Dr. Venkatachalam J

Dr. Venkatachalam J
Department: 
Preventive and Social Medicine
Designation: 
Additional Professor
Medical Registration number: 
TNMC 79845
Academic Qualifications: 

MBBS, MD, DNB

Special Area of Interest: 
Health System Strengthening, NCDS, Gestational diabetes, Preventive Oncology, Health economics and Maternal and child health
Publication: 

Journals: 51
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Venkatachalam-J
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xh7HQHwAAAAJ&hl=en

1. Venkatachalam J, Abrahm SB, Singh Z, Stalin P, Sathya GR. Determinants of patient's adherence to hypertension medications in a rural population of Kancheepuram District in Tamil Nadu, South India. Indian J Community Med 2015;40:33-7.
2. Jayaseelan Venkatachalam, Debnath K, Krishnamoorthy Y, Kar SS. Prevalence, Awareness and Control of Hypertension among Sanitary Workers Employed in a Tertiary Care Centre in Puducherry, South India. Indian J Occup Environ Med. 2020 May- Aug;24(2):119-124. doi: 10.4103/ijoem.IJOEM_71_20. Epub 2020 Aug 19. PMID: 33281383; PMCID: PMC7703831
3. Garima Meena1 , Jayaseelan Venkatachalam1 , Palanivel Chinnakali1 , Jeby J. Olickal1 , Karthiga V. Kumar1 , Sadhana Subramanian1 , Papa Dasari2 Glycemic control and its associated factors among women with gestational diabetes mellitus in a tertiary care Centre, Puducherry, South India.J Family Med Prim Care 2021;10:491-5.
4. Kalyanasundaram M, Abraham SB, Ramachandran D, Jayaseelan Venkatachalam, Bazroy J, Singh Z, Purty AJ. Effectiveness of mind mapping technique in information retrieval among medical college students in Puducherry-A pilot study Indian J Community Med 2017;42:19.
5. Suresh D, Jayaseelan V, Sulgante S, Surendran G, Roy G. The burden of the probable polycystic ovarian syndrome and its associated factor among college going late adolescents and young adults: a cross sectional analytical study in urban Puducherry, South India. Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2020 Sep2:/j/ijamh.ahead-of-print/ijamh-2020-0108/ijamh-2020-0108.xml. doi:10.1515/ijamh-2020-0108. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32877362
6. Rynjah MM, Venkatachalam J, Adhisivam B, Olickal JJ, Sundaram SP, Chinnakali P. Non-exclusive breastfeeding amongst high-risk children: Factors and barriers associated with non-exclusive breastfeeding at a tertiary care hospital in Southern India. Niger Postgrad Med J. 2021 Jan-Mar;28(1):62-67. doi: 10.4103/npmj.npmj_294_20. PMID: 33642327.
7. Gayathri S, Manikandanesan S, Venkatachalam J, Gokul S, Yashodha A, Premarajan KC. Coverage of and compliance to iron supplementation under the National Iron Plus Initiative among reproductive age-group women in urban Puducherry - a cross-sectional study. Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2019 Apr 11;33(2). doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2018-0094. PMID: 30973824.
8. Krishnamoorthy Y, Sarveswaran G, Jayaseelan V, Sakthivel M, Arivarasan Y, Bharathnag N. Assessment of quality of life based on psychological, somatovegetative, and urogenital health problems among postmenopausal women in Urban Puducherry, South India: A cross sectional observational study. J Mid-life Health 2018;9:173-9.
9. Priya TK, Jayaseelan V, Krishnamoorthy Y, Sakthivel M, Majella MG. Patient's Experiences and Satisfaction in Diabetes Care and Out-of-Pocket Expenditure for Follow-Up Care Among Diabetes Patients in Urban Puducherry, South India. J Patient Exp. 2020 Dec;7(6):1445-1449. doi: 10.1177/2374373519898919. Epub 2020 Feb 17. PMID: 33457600; PMCID: PMC7786713.
10. Manan J, Venkatachalam J, Ramya Selvaraj. Burden of Proteinuria and Risk Factors of Chronic Kidney Disease among Adult Population in Urban Puducherry, IndiaJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2017 Aug, Vol-11(8): LC14-LC161414DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/24492

Research Projects as Principal Investigator

No Title, sanction number & date Source of funding From Amount (INR)

1.

Assessment of Post- COVID syndrome among symptomatic and asymptomatic including mild cases in a tertiary care hospital, Puducherry- mixed method study

ICMR

2022-2023

16,77,220/-

2.

Effectiveness Of Mobile Call Reminders And Health Information Booklet To Improve Postnatal Blood Glucose Monitoring Among Mothers With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Receiving Care From JIPMER Puducherry -A Randomized Controlled Trial(MD guide) JIP/IEC/2019/477

JIPMER

2021-2022

25000/-

Awards & Recognitions:

  • I have received Best paper award for my research ‘Health literacy for carcinoma cervix among adult women in the field practice areas of JIPMER urban health centre’ at state level IAPSM-IPHA, 2019.
  • I was awarded best paper for oral presentation on ‘NCDs are no more problem of rich’ in the 56th annual national conference of Indian Public Health Association IPHACON2012, at IMA house, Kochi, Kerala
Positions Held: 

• Officer in charge of transport section (2015-2019)
• Faculty in charge of transport section (2020-2021)
• Member of Undergraduate research monitoring committee member, 2021
• Member of JIPMER Ethics committee Observational studies, 2021-2022
• Member of JIPMER COVID Taskforce (2020-2021)
• Nodal officer for MIS-C, JIPMER and assistant nodal officer for IDSP
• Member Secretary for Community based monitoring Kayakalp scheme, JIPMER

Country: 
India