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Road Accident Analysis and Arduino Based Alert System
Over the last two decades, Mumbai, and subsequently India, has seen a huge increase in the number of vehicles on the road. Suddenly, the demand and popularity of the private transport has raced ahead of the public transport by miles. The number of vehicles on the road is always directly proportional to the road accidents and injuries. As a result of the former increasing every year, it is but natural that the latter too, has gone up
Reproductive Health
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present study was undertaken to explore knowledge and
attitudes of adolescent boys across India. The study was
undertaken across three states in India, chosen to represent
a wide cultural and socio-economic range of the
population. Qualitative data were gathered using focus
group discussions with 85 boys aged 13-17 years, from 8
schools. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. We
found there were three main themes: boys’ knowledge of
menstruation, how they obtained their knowledge, and
their thoughts about menstruation and menstruating
girls. Specifically, the boys poorly understood menstruation
in terms of the biology; however, they understood
some of the cultural restrictions placed on girls during
menstruation, and they also knew that menstruation affected
girls in a negative way. Some boys learned about
puberty and menstruation as part of the school
programme, but they felt strongly that they were not
given enough information. Most boys obtained their
knowledge from listening to women and girls talking, or
from watching them. Although a few boys thought that
menstruation was a disease, most of them did not think
negatively about menstruation, were kind to girls who
were menstruating and wanted to support them. From
our data, we are hopeful that boys and men can become
involved in this gender issue, and help support menstrual
issues for girls and women in the future