Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Impact of internet addiction during COVID‑19 on anxiety and sleep quality among college students of Bhubaneswar city

. Gunjan Kumar; . Payal Dash; . Avinash Jnaneswa; . Vinay Suresan; . Kunal Jha; . Shishirendu Ghosal

Volume 12, Issue 5 , June 2022, , Pages 1-13

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BACKGROUND: COVID‑19 initiated in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and over a period oftime, the infection outspread across the world in a rapid pace. To protect the people and to furtherlimit ... Read More

Knowledge, attitude, practices, and barriers regarding pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction reporting among medical and dental faculties of the teaching hospitals in Bhubaneswar City

. Avinash Jnaneswar; . Suranjana Jonak Hazarika; . Kunal Jha; . Vinay s; . Gunjan Kumar

Volume 10, Issue 10 , October 2020, , Pages 1-5

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AIM: To assess the knowledge, attitude, practices (KAP), and barriers regarding pharmacovigilanceand adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting among medical and dental faculties of the ... Read More

The impact of outreach programs on academics development, personal development and civic responsibilities of dental students in Bhubaneswar city

. Vinay Suresan; . Avinash Jnaneswar; . S. P. Swati; . Kunal Jha; . Bala Subramanya Goutham; . Gunjan Kumar

Volume 9, Issue 9 , September 2019, , Pages 1-8

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INTRODUCTION: Inequalities persists in distribution, accessibility, and utilization of oral healthservices between urban and rural population. One approach to lessen this inequality ... Read More INTRODUCTION: Inequalities persists in distribution, accessibility, and utilization of oral healthservices between urban and rural population. One approach to lessen this inequality is by incorporatingrural outreach programs in the academic curriculum of health‑care professionals.OBJECTIVES: The objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of outreachprograms on academic development, personal development, and civic responsibilities of dentalstudents and also to assess the changes in the domain scores within and between genderspostintervention.METHODOLOGY: The study population consisted of 100 dental students. The study methodologyfollowed a before and after without control informal experimental study designs. At baseline, theparticipants were administered pretested structured questionnaire developed by D. Diaz Gallegos.Intervention involved posting participants in various rural outreach activities and academic field visits invarious public health installations. Apostintervention questionnaire developed by Anu F. Shinnamon et al.was administered to assess the change from the baseline. The change in domain scores was assessedusing paired and unpaired t‑test appropriately. P ≤ 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.RESULTS: The baseline scores of academic, personal, and civic domains were 6.05 ± 2.44,8.04 ± 2.84, and 6.36 ± 2.23 which increased to 6.52 ± 2.10, 13.56 ± 3.44, and 8.55 ± 2.71postintervention, respectively (P ≤ 0.05). When comparing within genders, there was increase fromthe baseline, and this change in the scores postintervention was statistically significant (P = 0.001).The mean scores of all three domains between genders were statistically insignificant.CONCLUSION: The outreach programs developed and enhanced the subject’s academic skills,leadership qualities, self‑confidence, communication skills, managerial skills, and responsibilitiestoward the rural community.

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Impact of internet addiction during COVID‑19 on anxiety and sleep quality among college students of Bhubaneswar city

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Knowledge, attitude, practices, and barriers regarding pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction reporting among medical and dental faculties of the teaching hospitals in Bhubaneswar City

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The impact of outreach programs on academics development, personal development and civic responsibilities of dental students in Bhubaneswar city

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