scholarly journals A study on personal hygiene and sanitary practices in a rural village of Mornag District of Nepal

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajiv Ranjan Karn ◽  
Buna Bhandari ◽  
Nilambar Jha
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Rural Village ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
Sanitary Condition ◽  
Community People ◽  
Development Committee ◽  
Village Development Committee

Background: Inadequate sanitation has direct effect on health of individual, family, communities and nation as a whole. Objective: To assess the personal hygiene and sanitary condition of the Katahari Village Development Committee (VDC). Methods: The cross sectional study was done in Katahari VDC of Morang district. A total of 80 households were randomly selected from two wards of VDC. The data were collected by interview method using interview schedule. Data were entered in Excel sheet and analyzed on SPSS program. Results: Many respondents (61%) were unable to read and write, 33% involved in private job in various factory. Knowledge of sanitation was high (90%) but only 65% of them were using soap water for hand washing. Sixty percent had no toilet facilities. There was significant association between education and toilet facilities among community people. Land holding and type of family had no significant association with toilet facilities. Conclusion: The knowledge regarding sanitation was high among community people but very poor in practice.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jonmc.v1i2.7298 Journal of Nobel Medical College (2012), Vol.1 No.2 p.39-44

scholarly journals Knowledge on health effects and practices of smoking among the smokers in the Eastern Terai Region of Nepal

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Uprety ◽  
IS Poudel ◽  
S Bhattarai ◽  
A Ghimire ◽  
N Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Interview Methods ◽  
Development Committee ◽  
Village Development Committee

Tobacco smoking kills more than five million people a year worldwide. According to Nepal Adolescent and Young Adult (NAYA) Survey 2000, about one quarter of young boys and one in 10 girls have smoked tobacco at some time or the other. A cross sectional study was done in Jalthal & Maheshpur Village Development Committee of Jhapa district using simple random sampling method among 200 participants. Interview methods with semi-structured questionnaires were used as tool for data collection. The objective of this study was to identify the reason of initiation of smoking, explore the pattern of smoking and to assess the health knowledge among the smokers regarding effect of smoking. It was reported that, 63% of them started to smoke at the age of 10-19 years. Most smokers were male, illiterate, unemployed and fell below the poverty line. Though most of the smokers knew the ill effect due to smoking; habituation was the main reason for not being able to stop smoking and 10% of them smoked for recreation. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmc.v4i1.10843 Journal of Chitwan Medical College 2014; 4(1): 22-25

scholarly journals A cross sectional study to assess the morbidity pattern among under five year old children in urban Chitradurga, South India

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 2368
Author(s):  
Sherin Joseph Xavier Kallupurackal ◽  
Hamsaveni G. ◽  
Aarsha Rafeek ◽  
Anarin Mendez ◽  
Kalpitha K. Manu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Growth ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
High Growth Rate ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Sanitary Condition ◽  
Field Practice

Background: Children under 5 years of age constitute approximately 15% of the country’s total population. First 1000 days of life is the most crucial period, as this age is known for high growth rate and development. They constitute most vulnerable section of the society and suffer from highest morbidity. Good personal hygiene and sanitary condition of living now forms a part of primary health prevention strategy and it is found to be effective for reducing morbidity and mortality in children.Methods: It’s a community based cross sectional study among 150 children of less than five years of age for a period of 4 months from November 2018 to February 2019 in the urban field practice area of Basaveshwara Medical College and Hospital, Chitradurga.Results: In our present study we found respiratory tract infection is the predominant ailment followed by gastrointestinal clinical features accounting for 39% and 33% respectively. Though the factors like birth weight, immunisation of majority of population were fair but in later years of life found that weight for height was not achieved as per standard protocol among major of the study population.Conclusions: By health education for the caretaker regarding mother-crafting and satisfactory environmental condition can reduce the prevalence of morbidity.

scholarly journals Comparing infrastructure of anganwadi centres under integrated child development services of urban and rural Bangalore: a cross sectional study

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 4510
Author(s):  
Abhijnana G. ◽  
Selvi Thangaraj ◽  
Ranganath T. S. ◽  
Vishwanath .
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Contact Point ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Quality Service ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
Toilet Facility ◽  
Field Practice ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Background: Anganwadi centres under integrated child development services is the largest Project in India to improve not only child health but reproductive, maternal and adolescent health. The aim of the present study is to compare the infrastructure of urban and rural anganwadi which is one of the basic need to provide quality services.Methods: A total of 30 anganwadi centres are involved in our study in which 20 are from rural and 10 are from urban field practice area of Department of Community Medicine, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore. This study employed interview method with anganwadi worker’s and observation of anganwadi centre using pre-designed, semi structured questionnaire and checklist.Results: 85% of rural and 60% urban anganwadi centres have their own buildings to carry out the services. 20% of rural anganwadi centres lack fixed name boards compared to urban anganwadi centres. 55% of rural anganwadi centres and 90% of urban anganwadi centres lack separate storage for raw food materials. 15% of rural anganwadi centres lack functional toilet facility. 40% of rural anganwadi centres lack functional weighing machine.Conclusions: Anganwadi centres are remote contact point of health care system within the community. The infrastructure of anganwadi centre such as type of building, space for cooking and activities, availability of functional equipments ensure the quality service deliveries which in turn are enhanced by timely supervision from higher authorities.

scholarly journals Morbidity pattern of school children: a study conducted in the urban field practice area of a tertiary health care centre of Odisha, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 2489
Author(s):  
Krishna Kar ◽  
Sasmita Pradhan ◽  
Barada P. Samal
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Health Care Centre ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Field Practice ◽  
Health Education Programme

Background: School is acknowledged as the place where children gain knowledge from health education sessions on various aspects of personal hygiene, sanitation and social customs. Health is one of the key factors determining the enrollment, performance and continuation in school. Objective was to study the morbidity pattern of school children.Methods: The present cross sectional study was conducted in selected schools (both govt. and Private) of urban field practice area of SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha during January 2016 to December 2016. A total of 660 school going children were taken for the study. After taking informed consent of the head of the school data was collected by using a Pre-designed, pre-tested questionnaire. Clinical examination was conducted to detect any morbidity pattern.Results: In the present study most common morbidity detected was pallor (47.6%) followed by skin disease (34.5%) and dental caries (23.2%). Other morbidities found were acute respiratory infections 21.9%, eye problems 21.4%, fever 6.8%, pain abdomen 3%, diarrhoea 3.2%, ear discharge 3.9%, headache 5% and rhinitis 3.9%.Conclusions: More emphasis should be given on primordial and primary preventive measures for prevention of childhood morbidities. School based health education programme may be a useful effort in this regard.

scholarly journals The Sanitary Condition of Food Establishments and Health Status and Personal Hygiene among Food Handlers in a Rural Area of Western Maharashtra, India

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayant D Deshpande ◽  
Deepak B Phalke
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Food Handlers ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sanitary Condition ◽  
Waste Storage ◽  
The Status ◽  
Cooked Food

Background: Foodborne disease occurs in mass catering establishment that is not complying with sanitary and hygienic food handling and preparation. Objective: Objective of the present study was to explore the status of sanitary condition of food establishments and to assess hygienic practices among food handlers. Material and Method: A cross-sectional study design was used to assess the sanitary condition of food establishments and personal hygiene of food handlers. Data was collected with the help of structured and pre-tested questionnaires. The questionnaire also allowed the interviewers to record their observations. All the data obtained was entered into Microsoft Excel and analyzed using the software StatistiXL version 1.8. Result: Separate kitchen and Onsite solid waste storage containers/receptacles were available in 4(16%) establishments. Provision for heating devices for cooked food was available in 5(20%) establishments. Wash basin present with soap were available in 10 (40%) of the food establishments. Sweeping and washing floor with water and disinfectant was done in 8(32%) food establishments. Male and female food handlers’ have equal percentage of morbidity and this difference was not statistically significant (χ2=0.0329, p=0.84), but anaemia was significantly higher among female food handlers (χ2=6.30, p=0.01). Poor hygienic practices were significantly associated with presence of infectious diseases like ARI, diarrhoea, dysentery and skin infections. (χ2=5.71, p=0.017). Conclusion: Food establishments in the study area were found to have poor sanitation and were not maintained well. The health status and the level of personal hygiene of the food handlers in the eating establishments were found to be unsatisfactory. There is need of enforcement of sanitary provisions and educating the food handlers about personal hygiene.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v4i2.7895 Asian Journal of Medical Sciences 4(2013) 23-29

scholarly journals Pattern of skin diseases in patients attended OPD of Dermatology and Venereology in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Bangladesh

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 8-11
Author(s):  
Abul Kalam Mohammad Yousuf ◽  
Yasmin Joarder ◽  
Ayasha Aktar ◽  
Md. Nazmul Hoq ◽  
Mushfika Rahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Acne Vulgaris ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Economic Class ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Common Skin

Background: Skin problems are one of the most common health problems seen in the developing countries. Objective: To assess the pattern of skin diseases most commonly encountered in Dermatology & Venereology Outdoor Patient Department (OPD) of Northern International Medical college Hospital (NIMCH). Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was carried out in the Dermatology & Venereology OPD of NIMCH, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh, during the period of January 2012 to December 2012. A total of 1169 patients (511male and 658 female) aged 10-44 years, attended in the OPD in which 969 patients (450 male and 519 female) were found to have dermatological problems. Data were analyzed by using SPSS soft-ware version 18. Results: The pattern of skin diseases was higher in females (53.6%) than in males (46.4%). The most common disorders seen in outpatient department is eczema (23.7%) followed by fungal infection (15.5%), scabies (13.4%) and acne vulgaris (11.9%). A remarkable part (41.4%) of the patients was illiterate. Majority of the patients (67.6%) belonged to poor socio-economic class. 61.4 % patients were residing in overcrowded homes and 53% patients were not maintained personal hygienic standards Conclusion: This study gives a fair picture of pattern of common skin diseases in urban Dhanmondi and its surrounding locality, Dhaka. From this study, it can be concluded that better health education, maintaining personal hygiene, improvement in the standard of living, proper case diagnosis and proper treatment may remain of importance in managing common skin diseases. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjpp.v29i1-2.20061 Bangladesh J Physiol Pharmacol 2013; 29(1&2) : 8-11

scholarly journals Water sanitation and hygiene in the schools of rural field practice area of Shri B. M. Patil Medical College, Vijayapur

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 4307
Author(s):  
Rashmi Hullalli ◽  
M. R. Gudadinni ◽  
Shailaja S. Patil
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Rural Practice ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Piped Water ◽  
Sanitation And Hygiene ◽  
Disability Adjusted Life ◽  
Life Years

Background: One of the world’s most urgent issues is lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene. Water-related improvements are crucial to meet the development goals, reduce child mortality, and improve health in a sustainable way. The absence of WASH in schools is responsible for 20% of total deaths and disability adjusted life years (DALYs) in children. Over 440 million schools days are missed annually due to water, sanitation and hygiene related diseases. Though there are emerging vaccines for rotavirus and cholera still WASH remains critical in the prevention of diarrheal diseases, soil transmitted helminthes infections and acute respiratory diseases. Objective of the study was to study the implementation and functionality of WASH in schools.Methods: A cross sectional study was done in all the schools of rural practice area of our college by interview technique using a pre tested semi structured questionnaire.Results: Out of 7 schools, 5 (71%) had piped water supply but only 2 schools (28.5%) practiced the process of water purification every day. All the schools were provided with toilet facilities whereas only 3 schools had separate toilet for girls. When looked upon availability of soap only 3 schools had provided soap regularly for hand washing. Most of the schools taught about personal hygiene but only 2 schools revealed that they dispose solid waste regularly.Conclusions: Although nationwide emphasis is given to water sanitation and hygiene, practicing is very low especially in rural areas. Therefore special efforts should be done not only for the implantation, but also upon the operation and maintenance of the same. 

scholarly journals TB CATEGORY

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (04) ◽  
pp. 659-666
Author(s):  
Muhammad Amin ◽  
Muhammad Aman Ullah ◽  
Muhammad Ajmal ◽  
Sana Tabasum
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Smoking Habit ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Sanitary Condition ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Poor Sanitary Condition

Objective: To determine the risk factors for type of TB category in Multan.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Nishtar Medical College and Hospital,Multan at Chest and Pulmonology Ward to explore the major factors for the type of TB in Multan,Pakistan. We surveyed 164 patients diagnosed for TB from March 2012 to August 2012. The chisquaretest was used to find the responsible factors for type of TB category. The data wereanalyzed by using SPSS 20 software. Results: The mean age of these patients was 40.5,100male and 64 female patients. 68.9% of cat-1 and 31.1% patients of Cat-2, 65.3% patients havingno education, 35.4% patients were of labor profession working in different scenarios, 76.8%patients have their family income less than ten thousands, 67.7% patients belong to the urbanresidence, 65.2% patients have poor sanitary condition of their houses, 63.41% patients weresmoker and 70.1% patients have TB in their families. On the basis of p-value for each factors, wehave found that blood pressure (p=0.0100), already treated (p=0.0000), doctor visited(p=0.0000), smoking habit (p=0.0263) and area (p=0.0020) of patients are statisticallysignificant factors while gender (p=0.7040), Education (p=0.0800), family history (p=0.3090),current ATT period (p=0.7280), weight (p=0.1300), environment (p=0.2590), income level(p=0.3690), profession (p=0.0540) and age (p=0.4130) are the insignificant factors.Conclusions: We have found that blood pressure, already treated, doctor visited, smoking habitand area of patients are the significant factors for type of TB category.

Side Effects of Chemotherapy and Cancer Treatment in Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-78
Author(s):  
. Hemraj ◽  
Raj Kumar ◽  
Sourabh Kosey ◽  
Amit Sharma ◽  
Nalini Negi
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Informational Needs ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Clinical Pharmacists ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Related Information ◽  
The Common ◽  
Chemotherapy Patients

To determine the most common physical side effects experienced by local chemotherapy patients. Their perceptions of these side effects and informational needs from clinical pharmacists were also evaluated. This was a single center, observational cross-sectional study conducted at department of General Surgery, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab. A face to face interview was conducted. Information collected included chemotherapy related side effects after last chemotherapy experience, the most worrisome side effects, overlooked by healthcare professionals and the preferred method, amount and source of receiving related information. In this study, hundred patients were enrolled out of them 48 were male and 52 were female. When differential calculations was done, common side effects or adverse effects of chemotherapy in the patients of breast, lung cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Colon cancer, Prostate cancer, Lymphoma Cancer, Cervix cancer where there is much irregular medicine intake 57.4% may be due to common problem of joint pain reported by all the patients under study, with the consecutive problem of nausea and vomiting. The high prevalence of chemotherapy related side effects among local patients is a major concern and findings of their perceptions and informational needs may serve as a valuable guide for clinical pharmacists and physicians to help in side effect management. This study shows the common problems reported by the patients when they are suffering from cancer condition, according to their incidence perceptions as experienced by the patient, this will allow the physician and clinical pharmacist to effectively counsel and manage the common symptoms as reported prior to its occurrence in the patient, so that withdrawal can be checked.

Rapid detection of Rotavirus antigen in stool sample of acute diarrheic children

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-13
Author(s):  
Sushmita Roy ◽  
S.M. Shamsuzzaman ◽  
K.Z. Mamun
Keyword(s):  
Stool Sample ◽  
Rapid Detection ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Rapid Diagnosis ◽  
Age Group ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Rotavirus Infection ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Stool Samples

Rotavirus is one of the leading causes of pediatric diarrhea globally. Accurate and rapid diagnosis of Rotavirus diarrhea should reduce unnecessary use of antibiotics and ultimately reduce drug resistance. Study was designed for rapid diagnosis of Rotavirus antigen in stool sample by ICT (Immunochromatographic test) as well as to observe the seasonal variation of rotavirus infection. This cross sectional study was carried out in the department of Microbiology, Dhaka Medical College from January 2011 to December 2011. Eighty stool samples were collected from Dhaka Shishu Hospital and Dhaka Medical College Hospital. All samples were tested for rotavirus antigen by ICT. Among 80 patients, 42 (52.5%) samples were positive for rotavirus antigen. Among these 42 positive samples, 30 (71.43%) were from 0-12 months of age group, 10 (23.81%) from 13 to 24 months of age group and rest 2 (4.76%) from 25 to 36 months of age group. Rotavirus Ag was detected in stool samples from January to April and another peak episode from October to December. Considering the importance of Rotavirus associated diarrhea, rapid detection of Rotavirus infection in human is substantially needed and should be routinely practiced.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjmm.v6i1.19354 Bangladesh J Med Microbiol 2012; 06(01): 11-13

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