scholarly journals A COMPARATIVE DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE AWARENESS REGARDING ANTENATAL DIET AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN AT SELECTED RURAL AND URBAN AREA OF JODHPUR

Author(s):  
Rohit Kumar Chouhan ◽  
Suresh

INTRODUCTION: Good nutrition is an important part of leading a healthy lifestyle. It is essential for growth and development, health and wellbeing. Eating a healthy diet contributes to preventing future illness and improving the quality and length of life. Good nutrition means your body gets all the nutrients, vitamins, and minerals it needs to work its best. Plan your meals and snacks to include nutrient-dense foods that are also low in calories. AIM OF THE STUDY: Assess the awareness regarding antenatal diet among pregnant women. METERIAL AND METHOD: A descriptive non-experimental comparative study was carried out to assess the awareness of 100 pregnant women selected by purposive sampling, who were pregnant women in rural & urban area in Jodhpur Rajasthan were assessed by using a structured knowledge questionnaire and analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. RESULT: The finding showed that in rural area majority (64%) of the pregnant women had below-average awareness, while in urban area majority (74%) of the pregnant women had above-average awareness regarding antenatal diet. According to the different aspects of the antenatal diet the awareness score of both rural & urban pregnant women was highest regarding the Micronutrient in diet. However, the majority of the demographic variable of the rural respondents such as age, religion, education status, monthly household, income, type of family, hazardous habits, number of children, source of information were found no significant association with the level of awareness except the number of gravida, where as in urban respondents such as age, religion, education status, monthly household, income, type of family, hazardous habits, number of gravida, number of children, were found no significant association with the level of awareness except the source of information. CONCLUSION: It can be concluded that pregnant women in rural area majority (64%) of the pregnant women had below-average awareness, while in urban area majority (74%) of the pregnant women had above-average awareness regarding antenatal as per current research recommendations. KEY WORDS: Awareness, antenatal diet, pregnant women, rural and urban area

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-67
Author(s):  
Harivansh Chopra ◽  
Tanveer Bano ◽  
Niharika Verma ◽  
Gargi Pandey

Universal Health Coverage aims to provide essential health services to all while providing protection from catastrophic expenditure on health. To mitigate the economics of health expenditure, health insurance is one of the important tool. Hence, this study was conducted to nd out the awareness and practice of health insurance coverage in rural and urban Meerut.90 households were studied in both rural and urban area. Awareness was higher in urban area but coverage was higher in rural area. Awareness and coverage were found to be signicantly associated with poverty status in rural area of Meerut.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rani Tripathi

This paper aims to study the achievement motivation and personality of high school students in relation to the type of urban and rural area. The study was conducted on 120 students (60 boys 60 girls) studying in high schools selected purposively from Jalgaon district of Maharashtra state. Intact classes of VIII to X were taken from the four schools. For the collection of necessary information investigator used Personality Inventory (M.P.I.) by Jalota, S.S. and Kapoor, S.D. (1975) (Hindi Version). And Achievement Motivation Test by Gopal Rao (1974). To find the significance of difference between the various groups ‘t’ test was applied. Results indicated that rural and urban area high school students differ significantly on Personality but gender wise and area wise students do not differ significantly on achievement motivation.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susiana Nugraha ◽  
Sabarinah Prasetyo ◽  
Indri Hapsari Susilowati ◽  
Tribudi W Rahardjo

Abstract Background: Falls are common problem among older people, WHO (2014) estimated 424,000 fatal cases of falls occur every year, making fall as the one of the causes of death in the older adult due to accidental injury. This study aimed to assess the risk of falling among community dwelling older adult in rural and urban area. Method: Using a proportional sample size we determine 2 areas that describe rural and urban area in West Java Prefecture. The incidence of fall in the last 12 month is selected as outcome variable. Sociodemographic background, chronic medical condition, fear of falling, visual and hearing impairment, Activity Daily Living (ADL) Barthel index, the physical performance (Short Performance Physical Battery (SPPB)), and living environment were assessed to identify the factor contribute to the incidence of falling. Result: a total of 611 older people participated this study consist of 381 (62%)older persons living in rural area and 230 (38%) person are living in urban area, 70 percent of them at the range of 60-69 years old, and 73% of them are female. The prevalence of fall in rural area (16.5%), is significantly higher than urban area (10.7%). The multiple logistic regression analysis showed, male gender (OR= 0.29;95%CI (0.095 - .882)), chronic illness (OR=3.25 95%CI (1.236 - 8.533) and visual impairment (OR=3.6; 95%CI (1.517 - 8.544)) are associated with risk of fall in among older adult living in urban area. On the other hand, Visual impairment (OR=1.81; 95%CI (1.027– 3.179)) and living environmental (OR=3.36; 95% CI (1.137-9.921)) are significantly associated with fall in among older adult living in rural area. Conclusion: We identify the different risk factors for falls in urban and rural area. The results can be concluded that a different approach is needed to reduce the risk of falling for the older adult in urban and rural areas based on risk factors.


2021 ◽  
pp. 34-38
Author(s):  
Suman Sultana ◽  
Unmona Borgahain Saikia

World history has shown that from time to time various pandemics have appeared in the world that have had an enormous impact on the social, economic and psychological life of the entire international community. It has been observed that the spread of Covid 19 poses various challenges in human society as a whole in socio-economic life and psychosocial health. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of covid 19 on socioeconomic and psychosocial parameters among adults residing in rural and urban community, Kamrup, Assam. METHODS AND MATERIALS- Quantitative approach Cross sectional research design was used in this study using Convenience sampling technique. Modied Health promotion model by Nola J Pender was used as a conceptual framework in this study RESULTS- A total of 100 adults (50 each) from selected rural and urban area of Kamrup, Assam participated in each study. In the rural area, most of the adults 23(46%) had mild and moderate level of socio economic effect whereas in the urban area, most of the adults 33(66%) had moderate level of socio economic effect. In the rural area, most of the adults 45(90%) had severe level of psychosocial effect whereas in the urban area, most of the adults 47(94%) had severe level of psychosocial effect. There was signicant difference in the effect of COVID-19 between the adults in rural and urban area. The analysis revealed that for socioeconomic parameters in rural area the demographic variables educational status and source of information whereas urban area religion and monthly income had shown statistically signicant association with level of socio economic effect of COVID-19 among adults. CONCLUSION- Therefore it has aroused the need for health awareness campaign, counseling session and creates a better and healthy community


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Dhita Kusuma Astuti ◽  
Sri Sumarmi

One of the main nutritional problems faced by developing countries is stunting. Probolinggo Regency is one of the government priority to overcome stunting problem in Indonesia with prevalence of stunting up to 49.43%. Rural area have higher prevalence of stunting compare to urban area. Dietary diversity associate with stunting. This study aimed to analyze the diff erences of dietary diversity among stunting toddlers in rural and urban area of Probolinggo Regency. A cross sectional study design was used with total sample as much as 44 stunting toddlers aged 12-59 months in rural and 44 stunting toddlers with the same age in urban area. Sample was determined by multistage cluster sampling. Data were collected using IDDS instrument and rated twice with minimum consumption of 10 grams. Data were analyzed using T-test. Result showed that there were no signifi cant diff erences on dietary diversity (p=0.106) among stunting toddlers in rural and urban area. Dietary diversity among stunting toddlers in urban area are slightly better than rural area. Based on 9 food groups, stunting toddlers both in rural and urban area were not consuming organ meat. It was concluded that dietary diversity among stunting toddlers in rural area was not diff erent from dietary diversity among stunting toddlers in urban areas. Mother should give more diverse food to their children, especially fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, milk and milk products, and introduce organ meat such as chicken liver.


2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 250
Author(s):  
Magdalena Sidhartani ◽  
Retno Murti Laila

Background Children with tuberculosis (TB) are oftenasymptomatic, so that if TB is diagnosed in a child, an adult contactshould be looked for. We realize the importance of TB control bybreaking the chain of transmission, so identification of contact andprompt treatment should be made.Objective To trace contact of children with pulmonary tuberculosis(PTB) and to determine the environmental characteristicsassociated with TB transmission.Methods Prospective, community based descriptive study wasdone in 80 children with newly diagnosed PTB treated atPediatric Pulmonary Ward, Kariadi Hospital, from September2003 to February 2004. Clinical condition, chest x-ray (CXR),acid fast bacilli (AFB) staining of sputum, and environmentalcharacteristics of adults suspected as TB contact wereexamined. Data were analyzed by uni- and bivariate analysisusing SPSS 11.5.Results Eighty adults with suspected TB were enrolled, 90% werehousehold contacts. There were 63 (79%) confirmed TB contactsin rural and urban area. Fathers were predominates (32%)followed by grandparents (26.3%), relatives (18.7%), and mothers(12.5%). There was no significant difference about internal(household) and external (non-household) family contactsbetween rural and urban area (P=1.000). In urban area, hometransmission is more frequent than rural area (P=0.340). In urbanarea, the contacts had a better perception but had no betterattitude toward treatment, although the difference was notsignificant. Behavior was worsen in rural area (P=0.214). Poorbehavior seldom occurred in those who had enough knowledgeof TB, although the difference was not statistically significant(P=0.352). In the urban area, the house of contacts had lowersleeping density (P=0.282), poor ventilation (P=0.306), and higherroom temperature (P=0.683). There were no differences in thelight intensity and humidity.Conclusion There were 79% confirmed TB contacts in rural andurban area with male predominant. There was no significantdifference between household and non-household contacts inrural and urban area. There are different characteristics, such asknowledge, perception, attitude towards treatment, and behaviorassociated with TB transmission between contacts in the ruraland urban area, and between lower, middle, and higher socio-economic level, although the difference is not significant


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