An epidemiological study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of hypertension. A case control study to examine the association of certain risk factors in the subsequent development of the disease was simultaneously done. Following screening procedures as per the WHO criteria, 134 of 1818 adults residing in a semi-urban population in Pune were found to be hypertensive giving a prevalence of 7%. A total number of 96 new cases and an equal number of control subjects were studied under matched control design. Few of the important risk factors like obesity, sedentary habits, occupation, alcohol consumption, stress, anxiety and hereditary factors were found to have a significant role in subsequent development of disease.

A nutrition education programme was conducted for 324 children of two (boys and girls) Secondary schools in a village of Burdwan district. Lesson plans and evaluation parameters were formulated based on pre- determined learning objectives. The main methods of training were lectures and discussions using simple and relevant aids. Impact of training was evaluated by pre- training and post- training assessments of knowledge, attitude and dietary practice of students. Results revealed that poor pre- training mean score of knowledge was increased significantly following training but declined thereafter, although final mean score was significantly higher than basal knowledge status. Mean score of attitude also increased significantly but did not decline. Inconsistency of results regarding change in dietary practices observed was recognized as a short coming of isolated training of children only, because dietary habit of a community depends on various factors.

This study involved 1504 patients admitted with acute poisoning (985 males and 519 females) with a mean age of 24.5 + -8.3 years, belonging mainly to the rural population (72%) and middle income group (65.8%). Aluminum phosphide was the commonest poison ingested followed by Organ phosphorus, Copper Sulphate and Barbiturates. The overall mortality rate was 36.3% and suicidal intent was present most commonly. The underlying socio- economic factors have been discussed.

A cross- sectional survey of utilization of child immunization and family planning services was carried out in a systematic random sample of 100 families from a Muslim slum community of Calcutta. 15.6% of children (1-4 years) were fully immunized (DPT, OPV & BCG). Couple protection rate was 28.4%. But interestingly, the proportion of protected eligible couples in single families (32.8%) was significantly higher than in joint families (11.6%).