Department of Community Medicine

Research

The Department of Community Medicine is committed to promoting research and inculcating the research culture in undergraduate students. It conducts a Research Methodology workshop for the postgraduate and doctoral students and provides Methodology and Statistical guidance for research projects. It validates the research tools developed by the students of varied disciplines, including M.Sc. Nursing, etc.

Research Areas

Routine childhood immunization, various areas of COVID namely home care; household secondary attack rate; vaccine hesitancy and new onset Diabetes, maternal morbidity, respiratory diseases specifically childhood pneumonia and drug resistant TB, non-communicable diseases, evaluation of telemedicine

Publications

The groundbreaking research works of our students and faculty members from the Community Medicine department have got published 50 journals in last 5 years. At present, 38 national publications and international publications are credited.

Completed funded research projects

Sr. No.	Title	Year	Name of the PI	Funding agency	Amount
1	Pneumonia Research Initiatives In Rural Areas and Urban Slums of Maharashtra	2015- 2018	Dr. Jayashree Gothankar	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The INCLEN Trust International.	1. 06 crore
2	A study of Implementation of Preconception care for preventing adverse pregnancy outcome in Nashik District, Maharashtra	2018	Dr P. P. Doke	Funded by – UNICEF, Maharashtra -	70 Lakhs
3	Health and demographic surveillance system	2018	Dr. Jayashree Gothankar	Bharati Vidyapeeth (DTU) University	56 Lakhs
4	Post –Partum Maternal Morbidity with Reference to The Cesarean Section: One Year Comparative Follow Up Study	2018-19	Dr P. P. Doke	The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)	18.00 Lakhs
5	Assessment of Quality of Sterilization Services In Maharashtra State, India	2017-19	Dr P P Doke	(UNFPA)	3.14 Lakhs
6	Post Partum Intra Uterine Devices Evaluation	2017-19	Dr P. P. Doke	UNICEF, Maharashtra	3.5 lakh
7	Epidemio- Demographic Factors Affecting Health Status of Population Under Rural Health Training Center, Lavale	2015-17	Dr. S. K. Murarkar	Bharati Vidyapeeth (DTU) University	25000
8	A Follow Up Study of High Risk People For Developing Metabolic Syndrome	2015-17	Dr. R S Patil	Bharati Vidyapeeth (DTU) University	40,000
9	Iron Folic acid and Vitamin C supplementation among Adolescent girls - A quasi experimental study	2017-18	Dr Reshma Patil	Indian Public Health Association Maharashtra branch	10,000
10	Verification of Subnational claims for TB free certification process	2021	Dr J S Gothankar	Central TB division (CTD) , MOHFW	8,90,175

Ongoing Funded Research Projects

Sr. No	Title	Year of start	Name of the PI	Funding agency	Amount
1	Death audit among Tuberculosis diagnosed patients	April 2021	Dr P P Doke	Maharashtra State TB society, RNTCP	1, lakhs
2	Prevalence of behavioral and biological risk factors of non- communicable diseases among adults in urban slums of Pune using STEPS approach	Sept.2021	Dr Sudhanshu Mahajan	Bharati Vidyapeeth (DT) University Pune	4,62,200
3	Community Behaviour Change Communication CBCC for improving childhood immunization coverage among children in urban slums and brick kilns in rural areas	Sept.2021	Dr Sujata Murarkar	Bharati Vidyapeeth (DT)University Pune	2,52,600
4	Correlates of Vaccine hesitancy/ acceptance among adult population: a community Based study	Sept.2021	Dr Sanjivani Patil	Bharati Vidyapeeth (DT)University Pune	3,50,150
5	Health care access for rural community via telemedicine	Sept.2021	Dr Varsha Vaidya	Bharati Vidyapeeth (DT)University Pune	1,00,000

Self-funded research projects of the faculty

Sr. No	Title	Year	Name of the PI
1	Persistance and titres of IgG and neutralizing antibody titers among COVID -19 and evidence of reinfection	2021	Dr P. P. Doke
2	COVID infection after vaccination	2021	Dr P. P. Doke
3	The symptomatic and comorbidities of COVID Patients at home quarantine	2020	Dr. Jayashree Gothankar

Funded Research over the Years

Year	Total number approved	National/international/ university /ICMR funded	Amount
2015-19	3	International -- (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UNFPA,UNICEF)	Rs. 1.14 crores, Rs. 18 lakhs, Rs. 55 lakhs each
2012	4	State (Maharashtra State TB Society)	Rs. 1,62,580 & 30,000,30,000 and 1,99,500 lakh
2012-19	10	ICMR – undergraduate STS projects	1,40,000
2016-17	1	Undergraduate Public Health Association;	Rs. 20,000
2011-21	6 1	Bharati Vidyapeeth University Central TB division	11,87,000 and 8,90,125 lakh