Prevalence of dental caries and periodontal disease in a rural area of Faridabad District, Haryana, India by Naseem Shah, Vijay Prakash Mathur, Shashi Kant, Arpit Gupta, Vartika Kathuria, Partha Haldar, Ravindra Mohan Pandey

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Profile and treatment outcomes among young patients with tuberculosis aged 15–24 years in Faridabad district of Haryana, India by Sumit Malhotra, Bhushan Dattatray Kamble

“…Objective This study examined profile and treatment outcomes of young patients with tuberculosis (TB) registered at a district TB centre under the National TB Elimination Programme in Faridabad district of Haryana state in India.Methods In this secondary data analysis, we studied the records of young TB patients aged 15–24 years registered under a TB programme during October 2013–December 2017 in Faridabad district of Haryana state.Results We analysed records of 5257 young patients with TB. …”
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Environmental risk sssessment for Zika, Nipah virus and Scrub typhus disease in a district of north India: First step towards one health by Mitasha Singh, Aparnavi Periasamy, Pooja Goyal, Shweta Goswami, Ankit Yadav

“…The current study was planned to assess the environmental vulnerability or preparedness for Scrub typhus and disease due to Nipah and Zika virus infection in the Faridabad district. A Cross-sectional study was conducted in 2021 through 2022 in a rural and an urban area in the Faridabad district of Haryana, India. …”
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Improving access to institutional delivery through Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram: Evidence from rural Haryana, North India by Harshal R Salve, Lena Charlette, Ankita Kankaria, Sanjay K Rai, Anand Krishnan, Shashi Kant

“…Materials and Methods: A record review was done at the primary health care facility in Faridabad district of Haryana from August 2010 to March 2013. …”
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Gender-wise comparison of oral health-related quality of life and its relationship with periodontal status among the Indian elderly by Charu Mohan Marya, Harpreet Singh Grover, Shourya Tandon, Pratibha Taneja, Anil Gupta, Vandana Marya

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1200 geriatric population of Faridabad district of Haryana. Subjects were selected by a combination of systematic, cluster, and multistage sampling techniques. …”
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Use of water quality index and DRASTIC index correlation for better assessment of groundwater vulnerability to pollution: a case study by Jatin Chaudhary, K. K. Singh

“…In this paper, 11 physical and chemical water characteristics data of 31 well locations within the Faridabad District of Haryana, India are utilized to estimate the WQI. …”
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Tobacco use and nicotine dependence among newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Ballabgarh tuberculosis unit, Haryana by Rakesh Kumar, Shashi Kant, Ankit Chandra, Anand Krishnan

“…Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among 211 consecutive newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients between July 2018 till January 2019 at Ballabgarh tuberculosis unit (TU) in Faridabad district of Haryana, India. All participants were administered a pre-tested questionnaire to assess tobacco use and the Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence (FTND) to assess nicotine dependence. …”
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Anemia among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at a secondary health care facility in district Faridabad, Haryana by Shashi Kant, Sumit Malhotra, Partha Haldar, Ravneet Kaur, Rakesh Kumar

“…It was conducted in a subdistrict hospital, Ballabhgarh in Faridabad district of Haryana state. Hemoglobin (Hb) level was routinely measured at first visit for all pregnant women using BC-3000 plus autohematology analyzer. …”
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Association of common mental disorders with diabetes mellitus – Evidence from community-based matched case–Control study in North India by Harshal Ramesh Salve, Bhushan Dattatray Kamble, Anand Krishnan, Rajesh Sagar, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Shashi Kant, Baridalyne Nongkynrih, Vishnubhatla Sreenivas

“…Materials and Methods: A community-based case–control study was conducted in 28 villages of Ballabgarh block of Faridabad district of Haryana. Cases (diabetes) were recruited from the community with at least 1 year of diabetes. …”
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Community practices in COVID-19 outbreak in rural Ballabgarh, Haryana – A mixed methods study by Harshal Ramesh Salve, Abhishek Jaiswal, Rakesh Kumar, Shashi Kant

“…Approximately 1 lakh people (cumulative) have been infected by COVID-19 in Faridabad district alone as of 4 April 2022. To understand the effects of COVID-19 on community practices this study was conducted. …”
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Who interacts with whom? Social mixing insights from a rural population in India. by Supriya Kumar, Mudita Gosain, Hanspria Sharma, Eric Swetts, Ritvik Amarchand, Rakesh Kumar, Kathryn E Lafond, Fatimah S Dawood, Seema Jain, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Jonathan M Read, Anand Krishnan

“…During October 2015-February 2016, trained field workers conducted cross-sectional face-to-face standardized surveys in a convenience sample of 330 households in Faridabad District, Haryana State, India. Respondents were asked about the number, duration, and setting of social interactions during the previous 24 hours. …”
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Mental health related stigma, service provision and utilization in Northern India: situational analysis by Amanpreet Kaur, Sudha Kallakuri, Ankita Mukherjee, Syed Shabab Wahid, Brandon A. Kohrt, Graham Thornicroft, Pallab K. Maulik

“…This involved: (a) qualitative key informant interviews; (b) health facility records review; and (c) policy document review to understand the local context of Faridabad district in Northern India. Ethical approvals for the study were taken before the study commenced. …”
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Health behaviors, outcomes and their relationships among young men aged 18-24 years in a rural area of north India: A cross-sectional study. by Sumit Malhotra, Shashi Kant, Farhad Ahamed, Ramashankar Rath, Mani Kalaivani, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, S Ramadass, Vineet Kumar Pathak, Abhishek Jaiswal, Raghavan Parthasarath, Bhabani Prasad Acharya, Vignesh Dwarakanathan

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This was a community-based cross-sectional survey conducted in the Ballabgarh block of Faridabad district, Haryana, India. Information regarding socio-demographic details, substance use, injury & violence, mental health and sexual behaviors were collected using a semi-structured interview schedule. …”
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Patterns of tobacco use across rural, urban, and urban-slum populations in a North Indian community by Gupta Vivek, Yadav Kapil, Anand K

“…<b>Settings:</b> The study was conducted in Ballabgarh block, Faridabad district, Haryana, and was a community-based cross-sectional study. …”
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Maternal health care access among migrant women labourers in the selected brick kilns of district Faridabad, Haryana: mixed method study on equity and access by Archana Siddaiah, Shashi Kant, Partha Haldar, Sanjay K. Rai, Puneet Misra

“…Methods A community based mixed method study was done in select brick kilns of Faridabad district in north India. A mixed method study was done to assess maternal health care utilization in a sample of 500 women in the reproductive age group. …”
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Test concordance and diagnostic accuracy of three serological assays for detection of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody: result from a population-based sero-epidemiological study in Delhi by Puneet Misra, Shashi Kant, Randeep Guleria, Mohammad Ahmad, Suprakash Mandal, P. K. Chaturvedi, Guruprasad R. Medigeshi, Suneeta Meena, Sanjay Kumar Rai, Anisur Rahman, Meenu Sangral, Kapil Yadav, Mohan Bairwa, Partha Haldar

“…Participants aged 1 year or older were included from 25 randomly selected clusters each in Delhi urban (urban resettlement colony of South Delhi district) and Delhi rural (villages in Faridabad district, Haryana). Three type of tests were applied to all the baseline blood samples. …”
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Impact of community-initiated Kangaroo Mother Care on survival of low birth weight infants: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Sarmila Mazumder, Sunita Taneja, Suresh Kumar Dalpath, Rakesh Gupta, Brinda Dube, Bireshwar Sinha, Kiran Bhatia, Sachiyo Yoshida, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Rajiv Bahl, Halvor Sommerfelt, Nita Bhandari, Jose Martines

“…Methods/design This randomized controlled trial is being undertaken in the Palwal and Faridabad districts in the State of Haryana, India. Neonates weighing 1500–2250 g identified within 3 days of birth and their mothers are being enrolled. …”
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