Assessment of children health condition of urban slum area: a case study on Khulna municipality, Bangladesh

Introduction: Inadequate energy intake was prevalent among women of reproductive age, which may contribute to poor diet. Having great concern towards health and nutrition may play a role in shaping eating habit and food-related behavior to achieve a healthy diet. This study aims to examine the association between health concern and energy intake, while considering other factors such as cooking frequency and having food away from home.Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in an urban slum area in Jakarta, involving 233 mothers of young children through consecutive sampling. Data was collected through interview using structured questionnaire, including 2x24-hour dietary recall. All statistical analysis was performed using SPSS Version 20.Results: Energy intake of most subjects did not meet the recommendation. There was no significant correlation between health concern measured by General Health Interest Scale and energy intake. The frequency of having take-out food was a significant predictor of the energy intake. Additionally, a significant negative correlation between health concern and having take-out food was found.Conclusion: Having take-out food was associated with energy intake. Provision of health and nutrition information in the food stores might help to increase health concern to shape a healthier diet. Thus, a collaborative effort targeting both food sellers and customers is essential.

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Feeling the Fear and Doing It Anyway: A Case Study of CHRS-City, an Intervention for Adolescent Mental Health

10.26686/wgtn.16992634 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Lisa Thompson

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

New Zealand ◽

Adolescent Mental Health ◽

Health Condition ◽

Further Education ◽

Mental Health Condition ◽

Regular School ◽

The Impact ◽

Support Students

<p>Provision for adolescent mental health in New Zealand is in its infancy. CRHS-City is the first Ministry of Education funded initiative that addresses adolescent mental health and transition back to school in New Zealand. This thesis examines the experiences of students and their families attending CRHS-City and how they were supported to transition back to school or further education. This research is important as it focuses on a growing need and documents Central Regional Health School’s attempt to address it. The methodological approach was a multiple case study underpinned by a constructivist paradigm. A qualitative approach was appropriate for this study as the research wanted to capture the impact attending CRHS-City had on a specific group of students and their transition back to a regular school or further education. Three students and their families identified they would be willing to be interviewed as part of this study. Eight overarching themes emerged from the research. Participants described positive outcomes from their experience of attending CRHS-City. This study has found being at CRHS-City helped the participants explore different ways of managing their mental health condition and gain confidence in their abilities to do so, which in turn supported the overall goal of a return to school or further education. However this was not an easy process for either the students or their parents. The findings from this research identified recommendations specific to CRHS-City and for the education sector in general to support students who have a mental health condition continue with their education goals. Support for the student’s family and the regular school is an essential part of this process. Research into effective interventions within mainstream schools to support students who have mental health needs is seen as a logical next step.</p>

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A Case Study on: Effect of Anthelminthic on Production and Health Condition of a House Hold Holstein Friesian

The Journal of Advances in Parasitology ◽

10.17582/journal.jap/2018/5.3.35.37 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Muhammad Rashid ◽

Amir Bakhsh ◽

Muhammad Adeel Hassan ◽

Ejaz Hussain ◽

Muhammad Amjad

Keyword(s):

Health Condition ◽

Holstein Friesian

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A cross sectional study of epidemiological determinants correlated with prevalence of hypertension among municipal school teachers located in suburban area

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20170259 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 385

Author(s):

Parth H. Vyas ◽

Kamaxi Bhate ◽

Mukesh Bawa ◽

Vikrant Pagar ◽

Amol Kinge

Keyword(s):

Tertiary Care ◽

Total Sample ◽

Urban Slum ◽

Health Condition ◽

Urban Life ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Significant Relation ◽

School Teachers ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Study Participants

Background: Hypertension is a major long-term health condition and is the leading cause of premature deaths among persons experiencing sedentary urban life style behaviors such as high calorie diet, lack of physical exercise and job stress. The objectives of the present study was to determine prevalence & various risk factors of hypertension among municipal school teachers in an urban slum. Methods:The study area was a field practice area of tertiary care hospital in a metropolitan city. Municipal school teachers from suburban slums were the study participants. Teachers above 35 years of age and want to participate in study were included. The total sample size obtained was 220.Results: 40% of the teachers were belonged to 35-40 years of age group. 70.9% of the study participants were women. Among 220 teachers 36.4% were having normal blood pressure. 43.6% teachers were in the pre- hypertension stage, while 14.5% and 5.5% were in stage- 1 and stage- 2 hypertension. The prevalence of hypertension was 20%. In present study it was found that as the age advances chances of contracting hypertension also increases [P=0.006]. Statistically significant relation between obesity and hypertension is seen [P=0.007]. There was a significant relation between physical activity and prevalence of hypertension [P = 0.021].Conclusions:Increasing age, obesity and sedentary lifestyle are proportionally related to the development of hypertension which was statistically significant.

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Quality of diabetic care in an urban slum area of Mysore: A community based study

Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research & Reviews ◽

10.1016/j.dsx.2016.03.014 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. S135-S138

Author(s):

B. Madhu ◽

K.M. Srinath ◽

Swathi Chandresh ◽

N.C. Ashok ◽

H. Basavanagowdappa ◽

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Keyword(s):

Urban Slum ◽

Slum Area ◽

Community Based ◽

Diabetic Care

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Measuring the outcomes of using person-generated health data: a case study of developing a PROM item bank

BMJ Health & Care Informatics ◽

10.1136/bmjhci-2019-100070 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. e100070 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Gerardo Luis Dimaguila ◽

Kathleen Gray ◽

Mark Merolli

Keyword(s):

Stroke Rehabilitation ◽

Best Practice ◽

Patient Reported Outcome Measures ◽

Health Condition ◽

Health Data ◽

Item Bank ◽

Self Report ◽

Development Method ◽

Patient Reported

IntroductionPatient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) allow patients to self-report the status of their health condition or experience independently. A key area for PROMs to contribute in building the evidence base is in understanding the effects of using person-generated health data (PGHD), and using PROMs to measure outcomes of using PGHD has been suggested in the literature. Key considerations inherent in the stroke rehabilitation context makes the measurement of PGHD outcomes in home-based poststroke rehabilitation, which uses body-tracking technologies, an important use case.ObjectiveThis paper describes the development of a preliminary item bank of a PROM-PGHD for Kinect-based stroke rehabilitation systems (K-SRS), or PROM-PGHD for K-SRS.MethodsThe authors designed a method to develop PROMs of using PGHD, or PROM-PGHD. The PROM-PGHD Development Method was designed by augmenting a key PROM development process, the Qualitative Item Review, and follows PROM development best practice. It has five steps, namely, literature review; binning and winnowing; initial item revision; eliciting patient input and final item Revision.ResultsA preliminary item bank of the PROM-PGHD for K-SRS is presented. This is the result of implementing the first three steps of the PROM-PGHD Development Method within the domains of interest, that is, stroke and Kinect-based simulated rehabilitation.ConclusionsThis paper has set out a case study of our method, showing what needs to be done to ensure that the PROM-PGHD items are suited to the health condition and technology category. We described it as a case study because we argue that it is possible for the PROM-PGHD method to be used by others to measure effects of PGHD utilisation in other cases of health conditions and technology categories. Hence, it offers generalisability and has broader clinical relevance for evidence-based practice with PGHD. This paper is the first to offer a case study of developing a PROM-PGHD.

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