scholarly journals Awareness, acceptance and practice of plastic ban legislation among residents of an urban area in Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu: a cross sectional study

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 256
Author(s):  
Sujitha P. ◽  
Swetha N. B. ◽  
Gopalakrishnan S.
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
High Price ◽  
Common Source ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Plastic Bags ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Background: Convenience of plastic use pays a high price by negatively affecting health and environment. As nationwide ban on use of plastic carry bags failed, statewide ban was imposed in Tamil Nadu from 1st January 2019. This study was planned with the objective of determining the awareness, acceptance and practice of plastic ban legislation among residents in urban population in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu.Methods: This community based cross sectional study was carried out with a sample size of 250 using systematic random sampling method. Data was collected using structured questionnaire and further analysis was done with SPSS Version 25 Software.Results: About 94% respondents were aware of legislation and 76% had a positive attitude towards the ban. About 52% participants continued using plastic bags despite the ban. Common source of knowledge about the ban was mass media (42%). About 80% were aware of the negative effects of plastic use and 70% were aware that plastics are non-bio-degradable. Statistically significant association was found between various socio demographic factors with the use of plastic bags. Alternate eco-friendly bags usage was found among 48% of respondents.Conclusions: Good awareness level about the ill effects of plastic use and its ban was observed but the level of implementation in their daily life was poor. Even after the preparatory period of six months given to get accustomed to eco-friendly alternatives, the use of plastic bags still remains rampant. IEC activities need to be intensified to bring about changes in the attitude and practice of plastic use.

scholarly journals Reproductive pattern, perinatal mortality, and sex preference in rural Tamil Nadu, South India: community based, cross sectional study

BMJ ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 314 (7093) ◽  
pp. 1521-1521 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. B. Nielsen ◽  
J. Liljestrand ◽  
M. Hedegaard ◽  
S. H. Thilsted ◽  
A. Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Perinatal Mortality ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
South India ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Reproductive Pattern ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sex Preference

Characteristics of antenatal care attenders in a rural population in Tamil Nadu, South India: a community-based cross-sectional study

2001 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 327-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgitte Bruun Nielsen ◽  
Jerker Liljestrand ◽  
Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted ◽  
Abraham Joseph ◽  
Morten Hedegaard
Keyword(s):  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
South India ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Practice of storage, reuse and disposal of unused medications among semi-urban households of Northern Tamil Nadu – A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL2) ◽  
pp. 239-244
Author(s):  
Hithesh I ◽  
Nisha B ◽  
Timsi Jain
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Urban Households ◽  
Take Back ◽  
Unused Medications ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability. Inappropriate disposal of medicines may be harmful to the environment as well as mankind, at the same time improper storage is detrimental. Hence assessment of the ways of Storage, reuse and disposal of unused medications plays a key role. The objective of the study is to investigate the storage and reuse practices of unused medications and to gain insight on knowledge and attitude of proper disposal practices of unused medicines among semi-urban households in urban field practice area of Tertiary medical college hospital of northern Tamil Nadu. This study is a community based cross sectional study. A total of 243 study participants were enrolled using multistage random sampling method. Pretested semi-structured questionnaire is used for conducting face to face interviews. Procurement of medicines is mainly through pharmacy without prescriptions (40.32%), most of the families (42.8%) stored used and unused medications together. On inspection of drugs, 29.6% of expired medicines and 22.23% of medicines without labels were found. The predominant way of disposing medicines is disposal through garbage (51.4%). Addiction level is not much noted and negligible amount of people are aware of drug take back program (0.82%). Awareness must be created about wrongful procurement of drugs, and improper storage of drugs. Drug take back program must be initiated to reduce the improper disposal of drugs.

scholarly journals Pattern of utilization of antenatal care services in a rural area of Tamil Nadu: a community based cross-sectional study

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1933
Author(s):  
Arun Sugumaran ◽  
Rajkumar Subramanian ◽  
Muthukumar Tharumaraj ◽  
Saravanan Vaithiyalingam
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Utilization Pattern ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Study Participants

Background: In India, 17 per cent or nearly 50,000 of 2.89 lakh women died as result of complication due to pregnancy in 2013. In past decade, many studies have revealed low utilization of health services by different segments of society for varying reasons. This study was conducted to assess the utilization pattern of ANC services by the pregnant women in a rural area. The objectives of the study were to assess the pattern of utilization of ANC services by pregnant and recently delivered women; to study the association between socio-demographic factors and utilization pattern among recently delivered women.Methods: A community based cross-sectional study conducted at the rural health training centre in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu among pregnant women and recently delivered women using pre-designed and pre-tested questionnaire. The entire registered pregnant mothers were included for the study and survey was done through house to house visit and the analysis was done using SPSS 21.Results: Out of 170 study participants, majority 132 (77.6%) of them had their antenatal check-up at primary health centre, 138 (81.2%) have received the IFA tablets and 139 (81.8%) had early antenatal registration. And most of the study participants 108 (63.5%) did not utilize anganwadi for health education and supplementary nutrition. Number of IFA tablets consumption by mothers was significantly associated with literacy and socio-economic status of the mother with p value of 0.03 and 0.002 respectively.Conclusions: Our study results showed that better ANC services utilization pattern in our study area except anganwadi utilization.

scholarly journals Factors Facilitating Hand Hygiene Practices in Eateries of Coimbatore: A Cross-sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaayathri Krishnan ◽  
Dharaniya Rathinasabapathy ◽  
Ganesh Kumar Natarajan ◽  
Dipika Balasubramanian ◽  
Dinesh Shankar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hand Hygiene ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Food Delivery ◽  
High Price ◽  
P Value ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hygiene Practices ◽  
Significant Difference

Introduction: Improper hand hygiene practices and eating at unsanitary eateries are a major cause for many of the life-threatening diseases. Although studies done in the past have focused on the hand hygiene of the restaurant staff, the customers’ hand hygiene, which is equally, if not more important, has not been studied in detail. Aim: To assess the factors facilitating hand hygiene for the customers as well as the general hygiene in the eateries of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was done in the eateries of Coimbatore in June 2017, after obtaining clearance from Institutional human ethics committee. A list of eateries was collected from a food delivery application and 30 of them were chosen by systematic random sample. The restaurants were further categorised into low, medium and high-price ranged eateries based on the price of a standard food item (coffee). As a mystery client, the restaurants were inspected and observations were noted in a hidden checklist, which was constructed for the purpose of this study. The checklist consisted of three major categories, the washing area (9 marks), the customer (7 marks) and the general hygiene of the restaurant (7 marks). There were 23 items in the checklist and each item, if present, was awarded a score of 1. No negative scoring was done. Hence, the maximum score an eatery could get was 23 and minimum was zero. ANOVA test was applied to compare the scores of different types of eateries. Results: The mean and standard deviation hygiene scores of the low, medium and high-cost eateries were 7.7±4.05, 11±6.02 and 14±5.43, respectively. There was a significant difference in the (hygiene and sanitation) scores between low, medium and high- cost eateries (p-value=0.04). It was found that in lower priced restaurants, most of the restaurants failed to provide adequate facilities for hand hygiene. Medium and high price range eateries were similar in the fact that they scored better with regard to general hygiene and wash area facilities. Although none of the restaurants scored a full mark higher price ranged eateries had better wash area facilities. Customer hand hygiene practices were found to be subpar in all the three categories, even though facilities were present in some medium and high-end eateries. Conclusion: It was noticed that in some of the lower end restaurants, facilities for hand hygiene were not adequate. It was also found that if adequate facilities for hand hygiene were present in a restaurant, there was a higher chance of a customer to utilise that. This was found to be true especially in higher priced restaurants. Hence, the importance of hand hygiene and awareness among customers should be emphasised.

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