by iphindia | May 31, 2016 | Latest Updates, Education
The Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru in collaboration with Centre for Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada hosted the second regional course on Good Health Research Practice in Bengaluru. Five teams with public health research backgrounds from across the country participated in the 4-day training where they were introduced to concepts and principles of good health research practices. Overall, the 4-day training involved a lot of interaction between participants and the facilitators.
To know more about the course, visit: https://iphindia.org/events/2016-events/good-health-research-practice/
by iphindia | May 30, 2016 | Education, Latest Updates
Diljith Kannan, training coordinator and Dr.Aneesha Ahluwalia, tutor for e-learning courses attended the eighth annual workshop of the LINQED educational network. The workshop was organised at the Uganda Martyrs University (Faculty of Health Sciences), Kampala, Uganda from 17th till 20th May 2016.
Started in 2008, LINQED refers to Learning together on quality in education in international health, working on quality in education and linking up people. It is a network of educational and government institutions providing postgraduate level training in human and animal tropical medicine, public health and international health.
LINQED organises annual workshops that focus on pedagogy, quality assurance and e-learning. The theme for this year was ‘Improving education leadership and research, cooperative learning and critical thinking in higher education’.
The focus areas of the workshop:
- Cooperative learning
- Critical thinking
- Educational research
- Education leadership
The workshop was a good networking platform, where the members got an opportunity to interact with participants from various countries and share their experiences. Diljith Kannan presented about quality assurance and IPH experience with e-learning. The workshop helped IPH members gain new perspectives about the learning activities and education research. It was like a stepping stone towards introducing new learning activities in their e-learning courses. The workshop was also promising in terms of providing us support for research in the field of e-learning.
by iphindia | May 27, 2016 | Latest Updates
In a collaborative effort, Jeroen De Man (Institute of Tropical Medicine) and Bheemaray Manganavar (Institute of Public Health) took under the loop the Block Programme Managers in Karnataka, supported by Arupa Das, Bart Criel, and N. Devadasan, they recently published their findings under the title: “The Profile and Job Perceptions of Block Programme Managers in Karnataka”.
Abstract
Objective:
To understand BPMs profile, their roles and responsibilities as well as their performance
Design:
This descriptive study provides first insights on who BPMs are, what they do, and what they perceive as barriers to their well-functioning. Data were collected through a semi-structured and self-administered questionnaire from 117 BPMs of Karnataka. Seventy four percent of the contacted BPMs responded.
Result:
Their average age was 30.4 years, 85% was male, and 88.8% had a Master in Business Administration. Self-reported performance and perceived ability is high. BPMs report low salary, lack of cooperation from higher level and field staff, lack of training, lack of logistic support and lack of authority as important barriers to their work.
Conclusion:
This study suggests that the BPMs require capacity building and supportive supervision with regular feedback to improve their performance. We encourage more research on this important element of NRHM.
To know more about article titled,” The Profile and Job Perceptions of Block Programme Managers in Karnataka” Click here
by iphindia | May 26, 2016 | Latest Updates, Education
Dr Devadasan explains why the government needs to invest in health care. He provides 3 convincing reasons : Click here
by iphindia | May 26, 2016 | Latest Updates
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by iphindia | May 24, 2016 | Latest Updates
Institute of Public Health jointly addressed a press conference along with the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) and Red Cross Society.
All the speakers urged the empowered group of ministers (EGOM) and centre to pass a strong road safety law at the earliest. While doing so they shared their experiences from different perspectives
Noted Spine Surgeon Dr. Subodh Shetty shared the physical emotional as well as financial burden that road crash survivors face drawing from his experience in private and government practice.
Dr. Kripa Alva, 
head of KSCPCR spoke about the importance of paying particular attention to child safety issues and also shared the letter she had sent to Mr. Yoonus Khan Chairman of the EGOM. Whereas
Mr. S Ashok Kumar Shetty, the General Secretary of the Karnataka chapter of the Red Cross spoke on post crash issues and importance of spreading awareness among children and youth.
Dr. Pragati Hebbar, Advocacy Officer, IPH moderated the discussion and spoke from a public health perspective giving the data on Karnataka and Bengaluru specific statistics.
Links to some of the coverage of the press conference.
01. The Times of India,
Make stronger laws for road safety, child rights and health experts urge govt
02. Deccan Herald
Health experts want law to reduce road accidents
03. DNA
Bengaluru: Child rights and health experts want strong road safety law
04. The Times of India
Child safety should be focus of National transport policy: KSCPCR
05. The New Indian Express
Child Rights panel for strict road safety regulations
06. B First(Online)
07. Pocket News Alert(Online)
head of KSCPCR spoke about the importance of paying particular attention to child safety issues and also shared the letter she had sent to Mr. Yoonus Khan Chairman of the EGOM. Whereas Mr. S Ashok Kumar Shetty, the General Secretary of the Karnataka chapter of the Red Cross spoke on post crash issues and importance of spreading awareness among children and youth. Dr. Pragati Hebbar, Advocacy Officer, IPH moderated the discussion and spoke from a public health perspective giving the data on Karnataka and Bengaluru specific statistics.
