scholarly journals Tobacco use among urban slum dwellers attending a cancer screening clinic in the National Capital Region of India: a cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne T Nethan ◽  
Dhirendra N Sinha ◽  
Ashwini Kedar ◽  
Vipin Kumar ◽  
Shashi Sharma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
National Capital Region ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Slum Dwellers ◽  
National Capital ◽  
Screening Clinic

scholarly journals Changes in hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control rates over 20 years in National Capital Region of India: results from a repeat cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. e015639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ambuj Roy ◽  
Pradeep A Praveen ◽  
Ritvik Amarchand ◽  
Lakshmy Ramakrishnan ◽  
Ruby Gupta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
National Capital Region ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Capital Region ◽  
Hypertension Prevalence ◽  
National Capital ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals A cross-sectional study to assess the morbidity pattern, healthcare-seeking behavior and its determinants among adults of urban slum dwellers of Chennai

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 4375
Author(s):  
Nilofur Banu ◽  
Kalaivani Annadurai ◽  
Karnaboopathy Ranganathan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Study Participant ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Slum Dwellers ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Study Participants

Background: Health seeking behavior is an important decision in health care management and it becomes more relevant among underprivileged populations like urban slums. The objectives of the study was to find out the morbidity pattern, health care seeking behaviours , the morbidity pattern its determinants among urban slum dwellers in Chennai.Methods: This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted among 400 respondents of Nallakuppam slum in Chennai by systematic random sampling method from October 2017 to October 2019. A semi structured schedule was used to collect information among them after their valid informed consent. Descriptive statistics such as frequency and percentage were used.  Chi square test was used to assess the association between factors.Results: Almost half of the study participants (53.50%) were female and 30.50% have completed high school education. Hindu was the major religion practiced and most of them belonged to lower middle socio economic class. Though majority of the study population suffered from communicable diseases like ARI and fever which might be due to overcrowding in that area, treatment seeking behavior was found to be good among the study participant suffering from non-communicable disease like DM, HTN and CHD, which showed that the type of disease played an vital role in seeking treatment among the study participants.Conclusions: Though the study participants had different choice in health care such as government, private or some time both facilities for treating their illness, trust on the health care provider played an important role in availing services from particular health care facilities.

scholarly journals Influence of anti-tobacco advertisements on the attitude of slum dwellers about use of tobacco: a cross-sectional study from Mandya city

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 4516
Author(s):  
Harish B. Rudresh ◽  
Sudhir Gowda
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Frequency Distributions ◽  
Slum Dwellers

Background: As per the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) rules, the anti-tobacco health spots and disclaimers are being provided by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India. These advertisements are aimed at creating awareness about the ill effects of tobacco use. Mass media anti-tobacco advertising campaigns play an important role as part of a comprehensive tobacco control program and are associated with increase in smoking cessation and declines in adult tobacco use prevalence.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the influence of anti-tobacco advertisements among slum dwellers of Mandya city. A self-structured, close-ended questionnaire was used to interview 700 slum dwellers. The questionnaire consisted of sociodemographic data, tobacco usage status, questions related to awareness about anti-tobacco advertisements, and influence of anti-tobacco advertisements on attitude toward tobacco use. Frequency distributions and percentages were examined for each item and Chi-square test was used.Results: Out of 700 participants 54.5% were males and 45.5% were females. Nearly 87.7% of males and 70.2% of females had noticed the statutory warning which is shown during tobacco products’ usage on television/movies. Almost 66.4% of males and 68.0% of females had a positive change in attitude toward tobacco use due to influence of anti-tobacco advertisements.Conclusions: There is awareness against use of tobacco and this awareness should be used to motivate them to quit tobacco as well as to stop them from initiating tobacco use.

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