Compliance of Secondary Prophylaxis for Controlling Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in a Rural Area of Northern India

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 283-288

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Thakur, J S ^a   Aggarwal, Arun Kumar ^a   Ganguly, N K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PENICILLIN G, BENZATHINE; PENICILLINS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REGISTRIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031133212     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. WHO cardiovascular disease unit and principal investigators. WHO programme for the prevention of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in 16 developing countries: Report from Phase I (1986-90) Bull WHO 1992; 70. 213-218
2. Grover A, Dhawan A, lyengar SD, Anand IS, Wahi PL, Ganguly NK. Epidemiology of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in a rural community in northern India,. Bull WHO 1993, 71: 59-66
3. Iyengar SD, Grover A, Kumar R, Ganguly NK, Anand IS, Wahi PL. A rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease control programme. The National Medical Journal of India 1991; 4: 268-271
4. WHO. Rheumatic heart disease Report of a WHO study group Geneva 1988, WHO Tech Rep Ser No 764
5. Kumar P. Social classification-Need for constant updating. Indian J Community Medicine 1983; 18: 60-61
6. American Public Health Association. Criteria for healthful housing. Am J Public Health 1959; 59: 841-843
7. Park JE, Park K. Textbook of preventive and social medicine, 13th edn. Jabalpur: M/s Banarsidas Bhanot, 1991: 395-396
8. Indian Council of Medical Research. Progress in cardiovascular disease research in India during the last two decades (1971-92). ICMR Bull 1992; 22: 46-47
9. Padmavati S. Present status of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in India. Indian Heart J 1995; 47: 395-398
10. Thakur JS, Negi PC, Ahluwalia SK, Vaidya NK. Epidemiological survey of rheumatic heart disease among school children in the Shimla Hills of Northern India: Prevalence and risk factors J Epidemiol Community Health 1996; 50: 62-67
11. Kumar R. Controlling rheumatic heart disease in developing countries. World Health Forum 1995; 16: 47-51
12. Directorate General of Health Services. Training manual for control of cardiovascular disease - for medical officer. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of India, New Delhi, 1996: 7-15