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View article: Disparities in deworming coverage between children with and without disabilities: insights from the DeWorm3 trial in India
Disparities in deworming coverage between children with and without disabilities: insights from the DeWorm3 trial in India Open
Background Children with disabilities experience lower school enrollment rates and may be systematically excluded from school-based deworming programs. The DeWorm3 trial provided an opportunity to evaluate whether community-wide mass drug …
View article: School-based deworming programmes: Knowledge and perceptions regarding soil-transmitted helminth infections among schoolteachers in Tamil Nadu, India
School-based deworming programmes: Knowledge and perceptions regarding soil-transmitted helminth infections among schoolteachers in Tamil Nadu, India Open
In accordance with World Health Organization guidelines, the school-based deworming for soil-transmitted helminths (STH) is being implemented in India since 2015 through teachers on National Deworming Day (NDD). This study aimed to assess …
View article: Dietary Challenges and Nutritional Awareness Among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Survey-Based Study
Dietary Challenges and Nutritional Awareness Among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Survey-Based Study Open
Background: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often experience dietary challenges, including food selectivity and sensory sensitivities, which can lead to nutritional deficiencies. Parental knowledge and attitudes play a crucial…
View article: Environmental surveillance of soil-transmitted helminths and other enteric pathogens in settings without networked wastewater infrastructure
Environmental surveillance of soil-transmitted helminths and other enteric pathogens in settings without networked wastewater infrastructure Open
Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are one of the most prevalent enteric infections world-wide. To control STH-related morbidity, the World Health Organization recommends targeted deworming and improvements in water, sanitation and hygiene. …
View article: Coverage of community-wide mass drug administration platforms for soil-transmitted helminths in Benin, India, and Malawi: findings from the DeWorm3 project
Coverage of community-wide mass drug administration platforms for soil-transmitted helminths in Benin, India, and Malawi: findings from the DeWorm3 project Open
Background Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) affect approximately 1.5 billion people globally. The current STH control strategy is annual or twice-annual preventive chemotherapy, typically school-based deworming targeting children and women…
View article: Environmental surveillance of soil-transmitted helminths and other enteric pathogens in settings without networked wastewater infrastructure
Environmental surveillance of soil-transmitted helminths and other enteric pathogens in settings without networked wastewater infrastructure Open
Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are one of the most prevalent enteric infections world-wide. To control STH-related morbidity, the World Health Organization recommends targeted deworming and improvements in water, sanitation and hygiene. …
View article: Adolescents’ Perspective Regarding a Community-Wide Mass Drug Administration Program for Soil-Transmitted Helminths in India
Adolescents’ Perspective Regarding a Community-Wide Mass Drug Administration Program for Soil-Transmitted Helminths in India Open
This study was undertaken to understand the perspective of adolescents in endemic communities of India regarding soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections and community-wide mass drug administration (cMDA). A multicountry community-based …
View article: Feasibility of Interrupting the Transmission of Soil-Transmitted Helminths: The DeWorm3 Community Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Benin, India and Malawi
Feasibility of Interrupting the Transmission of Soil-Transmitted Helminths: The DeWorm3 Community Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Benin, India and Malawi Open
View article: Remote evaluation of STH program coverage: Experiences from the DeWorm3 study, India
Remote evaluation of STH program coverage: Experiences from the DeWorm3 study, India Open
Background The DeWorm3 trial is a multi-country study testing the feasibility of interrupting transmission of soil-transmitted helminths by community-wide mass drug administration (cMDA). Treatment coverage during cMDA delivery was validat…
View article: Representativeness of a mobile phone-based coverage evaluation survey following mass drug administration for soil-transmitted helminths: a comparison of participation between two cross-sectional surveys
Representativeness of a mobile phone-based coverage evaluation survey following mass drug administration for soil-transmitted helminths: a comparison of participation between two cross-sectional surveys Open
Objectives With increasing mobile phone subscriptions, phone-based surveys are gaining popularity with public health programmes. Despite advantages, systematic exclusion of participants may limit representativeness. Similar to control prog…
View article: Perceptions, health seeking behavior and utilization of maternal and newborn health services among an indigenous tribal community in Northeast India—a community-based mixed methods study
Perceptions, health seeking behavior and utilization of maternal and newborn health services among an indigenous tribal community in Northeast India—a community-based mixed methods study Open
Background Evidence suggests that healthcare utilization among tribal communities in isolated regions can be influenced by social determinants of health, particularly cultural and geographical factors. The true mortality and morbidity due …
View article: EFFECT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON ROUTINE CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN INDIA
EFFECT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON ROUTINE CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN INDIA Open
INTRO: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, routine childhood immunization coverage globally decreased from 86% in 2019 to 81% in 2021. In India, the impact of the pandemic and associated lockdowns on routine childhood immunization has no…
View article: Overestimation of school-based deworming coverage resulting from school-based reporting
Overestimation of school-based deworming coverage resulting from school-based reporting Open
Background Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) infect over 1.5 billion people globally and are associated with anemia and stunting, resulting in an annual toll of 1.9 million Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs). School-based deworming (SBD…
View article: Inter-observer agreement among specialists in the diagnosis of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders and Oral Cancer using Store-and-Forward technology
Inter-observer agreement among specialists in the diagnosis of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders and Oral Cancer using Store-and-Forward technology Open
Oral Cancer is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality. Screening and mobile Health (mHealth) based approach facilitates remote early detection of Oral cancer in a resource-constrained settings. The emerging eHealth techno…
View article: Impact of adverse events during community-wide mass drug administration for soil-transmitted helminths on subsequent participation–a Theory of Planned Behaviour analysis
Impact of adverse events during community-wide mass drug administration for soil-transmitted helminths on subsequent participation–a Theory of Planned Behaviour analysis Open
Background Experiencing adverse events (AEs) during mass drug administration (MDA) could affect participation in future MDAs. This study aims to understand the potential influence of AEs during a community-wide MDA (cMDA) trial for soil-tr…
View article: Interpretable and Reliable Oral Cancer Classifier with Attention Mechanism and Expert Knowledge Embedding via Attention Map
Interpretable and Reliable Oral Cancer Classifier with Attention Mechanism and Expert Knowledge Embedding via Attention Map Open
Convolutional neural networks have demonstrated excellent performance in oral cancer detection and classification. However, the end-to-end learning strategy makes CNNs hard to interpret, and it can be challenging to fully understand the de…
View article: Prevalence and determinants of hypertension among urban tribal communities in Nagaland, India—A community-based study
Prevalence and determinants of hypertension among urban tribal communities in Nagaland, India—A community-based study Open
A BSTRACT Background: There is a paucity of data on the burden and factors associated with hypertension among the Nagas (collective term for tribal ethnic groups predominantly residing in Nagaland) living in an urban environment. Insights …
View article: Exploring uncertainty measures in convolutional neural network for semantic segmentation of oral cancer images
Exploring uncertainty measures in convolutional neural network for semantic segmentation of oral cancer images Open
Our study demonstrates the UNet-based BDL model not only can perform potentially malignant and malignant oral lesion segmentation, but also can provide informative pixel-level uncertainty estimation. With this extra uncertainty information…
View article: Field validation of deep learning based Point-of-Care device for early detection of oral malignant and potentially malignant disorders
Field validation of deep learning based Point-of-Care device for early detection of oral malignant and potentially malignant disorders Open
Early detection of oral cancer in low-resource settings necessitates a Point-of-Care screening tool that empowers Frontline-Health-Workers (FHW). This study was conducted to validate the accuracy of Convolutional-Neural-Network (CNN) enabl…
View article: Overestimation of School-Based Deworming Coverage Resulting from School-Based Reporting
Overestimation of School-Based Deworming Coverage Resulting from School-Based Reporting Open
Background Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) infect over 1.5 billion people globally and are associated with anemia and stunting, resulting in an annual toll of 1.9 million Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs). School-based deworming (SBD…
View article: Impact of the COVID-19 National Lockdown on a Rural and Tribal Population of Tamil Nadu, Southern India: A Mixed-Methods Survey
Impact of the COVID-19 National Lockdown on a Rural and Tribal Population of Tamil Nadu, Southern India: A Mixed-Methods Survey Open
We assessed the impact of the national lockdown on a rural and tribal population in Tamil Nadu, southern India. A mixed-methods approach with a pilot-tested, semi-structured questionnaire and focus group discussions were used. The impact o…
View article: Interpretable deep learning approach for oral cancer classification using guided attention inference network
Interpretable deep learning approach for oral cancer classification using guided attention inference network Open
We demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach for more interpretable and reliable oral potentially malignant lesion and malignant lesion classification.
View article: Classification of imbalanced oral cancer image data from high-risk population
Classification of imbalanced oral cancer image data from high-risk population Open
Experimental results show that the class bias induced by imbalanced oral cancer image datasets could be reduced using both data- and algorithm-level methods. Our study may provide an important basis for helping understand the influence of …
View article: Bayesian deep learning for reliable oral cancer image classification
Bayesian deep learning for reliable oral cancer image classification Open
In medical imaging, deep learning-based solutions have achieved state-of-the-art performance. However, reliability restricts the integration of deep learning into practical medical workflows since conventional deep learning frameworks cann…
View article: Mobile-based oral cancer classification for point-of-care screening
Mobile-based oral cancer classification for point-of-care screening Open
Our study demonstrates the effectiveness of a mobile-based approach for oral cancer screening in low-resource settings.
View article: mHealth-Based Point-Of-Care Diagnostic Tool for Early Detection of Oral Cancer and Pre-Cancer Lesions in a Low-Resource Setting
mHealth-Based Point-Of-Care Diagnostic Tool for Early Detection of Oral Cancer and Pre-Cancer Lesions in a Low-Resource Setting Open
View article: Knowledge, attitude and practices of childhood diarrhoea among mothers of children under five years of age: a cross sectional study
Knowledge, attitude and practices of childhood diarrhoea among mothers of children under five years of age: a cross sectional study Open
Background: Diarrhoea is an important communicable disease which can be prevented by proper hygiene and other simple practical measures. We assessed the knowledge, attitude and practices among mothers regarding childhood diarrhoea in a sec…
View article: Awareness Towards Impact of Festivals on Ecology: Need for Social Work Intervention
Awareness Towards Impact of Festivals on Ecology: Need for Social Work Intervention Open