scholarly journals A comparative study on women empowerment in urban and rural setting in Tamil Nadu

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1108
Author(s):  
P. Saravanakumar ◽  
J. Elizabeth Varakumari
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: Women empowerment is vital for decision making on nutrition, health-seeking, family planning and economic issues for the family as a whole. In reality, there is prevalence of unequal gender norms among the women in India in urban and rural area. The objective of the study was to compare the empowerment of women in urban and rural setting in Tamil Nadu.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Nandivaram (RHTC) and Shenoy Nagar (UHTC) attached to Government Kilpauk Medical College among 200 married women of age 15-49 years with a semi-structured questionnaire during June 2018. Data was entered and analyzed in SPSS 16. Chi Square test and logistic regression was used for statistical analysis.Results: Mean age in rural group was 26.74±6.45 years and 30.4±7.35 in urban. Illiterates were 27% in rural and 14% in urban. About 67% were homemakers in rural vs. 43% in urban. About 33% were BPL in rural vs. 21% in urban. Decision making regarding household decisions, about73% in rural vs. 87% urban had participated. In health seeking behavior, 77 % in rural had no say while only 45% in urban. For Family planning, 33% in rural vs. 74% in urban had decision making which were statistically significant. Only 33% contributed to family income in rural vs. 47% in urban.Conclusions: Women empowerment is better in urban setting than rural setting. There is a strong need to create awareness and training in rural setting for better productive life.

scholarly journals Health seeking behaviour among construction workers in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu: a descriptive study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 3171
Author(s):  
Mohan Kumar P. ◽  
Gopalakrishnan S.
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Ethical Committee Approval ◽  
Background Construction

Background: Construction workers form the second largest working group in the un-organized sector and their life depends on the daily wages they earn. This study was planned to assess the health seeking behaviour of construction workers in an urban area of Kancheepuram District in Tamil Nadu.Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was done among 302 male construction workers by random sampling from four construction sites using a pre-tested structured questionnaire. Data collected was analysed using SPSS Version 21 software and the result presented using descriptive statistics. Institutional ethical committee approval and informed consent were obtained.Results: Among construction workers, nearly 55% belonged to less than 40 years age. Majority were illiterates and more than half of them were working as helpers for masons, painters and centring workers. About 63.9% were smokers, 62.9% consuming alcohol and 57.6% use other form of tobacco. Nearly 69.9% were pre-hypertensive and 15% were hypertensive. About 87.4% had normal BMI, 5.3% were underweight and 7% were overweight. Nearly 78.8% of workers sought medical care and they preferred allopathic system (97.7%) for treatment. 87.4% preferred treatment from private hospitals while 8.8% preferred to get treatment at the construction site itself and remaining goes to government hospitals for treatment. Most workers (95.0%) preferred outpatient’s treatment.Conclusions: Majority of construction workers prefer private allopathic medical facilities for their medical treatment, even though it adds to their out of pocket expenditure. There seems to be a knowledge gap, convenience and financial burden in their health seeking behaviour.

scholarly journals A cross sectional study to assess the knowledge, attitude about non-scalpel vasectomy and practices of any contraceptive method among females of reproductive age group in a urban slum, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 2014

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Kokila K. ◽  
Chellavel Ganapathi K.
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Male Participation ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

Background: In India, non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) technique was introduced in 1992 to improve the male participation in family planning, though it has failed to achieve its goal. Hence this study was planned to know the real concern about this condition. This study was carried out to assess the knowledge and attitude about non- scalpel vasectomy (NSV) and practices of any contraceptive methods among married females in reproductive age in an urban slum.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study done in urban field practice area of Institute of Community Medicine, Madras Medical College, Chennai-03, Tamil Nadu in the period July 2014 to August 2014 among Married females of reproductive age group (15-49 years).Specific questions on knowledge, attitude regarding NSV were asked. Data were entered in Microsoft Excel sheet and analysed in SPSS version 20. Results: This is a questionnaire based study. All (106 participants) were aware of vasectomy. Among them 50% knew that vasectomy is an option for permanent sterilization. About 36% of them knew that cash incentive is given for vasectomy & 30% knew that insurance given for pregnancy and other complications followed by vasectomy. Around 31% of the respondents knew that vasectomy does not affect sexual performance. About 29% knew that vasectomy does not need prolonged bed rest. Only 19% of the participants knew that vasectomy is done free of cost and as an OP procedure and 11.3% knew that vasectomy is done without any incision. Among the participants 81% agreed that limiting family size stabilizes the financial condition of the family. About 48% of the participants agreed that family planning is also a responsibility of males and 56% were willing to recommend vasectomy for others. Only 35% of the females agreed to adopt vasectomy for their spouse. Among the respondents 73.6% were practicing some form of contraception currently. Conclusions: We conclude that there is a need to design and develop a need based behavioural change communication strategy to bridge the existing information gap among the eligible couples about NSV & to improve the male participation in family planning. Involvement of media, community participation and successful stories of males who have adopted NSV would enhance the effectiveness of all the interventions. 

scholarly journals Evaluation of husband–wife communication regarding family planning among the couple of reproductive age group in the field practice area of Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 2361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dasari Gayathry ◽  
M. Ramsagar Reddy ◽  
B. V. Rammana
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Method Choice ◽  
Field Practice ◽  
Individual Decisions

Background: Fertility decisions occur within specific social contexts and social norms therefore restrict individual decisions on fertility and behaviors related to family planning such as spacing and limiting of births and using contraception which reflects the importance of effect of inter-spousal communication on the contraceptive method choice and future intention of method use. Hence the objective of present study is to evaluate the husband wife communication and contraceptive use, method choice and timing of initiation of discussion among couples in study area.Methods: A cross - sectional study was conducted during February 2013 - January 2014 among couples residing in the field practice study areas. A semi-structured questionnaire consisting of socio-demographic characteristics, questions related to awareness, sources and decision making towards family planning was administered to 406 couples of study area.Results: It has been observed that regarding decision making, about 39.4% of the men had taken a decision on the use of contraceptive methods, and only 21.7% wives had autonomy of using contraception of their choice. Around 67.5% of the men had discussion with their wives about the family planning and more than half (57%) of the time the discussion was initiated by men.Conclusions: Husband was the decision maker in nearly half of the couples and family planning was discussed among majority of respondents. Family planning education should be encouraged through effective IEC programs and strategies for promoting husband wife communication should be considered inorder to increase family planning adoption.

scholarly journals Maternal Decision-Making Input and Health-Seeking Behaviors Between Pregnancy and the Child’s Second Birthday: A Cross-Sectional Study in Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 1121-1129
Author(s):  
Zhongjie Zhang ◽  
Kenda Cunningham ◽  
Ramesh Prasad Adhikari ◽  
Subash Yogi ◽  
Shraddha Manandhar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviors

scholarly journals LEVEL OF EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (04) ◽  
pp. 721-727
Author(s):  
MUHAMMAD ANWAR SULEHRI ◽  
NIAZ MUHAMMAD SHEIKH
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Planning Methods

Objective: To Investigate the Level of Empowerment of Women in accordance with human rights. Design: A cross-sectional study. Setting: Residence Colony of Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad. Period: August - September 2007. Material & Methods: There were 600 houses and 6 Blocks A, B, C, D, E & F in the Colony. By Simple random sampling 10 houses were taken from each Block by drawing lots. Sixty married women’s between the age of 25 – 45 years (One from each house) were interviewed using a pre-tested structured questionnaire. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 37.2 years. Among the total 60 (100%) Women, 16 (26.6%) were illiterate, while 44 (73.3%) had primary education and above. Only 10(22.2%) out of 44 educated women had graduate and above degree. Thirty-Eight (63.3%) women had the opportunity to use the reproductive health services and family planning, while 22 (36.6%) could not utilize the family planning methods. A total of 40 (66.6%) women had good nutritional status, while 20 (33.3%) had imbalances in nutrition. Nineteen (31.6%) women were doing jobs in different public and private institutions, while 41(68.3%) had not got opportunity for jobs. Thirty-Three (55%) women had monthly income lessthan Rs.10,000/- per month and 27(45%) had Rs.10,000/- and above. Forty (66.6%) women were given importance and active participation in decision making, in children marriages. house-hold and in political process (vote casting) at all levels, while 20(33.3%) were not given importance in decision making of above matters. Forty -Three (71.6%) woman were given their right of inheritance / property. Fourteen (23.3%)women were forced to wear veil while going out of house. Forty (66.6%) woman admitted to have suffered from violence either psychological, physical or sexual in their life. Safe drinking water supply was available to 30 (50%) women, however sewage disposal, toilet facilities with in house were available to majority of the respondents. A total of 40 (66.6%) women were over all empowered. Conclusions: Women do havehuman rights as well. The results obtained from this study are encouraging but not up to the standards of International Human rights Principles, which are universal, inalienable; indivisible; interdependent and interrelated. 

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