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Possible Topics |
Organization/ Institution |
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In Public Health and
Global Health |
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Health knowledge, beliefs and practices in urban and
rural poor communities in
- communicable (e.g. rabies, malaria, vector-borne
diseases) and
- non-communicable diseases (e.g. diabetes, high
blood pressure, obesity)
- environmental health issues (e.g. air pollution
(indoor!), water, hygiene and sanitation)
Exact focus to be determined individually.
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St. John's
Medical College, Bangalore, India |
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Pilot prevalence studies to above mentioned topics. |
St. John's
Medical College, Bangalore, India |
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Development of an improved reporting system for
rural and urban Primary Health Care Centers,
preferably introducing an EPIINFO-compatible
reporting system |
St. John's
Medical College, Bangalore, India |
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Development of a GIS for rural and urban poor
communities for health surveillance purposes;
mapping of villages, development of GIS system for
College, training of users |
St. John's
Medical College, Bangalore, India |
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Evaluation and analysis (qualitative research) of
tapes and interview notes from focus group
discussions (mostly women's groups) from rural poor
communities in Northern India, Bundelkhand District
MP/UP on diverse health topics.
Note:
[a] all materials are in HINDI! Fluency required.
[b] knowledge in the use of qualitative analysis
tools such as CDC EZ-Text (see
http://www.cdc.gov
) are required |
Development Alternatives, Delhi, Taragram Office Jhansi, India |
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Internship with Development Alternatives, a large
NGO specializing in rural development and
environmental technology. More info at
http://www.devalt.org/
Exact topics to be determined |
Development Alternatives, Delhi, Taragram Office Jhansi, India |
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More specifically in
Environmental & Occupational Health |
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Internship in the Division of Occupational Health,
WHO Geneva
Revision of fact sheets of WHO in Occupational and
Environmental Health |
World Health Organisation WHO in Geneva |
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Analysis of tapes and still photos of stone crushing
operations in India (low-tech installations, often
informal sector); development of recommendations for
noise reduction measures and dust reduction
measures; constitutes a follow-up on a development
project funded by IDRC Canada and Asian Development
Bank (ADB) |
Development Alternatives, Delhi, Taragram Office Jhansi, India |
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Retrospect analysis of data on accident patients in
peripheral rural health centers
Development of an accident/injury registry and
reporting system for [a] rural health centers and
[b] hospital emergency rooms; preferably using
EPIINFO |
St. John's
Medical College, Bangalore, India |
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Development and (hopefully) conduct of
community-based surveys in rural and urban poor
communities focusing on accident/injury or
accident-related disabilities in children and/or
adults |
St. John's
Medical College, Bangalore, India |
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Planning and conduct of a study of respiratory
diseases in garment workers women in urban
communities in Bangalore; prevalence study, home
visits |
St. John's
Medical College, Bangalore, India |
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Development of low-cost noise reduction technologies
in home-based silk weaving industry in rural poor
communities (informal sector); conduct of
audiometries may be needed |
St. John's
Medical College, Bangalore, India |
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Hazards and risk assessment in an urban level one
hospital in Bangalore; includes conduct of HRA, gap
analysis and (eventually) development of training
program for supervisors or employees;
Note:
Can be limited to specific departments in the
hospital because of time limitations (laboratories,
OR's, laundries, waste handling, maintenance etc) or
on specific aspects such as occupational infectious
diseases (blood-borne pathogens and others),
ergonomics, heat stress, environmental aspects. |
St. John's
Medical College, Bangalore, India |
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Conduct of pilot industrial hygiene and/or ergonomic
studies on diverse workplaces in urban and rural
settings in Tamil Nadu and in Chennai; formal
industrial and informal sector;
Instruments such as low and high volume samplers,
filters, impingers, balances and GC, sound-level
meters, WBGT set etc available; cost fro analysis
have to be discussed.
Exact topic to be determined. |
Dept. of Environmental Health Engineering, Sri Ramachandra
University, Chennai, India |
