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Form of workBrief on the Organization:
The Institute of Public Health Sciences Hyderabad (IPHSH) is a society registered under Telangana society’s registration Act 2001 and is managed by an empowered governing board comprising of corporate leaders, civil society representatives and eminent academic and scientific leaders. IPHSH’s core mission areas include: establishing and governing the Indian Institute of Public Health-Hyderabad for developing public health workforce; advancing public health research and technology; and strengthening health systems through evidence informed practice and policy.
The Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH) Hyderabad commenced with a mission to deliver public health education, pursue research and advocacy and support policy development. It lays strong emphasis on pursuing public health policy, practice, training and research, positioning its programmes according to the public health priorities of the state and the nation. The institute has brought together a highly qualified and diverse faculty of nationally and internationally trained and extremely motivated public health academics and practitioners. It aims to create an environment that supports excellence in instruction, research and practice.
Road Safety for Schools in Hyderabad.
In Telangana, road accidents accounted for 11.5% of all deaths and 17.8% of all injuries in 2021. The state ranked 11th in he country in terms of road accident fatalities. The annual rate of overall road injury among children in 2009 was 11% for boys and 6% for girls, yet little is known about children’s injury during the school commute in Hyderabad. Age profile of road accident victims for the calendar year 2019 reveals that the youth of age group 18-60 accounted for 84.3 percent (1,38,518 persons).
It is unacceptable for people (and children) to have severe injuries and deaths due to RTI, and it this is a huge public health crisis. Nobody should be allowed to die on the roads, especially since RTIs are preventable using tested scientific approaches. There are gaps in understanding the safety near school zones, and its influence on children’s well-being. This project aims to fill this gap.
Objective of this project is to:
- Train school children, school managements, parents, municipal corporations and other city level stakeholders on road risks and prevention of RTI.
- Equip them with techniques to be lay responders for RTI bleeding control.
- Generate evidence on RTI in the city and state through regular secondary data analysis.
- Evaluate children’s’ traffic park training on safe road behaviors.
- It is unacceptable for people (and children) to have severe injuries and deaths due to RTI, and it this is a huge public health crisis. Nobody should be allowed to die on the roads, especially since RTIs are preventable using tested scientific approaches. There are gaps in understanding the safety near school zones, and its influence on children’s wellbeing.
- This project aims to fill this gap.
- Assist the Principal Investigator (PI)/Supervisor in every aspect of the assigned project.
- Train school children, school managements, parents, municipal corporations
- and other city level stakeholders on road risks and prevention of RTI
- Equip them with techniques to be lay responders for RTI bleeding control.
- Generate evidence on RTI in the city and state through regular secondary data analysis.
- Evaluate children’s’ traffic park training on safe road behaviors.
- Quantitative data Analysis
- Project Management.
- Liasoning with the Funder
- Plan, Organize and Coordinate
- Preparing ethics applications,
- Organizing project update meetings,
- preparing project updates.
Essential:
- Masters in Public Health (MPH)
Essential:
- Around 03 Year of experience in Research and Quantitative Analysis
Interested and eligible candidates may send their updated CV to vacancies@iiphh.org Please mention the exact Position Code (IIPHH-PC-001) in the email subject line and fill the application form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeX1dlFfDdYQCkeZzI0XiiDb8ogaseO_EtRWBF1lHvfVZl4Q/viewform?usp=sf_link
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the interview.
Last Date of Receipt of Applications: 9 February 2024.
Remarks:
- Candidates should have an excellent academic record, good communication skills, a commitment to high quality graduate / post-graduate education.
- Mere eligibility will not entitle any candidate for being called for interview.
- Persons employed in Government/Semi-Government Organization or Educational Institutions in India must apply through proper
- IIPHH reserves the right to fill or not to fill any or all available
- The requirements of minimum qualification and/or experience may be relaxed in the case of candidates with outstanding
- No correspondence will be entertained from candidates regarding any delays, conduct & result of interview and reasons for not being called for interview.
- Please note that Annual Salary (CTC) will commensurate with available skills and fitment of the incumbent as per the selection process.
“IIPHH reserves the sole right to alter/modify/cancel the entire selection process or the position or the vacancy or to disqualify any candidature at any stage of the selection process”.
Women are encouraged to apply!
