scholarly journals Impact of Nutrition Education on Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Beliefs of Adolescent Girls Belonging to Rural and Urban Area of District Kurukshetra

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gurpreet Arora
2018 ◽  
pp. 139-141
Author(s):  
Manish Kumar Goyal

A comparative study was conducted to assess the knowledge regarding breast Self Examination among the adolescent girls in rural and urban area. Data was collected from 60 adolescent girls (30 rural and 30 urban area) selected by Purposive sampling techniques. The mean knowledge score of adolescent girls of the rural area was Mean 7.6± 1.37,Median 7.5, Mode 7, Range 12- 4=8,Mean Deviation 0.93333 & Mean Score % 30.4% but urban area Mean 10.6±1.45, Median 11, Mode 10, Range 12-6=6 ,Mean Deviation 1.09333 & Mean score % 42.4%. Maximum adolescent girls at rural area i.e., 26(86.66%) were having Inadequate knowledge, 4(13.33%) having Moderate knowledge and None of the adolescent girls was having adequate knowledge regarding breast self-examination but Maximum adolescent girls at Urban area i.e., 28(93.33%) having Moderate knowledge, 2(6.66%) were having Inadequate knowledge, and None of the adolescent girls was having adequate knowledge regarding breast self-examination. Comparison of the rural and urban area in the knowledge score of the adolescent girls for using paired “t” test (“t”=22.73) show significance. (p≤0.05)


2021 ◽  
pp. 65-67
Author(s):  
Harivansh Chopra ◽  
Tanveer Bano ◽  
Niharika Verma ◽  
Gargi Pandey

Universal Health Coverage aims to provide essential health services to all while providing protection from catastrophic expenditure on health. To mitigate the economics of health expenditure, health insurance is one of the important tool. Hence, this study was conducted to nd out the awareness and practice of health insurance coverage in rural and urban Meerut.90 households were studied in both rural and urban area. Awareness was higher in urban area but coverage was higher in rural area. Awareness and coverage were found to be signicantly associated with poverty status in rural area of Meerut.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiyong Li ◽  
Ziyuan Yue ◽  
Dingyuan Yang ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nilsa de Deus ◽  
Eva João ◽  
Assa Cuamba ◽  
Marta Cassocera ◽  
Leopoldina Luís ◽  
...  

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