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Embedded in the Body: the Poetry, History and Politics of Migritude with Shailja Patel (2021-02-25)
No full textOnline discussion, reading and Q&A; Thursday, February 25 at 4:00PM CST; Shailja Patel is the bestselling author of Migritude, taught in over 100 colleges and universities worldwide. Patel's poems have been translated into 17 languages, and been featured in the Smithsonian. The Nobel Women's Initiative honored her with a Global Feminist Spotlight. She is currently a Research Associate at Five College Women's Studies Research Center.Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies program; Alworth Institute for International Studies; Department of Anthropology, Sociology & Criminology; English program; Writing Studies programPatel, Shailja. (2021). Embedded in the Body: the Poetry, History and Politics of Migritude with Shailja Patel (2021-02-25). Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/220654
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Utility of consensus statement in assessment of obesity: A study among undergraduate medical students from rural northwest India
No full textIntroduction: In India, obesity is emerging as an important health problem particularly in the urban areas, paradoxically coexisting with under nutrition. Almost 30-65% of adult Indians are either overweight or obese or have abdominal obesity. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used to assess the prevalence of obesity among undergraduate medical using consensus statement for obesity in India. Results: The results of the body mass index (BMI) calculations show 26 females and 4 males (29.79% of total students) with a BMI of <18 kg/m 2 as underweight, whereas 13 boys and 4 girls (15.54% of total students) as obese with a BMI of 25 kg/m 2 and above. A total of 18 boys and 6 girls (21.26% of total students) were overweight with a BMI between 23 and 24.9 kg/m 2 . Discussion: It is estimated that by application of these guidelines, additional 10-15% of Indian population would be labeled as obese or overweight. We see this very clearly in our study, where we see an increase of 14.53% of students classified as obese and 5.93% students as overweight on using the guidelines of the consensus statement
Socio demography of mental retardation: A community-based study from a goitre zone in rural sub-Himalayan India
No full textPrevalence of mental retardation in urban and rural populations of the goiter zone in Northwest India
No full textBackground: The existence of an endemic goiter belt along the southern slopes of the Himalayas has been known for a long time. Prevalence of neonatal hypothyroidism is high and there has been little work on the prevalence of mental retardation in this part of India. Objective: The study was conducted with the aim to know the prevalence of mental retardation in the urban and rural populations of Himachal Pradesh, India and to generate a hypothesis on the differential distribution (geographical) of mental retardation. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the rural and urban areas of the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India among children of 1-10 years of age. In the first phase, the children in the age group of 1-10 years were screened for mental retardation using the Ten Questions Screen, whereas in the second phase the suspects were evaluated clinically. Results: The prevalence of mental retardation was found to be 1.71% in the study population with higher prevalence (3.3%) in the 73-120 months age group. The prevalence was higher among the males in all study populations [rural: 1.9%, urban (nonslum): 1.6%, and urban slum: 7.14%). The prevalence was similar among the urban (nonslum) (1.75%) and rural (1.11%) populations, whereas it was higher (4%) in the urban slum population. A prevalence of 2% was seen in families from the lower middle class and 1.8% among families from the lower class in the rural population, whereas a prevalence of 2% was seen among lower middle class families of urban (nonslum) areas. Conclusion: The prevalence of mental retardation was higher in our study than in other parts of the country. The study concludes with the hypothesis that the prevalence of mental retardation is differentially distributed geographically with socioeconomic factors being important predictors
Research Equity: A Capacity Building Workshop of Research Methodology for Medical Health Professionals
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Differences in innate and adaptive immune response traits of Pahari (Indian non-descript indigenous breed) and Jersey crossbred cattle
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