Background: Globally, India was one of the most affected countries for cases and deaths of swine flu (influenza A H1N1) during 2009 influenza pandemic with a lot of public hype and panic. The largest number of raptorial cases and deaths due to the disease occurred in the western and southern parts of India. Aim: The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the video awareness program about the prevention of swine flu in improving the knowledge of the mothers of under-five children in the community. Materials and methods: The study was conducted among 30 mothers of under-five children using a pre-test, post-test, control group design. Subjects were chosen by convenience sampling technique, and the data was collected using a structured questionnaire. Results: The study findings revealed that the mean knowledge score in the post-test was 34.4 for the experimental group and 21.3 for the control group and the obtained ‘t’ value was significant at p< 0.05 level. Conclusion: Video awareness program about the prevention of swine flu improved the knowledge of the mothers of under-five children.

A quasi-experimental study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on dental caries among school going children at government higher secondary school at sothupakkam. The research design was selected for this study was quasi-experimental (Pre-test and post-test design), sample size was 100school going children randomly selected as per selection criteria. A questionnaire guide was used to assess the knowledge regarding dental caries, before and after a structured teaching program. In this study pre-test group 76 (76% 0 of the school going children had inadequate knowledge regarding dental caries, In relation to the effectiveness of structured teaching programme. The paired t-Test showed that the teaching programme was statistically significant at P0.05 level school going children. The chi-square test showed a significant P0.05 association between level of knowledge and media which previous knowledge on dental hygiene.

Bullous Pemphigoid is an auto-immune rare disorder occurring both in male and female with more number among females. It comprises of bullae, blisters, lesions formation in the oral mucosa, genital mucosa and other regions where its healing takes a lot of time. The exact etiological cause of Bullous Pemphigoid is not known. More than 70-90% of cases have reports with oral mucosa being initially affected with bullae and plaque like formation. The conditions have chances of recurring in some patients where the therapy monitoring should be adjusted with its non-recurrence. The given case study highlights Bullous Pemphigoid condition in a 52 year old female patient with bullae formation and plaque erosions present in her oral mucosa, regions with vegetative folds like genitals, axilla, trunk region, intermammary folds etc. Scalp was also presented with belb like erosions. Therapy was initiated with Anti-bacterial’s, Corticosteroids, topical creams, and vitamin and calcium supplements. Antifungal agents were also included in the therapy. Later on Antibacterial was replaced with Immunosuppressive agents like Azathioprine. Initial identification of the condition with proper maintenance therapy helps in resolving from the condition.

Associations between body mass index (BMI) and dietary habits is frequently used in the assessment of nutritional status. A low BMI, or underweight status, is often associated with an unhealthy diet with an increased risk of mortality. Conversely, a high BMI, indicative of overweight or obesity, is associated with an increased risk of many chronic health conditions. Nutritional intake has a special direct effect on children's health and has long-term effects on general health status through formation of life-long eating behaviours in teenagers. So it was essential to conduct research study to find association between dietary habits and BMI. 1. To assess the dietary habits among teenagers of selected school Jalandhar, Punjab. 2. To find out the relationship of dietary habits with selected socio-demographic variables i.e. age, gender, father’s occupation, mother’s occupation, income, dietary patterns, habitat and height. 3. To determine the association between dietary habits and Body Mass Index among teenagers of selected school, Jalandhar, Punjab. Methods: A descriptive exploratory design and analysis and interpretation of data done by using descriptive statistics. Subjects: The study was carried out at selected schools of Jalandhar, Punjab. Sample of 170 (Girls and boys) teenagers, using convenient sampling technique. Tool of the Study: Self- Structured questionnaire containing questions related healthy and unhealthy eating habits. Results: Revealed that there is no significant correlation between dietary habits and BMI of teenagers. Conclusion: It was concluded that the teenagers take more of unhealthy diet than the healthy diet which leads to underweight and obesity and less number of teenager’s takes healthy diet.

The objective type clinical examination (OSCE) has emerged during the past two decades in medicine (Oh et al, 2011)1. This examination type involves direct observation of clinical performance using standardized patients and structured checklists for marking. This study is to evaluate the effectiveness of training by Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation among 1st year B.Sc. Nursing students. Non - probability (purposive) sampling technique was used to collect data from 30 students of 1st year B.sc Nursing studying in RVS College of Nursing, Kannampalayam. A quasi- experimental one group pre-test post-test design was chosen for this study. The knowledge and skill of Cardio pulmonary Resuscitation was assessed through four stations (Station I: Scene Safety, Station II: Cardiac Massage, Station III: Opening the Airway, Station IV: Mouth to Mouth Breathing) by using procedure checklist. Those collected data was analyzed on the basis of objective and testing of hypothesis by using descriptive and inferential statistics. In association with gender of students and level of knowledge the chi- square obtained value in 1.78 which is significant at 0.05 levels and revealed that there is significant association between them. Significant findings of the study: In association with the demographic variable and level of knowledge among nursing students the chi-square value is significant at 0.05 levels and reveals that there is significant association between them. It was concluded that OSCE method was effective in training of clinical competency and theoretical knowledge.