Shifting the gaze on implementation: examining the association between the implementation of tobacco control laws and prevalence of tobacco using data from a nationally representative survey

Autor: Pragati B. Hebbar, Upendra Bhojani, Onno van Schayck, Giridhara Babu, Vivek Dsouza, Gera E. Nagelhout

Publikováno v: BMC Public Health, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2023)

Abstract Background Tobacco use and the associated health burden is a cause of concern in India and globally. Despite several tobacco control policies in place, their sub-optimal and variable implementation across Indian states has remained a concern

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From policy to practice: lessons from Karnataka about implementation of tobacco control laws

Autor: Pragati B Hebbar, Upendra Bhojani, John Kennedy, Vishal Rao

Publikováno v: Indian Journal of Community Medicine, Vol 42, Iss 2, Pp 77-80 (2017)

Background: Tobacco use accounts for eight to nine lakh adult deaths annually in India. India enacted a national legislation “Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003” (COTPA) to protect health of non-smokers and reduce tobacco consumption

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/3d0de61dee3f491db03a5cd4f162f7c9

LifeFirst: Impact of a school-based tobacco and supari cessation intervention among adolescent students in Mumbai, India

Autor: Himanshu A Gupte, Pragati B Hebbar, Upendra Bhojani, Gauri Mandal, Amiti Varma

Publikováno v: Population medicine
Population Medicine, Vol 3, Iss May, Pp 1-9 (2021)

Introduction The youth are a vulnerable population-group for tobacco-related harms. Schools are an excellent setting for health promotion; yet there is a dearth of school-based cessation interventions, rarely evaluated for their impact. Here, we asse

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http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7611376

Healthcare delivery in India amid the Covid-19 pandemic: Challenges and opportunities

Autor: Angel Sudha, Lathadevi Chilgod, Adhip Amin, Pragati B Hebbar, Vivek Dsouza

Publikováno v: Indian J Med Ethics

In India, the Covid-19 pandemic has thrown open challenges on multiple fronts: (a) the reconfiguration of care in hospitals, in response to Covid-19, has led to many patients suffering non-Covid conditions having to delay their treatment, and (b) the

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32546453

From policy to practice: lessons from Karnataka about implementation of tobacco control laws

Autor: Vishal Rao, John Kennedy, Pragati B Hebbar, Upendra Bhojani

Publikováno v: Indian Journal of Community Medicine, Vol 42, Iss 2, Pp 77-80 (2017)
Indian Journal of Community Medicine : Official Publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine

Background: Tobacco use accounts for eight to nine lakh adult deaths annually in India. India enacted a national legislation “Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003” (COTPA) to protect health of non-smokers and reduce tobacco consumption

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http://www.ijcm.org.in/article.asp?issn=0970-0218