scholarly journals Assessment of awareness about plastic pollution and attitude regarding plastic bags usage among rural population of Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 2146
Author(s):  
Shivashankari Pandirajan ◽  
V. Pragadeesh Raja ◽  
Jasmine Maruthupandiyan ◽  
Kalaivani Annadurai
Keyword(s):  
Health Problem ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Plastic Pollution ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Plastic Bags ◽  
Plastic Bag ◽  
Cooked Food ◽  
Study Participants

Background: Plastic, although a simple synthetic polymer consisting of small molecules (monomers) linked together in a repetitive formation, is extremely versatile; with properties ranging from, resistance to corrosion, light weight, high strength, transparency, low toxicity to durability. The plastic used for domestic purpose nearly 500 billion plastic bags used each year.2 It is the slow poisoning to human health, animals and also the environment. Some years before plastic usage was few purposes only, over the past 60 years, plastics production and waste have dramatically increased, now days everyone using single use plastic bags for all use including cooked food packing, storage of drinking water and even storage of vegetables. The objective of this to assess the awareness regarding plastic pollution and to assess the attitude regarding plastic bag usage.Methods: A Community based cross sectional Study conducted among the population of residence, Sembakkam, Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu. The study duration between June to July 2019. Data collected through semi structured questionnaire from participants. Data Collected was entered in MS office excel and analyzed in SPSS version 21.Results: In the study, 67.5% (135) are males and 32.5% (65) are females. Mean age of the participants is 48.22 years (±14. 14). 86.5% (173) are literate and 13.5% (27) illiterate. In the study, participants 71% (142) answered plastic will cause health problem to animals and 24.5% (49) are not aware about health problem due to plastic. At the disposal of plastic 31% (62) replied burning of plastic which is followed by recycling the plastic 28% (56) (p<0.05) is the correct way of disposal. The majority of the participants, 90.5% (181) are supporting the banning of plastics and 5.5% (11) are not supporting the banning.Conclusions: Plastic usage has become a part of daily life, leading to the countless dumping of plastics. This in turn causes along with the environmental hazards, health hazards to both the humans and animals. The best recommendation is to reduce and reuse the daily usage of plastics. Strict Political and Administrative rules should be implemented and monitored.

scholarly journals A cross sectional study on alcoholism and its comorbidity patterns among urban adult population in Salem Tamil Nadu

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 2861
Author(s):  
Dhanasekar Gurupatham ◽  
Jeevithan Shanmugam
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Salem District

Background: Alcohol use is associated with serious public health problems thereby raising the global morbidity and mortality. The main aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of alcoholism and its co morbidity pattern among urban adult population in Salem district, Tamil Nadu.Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was carried out among urban adult population in Salem district involving 493 participants. Convenient sampling method was used. Informed consent was obtained from each participant and information was collected by using a predesigned structured questionnaire. Microsoft Excel 2007 was used for data entry and SPSS version 24 was used for data analysis.Results: It was found from the study that the prevalence of alcoholism was high. Alcohol use in any form was found in 38% of the study participants. 8% of the participants confessed that alcohol is an eye opener to them. 6% of the participants lost their job and 15% of the participants were hospitalised due to alcohol.Conclusions: The study showed higher prevalence of alcohol use among urban adult population in Salem district. Awareness about the ill effects of alcoholism among the population and necessary rehabilitation will help to reduce alcoholism consumption and its related disorders.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude, and practices on disposal methods of expired and unused medicines among students in public academic institutions in Lusaka, Zambia

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 774
Author(s):  
Martin Kampamba ◽  
Trevor Cheela ◽  
Christabel Nang’andu Hikaambo ◽  
Steward Mudenda ◽  
Kennedy Saini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Take Back ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Expired Medicines

Background: Unsafe disposal of unused and expired household medicines is a public health problem and mostly occur because of a lack of knowledge towards suitable medicine disposal methods. Thus, we aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices on the disposal methods of unused and expired medicines among students in public academic institutions in Lusaka, Zambia.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in which 385 students from three higher learning academic institutions were interviewed face to face using a structured questionnaire from 10th May to 24th June 2019. The cleaned data was then transferred to statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 25.0 for analysis.Results: The mean age of the participants was 23 (SD±2.9). Out of the 385 participants, 215 (55.8%) did not know much about medical waste and 345 (89.6%) of them did not have any previous information regarding proper and safe disposal of unused and expired medicine. However, 351 (91.4%) of the participants appropriately responded that unsafe disposal of unused and expired medicine poses a threat to human health and can harm the environment. Throwing unused and expired medicine in household garbage/bin was the most frequently used disposal practice followed by flushing them in toilet/sink as responded by 231 (60.0%) and 128 (33.3%) of participants respectively. Only 17 (4.42%) reported returning unused and expired medicines to the nearest pharmacy.  Conclusions: The majority of the study participants used unsafe methods to dispose of unused and expired medicine. However, most of the participants acknowledged that unsafe disposal of unused and expired medicines is a public health problem and proposed the need to introduce drug take-back programs in the communities.  

scholarly journals A Study on Hypertension among Persons Living with HIV attending ART Centers in TamilNadu- A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 7078-7082
Author(s):  
Krishna Prasanth B ◽  
Mahalakshmi K ◽  
Kalpana S ◽  
Anantha Eashwar V M
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Persons Living With Hiv ◽  
Education And Awareness ◽  
Stage 1 ◽  
Study Participants

People suffering from immunosuppressive conditions like Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are more prone to suffer from non-communicable diseases like hypertension, which is not identified and treated at an earlier stage, can lead to significant mortality and morbidity in them. The study design was a cross-sectional study done in select Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) centers in Government hospitals in Tamil Nadu during a period from 2017-2018. Data regarding their HIV status, treatment history and Body Mass Index (BMI) were recorded and Blood Pressure (BP) was recorded by using mercury sphygmomanometer using standard guidelines. Data was entered in Microsoft excel and analyzed by using SPSS version 22 software. The study population comprised of 75% males and 25% females. Mean age of study participants was 45+8.2 years and the mean BMI was 22+3.4. The prevalence of hypertension among HIV affected individuals was found to be 14.63%. According to JNC criteria, 34% were having Stage 1 hypertension and 33% had Stage 2 hypertension and only 23% were on treatment. Significant association was found between increasing age, gender, BMI and hypertension. Health education and awareness creation has to be created among HIV patients on maintaining a healthy diet and lifestyle so that, obesity can be prevented or reduced which could play an important role in NCD’s like hypertension and also hypertensive patients have to be identified and treated at early stage to reduce the morbidity and mortality.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding menstrual hygiene among adolescent school girls in Thandalam, Tamil Nadu

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL4) ◽  
pp. 1703-1708
Author(s):  
Sukanya L ◽  
Roshinidevi Baskaran
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
School Girls ◽  
Sanitary Pads ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Study Participants

The topic of menstrual hygiene has been highly stigmatised in India due to which girls tend to lack awareness regarding various scientific and practical aspects of menstruation. This lack of awareness among adolescent girls regarding menstrual hygiene can lead to negative impacts on their reproductive health. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding menstrual hygiene among school-going adolescent girls. A cross-sectional study using a pre-validated questionnaire was conducted among 168 adolescent school-going girls and found that only 37.3% of the study participants were aware of menstruation before attaining menarche. Only 25.3% of study participants either slept or ate separately from their family members while menstruating. All participants were using sanitary pads and disposed of them after usage indicating no reuse. Proper wrapping and disposal of pads in closed garbage bins was followed by 97% of study participants. A significant association between awareness of the cause of menstruation and the higher class of study was established. Though knowledge about menstruation before attaining menarche is meagre, the practices and attitude regarding were reasonable compared to other studies, mainly attributed to awareness and help received after menarche.

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 Organ Donation’- Awareness, Perspective and Practices among Adults – A Cross Sectional Study in Rural Tamil Nadu

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-34
Author(s):  
S. S. Lokesh Kumar ◽  
D. Raja ◽  
U. Sharath
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Tertiary Care Centre ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
Economic Class ◽  
End Stage ◽  
Study Participants

Introduction: Organ transplantation is the most opted treatment for the most of the end stage organ diseases since it increases the quality of life and long-term survival benefits. The rate of organ donation is less in India. This leads to organ deficit which is the major obstacle in transplantation. The main reason behind this less rate of organ donation is lack of knowledge and awareness. Methodology: A Cross sectional descriptive study done among 203 study participants residing in rural field practicing area of a tertiary care centre by using two stage random sampling method. Results: 47.3% of the participants were in the age group of 31-60 years. Most of them were female and married. 78.7% of the participants were completed at least primary education and 28.3% of the participants were belong socio economic class V according to modified BG prasad’s scale 2019. 84.2% of the study participants were aware about the organ donation and Television acted as a main source of information about organ donation. Majority of the participants doesn’t know about the organ donation card and the place of enrolment for organ donation. Conclusion: Measures to be taken to create awareness about the need of organ donation. Campaign should be conducted for the enrolment for organ donation.

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 A study on awareness regarding HIV/AIDS among medical students in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 4242
Author(s):  
L. Neerajaa ◽  
M. Vijayakarthikeyan ◽  
R. Umadevi
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Hiv Infections ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
First Year ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Hiv Aids

Background: India has the third largest number of people living with HIV/AIDS. India is estimated to have 75,900 new adults with HIV infections. The prevalence of HIV infection was 0.7% in India, 0.26% in Tamil Nadu in the year 2017. HIV related stigma remains an important barrier in effectively fighting against HIV/AIDS. The objectives of the study were to assess knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS among medical students and to assess attitude towards HIV/AIDS among medical students.Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted among 1st year undergraduates of Sree Balaji Medical College. Sample size was calculated using 4pq/L2, computed to a total of 240. Data collection was done using pretested structured questionnaire, containing 7 questions and 5 questions regarding knowledge and attitude towards HIV/AIDS respectively. Data was entered in MS excel and analysed using SPSS software version 22.Results: Among the participtants, 46% were male and 54% were female. 91% of study participants had adequate knowledge (94% knew that HIV was preventable, 89% knew about the mode of spread, 90% knew about transmission prevention) and 84% of the study participants had good attitude.Conclusions: This knowledge and attitude study was to assess the current level of knowledge among first year MBBS students about AIDS at the point of entry to medical course. Few misconceptions were found to exist regarding mode of transmission and prevention. Awareness programmes should be initiated among the MBBS students in the first year itself, so that these lacunae can be rectified.

scholarly journals Knowledge and awareness towards dengue infection and its prevention: a cross sectional study from rural area of Tamil Nadu, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 494
Author(s):  
Vinoth Gnana Chellaiyan ◽  
Aravind Manoharan ◽  
Murali Ramachandran
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Dengue Infection ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Breeding Habitat ◽  
Aedes Mosquito ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mosquito Bite ◽  
Dengue Prevention ◽  
Study Participants

Background: Dengue infection transmitted by Aedes aegypti is endemic in India. Environmental changes and lack of awareness result in increase in transmission of dengue infection and rise in dengue outbreaks. The present study was conducted to determine the knowledge of dengue infection and practices towards dengue prevention among a rural population in Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu.Methods:The study was cross sectional study, conducted in Kadambadi village of Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu. The study was conducted among 224 study participants from June - August 2016. Systematic random sampling was followed for selecting the houses. A pretested, semi structured questionnaire was used. Significance of difference in proportions (qualitative variables) was calculated using Chi square test. Significance of p value was taken as p< 0.05.Results: Among the study participants, 210 (93.7%) heard about dengue infection. Fifty percent of participants responded correctly the symptoms of dengue infection. 89% responded correctly that dengue is transmitted by Aedes mosquito. Around 40% of the participants had correct knowledge about the breeding habitat and biting habit of Aedes mosquito. Study participants use various methods - mosquito coils (63.4%), mosquito nets (14.7%) for mosquito bite prevention.  24.1% does not follow any method of mosquito bite prevention.Conclusions:Though majority of the study participants heard about dengue symptoms and mosquito transmitting dengue infection, less than half were aware about breeding habits of Aedes mosquito and 25% did not follow any method of mosquito bite prevention practices. Community awareness is a key role in improvising dengue prevention practices. 

scholarly journals Prevalence and pattern of self-medication among urban population Chidambaram: a cross-sectional study

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
R. Gowthaman ◽  
A. Viknesh Ambayiram
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Common Symptom ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Field Practice ◽  
Study Participants

Background: Self-medication as the selection and use of medicines by the individuals to treat self-recognised illness or symptoms. Self-medication is recognised as a part of self-care. The objectives of this study was to find out the prevalence of self-medication in an urban Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, to find out the pattern of self-medication with regard to its practice and to find out the reasons favoring the practice of self-medication.Methods: The cross-sectional study was carried out in the month of September 2018 in a randomly selected urban field practice area of a tertiary care hospital. The sample size was calculated to be 360. Data was collected from all the houses in the selected field practice area. The data collected was entered into Microsoft excel spread sheet 2018 and analysis was done using SPSS version 21.Results: Self-medication was practiced by 195 (48.75%) of the households and 215 (18.6%) of the study participants. 42.1% reported pharmacist as source of knowledge. Most common symptom/sign for which self-medication was practiced was fever (42%). Most commonly (57.9%) used self-medicament was non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents. Antibiotics were used by 15.4% as self- medicament. Among the 195 households practising self-medication, 65 (33.3%) reported that accessibility to pharmacy was more than that of clinic as reason for practicing self-medication.Conclusions: The usage of antibiotics as self-medicament and decreased awareness regarding the side effects of self-medicaments indicated decreased practice of responsible self-medication in the study area. More studies have to be conducted regarding the awareness, barriers and facilitators for practicing responsible self-medication.

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