Research Papers

• Problems in the Implementation of Biomedical Waste Management Program at Medical College Hospital, Trivandrum – A Qualitative Study
• Efficacy and Safety of “Anticig” Anti-smoking Ayurveda Tablet in Chronic Smokers – Secondary Trial in a Specialized Substance Abuse Prevention Center (Co-investigator)
• Perceived Stigma and Discrimination among People Living with HIV / AIDS attending Snehatheeram Rehabilitation Programme
• A Study on the Prevalence and Determinants of Hypertension Control in Trivandrum Corporation Area
• Socio – demographic and Morbidity Profile of the Kulasekaram Panchayat Area
• A Study on the Prevalence and Determinants of Drug Compliance among Hypertensive Patients
• A Study on the Prevalence and Determinants of Low Birth Weight
• A Study on the Effect of Practicing Physiotherapy among IT Professionals

Tribal Project – Pilot Study Done

Went to a Tribal Settlement Colony (Killikadu) to do the pilot study of the Tribal Health Project. Used the community jeep to go along with 5 MBBS students. Forester Nallasiva Moorthy accompanied us. Did the trial of the questionnaire in 6 households.

Pranav S wins Best Paper Award at National Conference on Students Medical Research

Pranav S., seventh semester MBBS student at SMIMS has won the Best Paper Award in the Communicable Diseases category at the third National Conference on Students Medical Research held at Trivandrum on the 8th and 9th of January 2010. He presented a paper on the ‘Perceived Stigma and Discrimination among People Living with HIV / AIDS attending Snehatheeram Rehabilitation Programme’. The other students in the study group are Anju Madhu, Ammu J, Aswathy Sasikumar, Prabha M and Nishanthi S. The group was guided by Dr. Anoop Lal, Assistant Professor of Community Medicine.

The Abstract of the study can be found here.