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T-7, 1st Floor,
Green Park Extension,
New Delhi (India)– 110 016
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Working Office
C-1/52, 3rd Floor,
Safdarjung Development Area
New Delhi-110 016, India
Phone: 91-11-26850342, 41031191
Fax: 91-11-26850331
info@hriday-shan.org
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Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) and Global School Survey (GSPS)
HRIDAY-SHAN in collaboration with WHO (Geneva) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, conducted a research project, GYTS and GSPS a school based cross sectional survey with participation of 1731 students and 50 schools of Delhi. The questionnaire aimed at studying tobacco use habits among youth of Delhi, in order to catalyze programmes for intervening and weaning the youth away from tobacco use. GSPS questionnaires were conducted with 3380 school personnels of government and private schools in Delhi.
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Collating global experience and conducting research on Indian version of health warnings for tobacco products.
HRIDAY-SHAN developed and designed pictorial health warnings in 22 official languages of India and English for labeling the tobacco products. These warnings were designed based on ideas from international experience but adapted as per Indian scenario.
The health warnings designed for labeling the tobacco products were field tested using qualitative research methodology: Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and qualitatively through structured survey questionnaire among groups of tobacco users and non-users to evaluate the effectiveness of these health warnings. The FGDs were also conducted with various stakeholders across different age groups and socio-economic status in the society.
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