predicted the neonatal weight category with a sensitivity of 87.5%, specificity of 90% and positive predictive value of 77.8%. CONCLUSIONS: The uterine fundal height and abdominal girth, when related to the gestational age, can accurately predict the neonatal birth weight category. The charts prepared in this study can help in prediction of LBW babies and allow appropriate intervention to be undertaken in the antenatal period at grass root level.Item Untoward obstetric outcome among Smokeless Tobacco (ST – Mishri) users in Western Maharashtra.(2014-10) Pratinidhi, A; Ganganahalli, P; Kakade, S VBackground: Use of tobacco and new products is increasing not only among men but also among children, teenagers, women of reproductive age group. Mishri (ST) is one among them. Smoking is an established cause of adverse pregnancy outcome. There are indications that using smokeless tobacco could be as detrimental to fetal health as cigarette smoking. Objective: To compare the outcome of pregnancy among women who were using Mishri during pregnancy and those not using it at Krishna hospital, Karad. Materials and Methods: Pregnant women using Mishri during pregnancy were selected for study from Krishna hospital, Karad and equal numbers of pregnant women not using tobacco were selected as comparison group after matching for age and parity. Observations: The proportion of pregnant women using Mishri during pregnancy was 12%. A significant number of users was found to be anemic (69.8%). Significantly higher number of Mishri users experienced complications like Oligohydramnios, fetal distress, delivery before EDD (91.9%) and birth of Low birth weight babies (81.7%) with short stature and increased Ponderal Index. Conclusion: Special attention should be given to avoid or at least reduce the use of Mishri during pregnancy as a part of routine antenatal care to reduce the adverse perinatal outcome.