Barriers to Utilization of Intra-natal Care Services among Female Garment Workers

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (Number 1) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Tayeba Rahman ◽  
Refat Rasul Srejon ◽  
Mohammad Nurunnabi ◽  
Shaheda Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Services ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Critical Event ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Maternal Deaths ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Garment Factory ◽  
Garment Factories

Background: Ready-made garments (RMG) sector expositions preeminent growth and makes an important contribution to the national economy of Bangladesh Pregnancy is a critical event for working women specially garment worker& Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out to find out the barriers to utilization of intra-natal (INC) maternal health care services among 349 female RMG workers having at least one child less than 2 years and working more than 6 months in the selected five garment factories located in Savar and Gazipur areas, Dhaka, Bangladesh Results: The mean age of the respondent was 25.01+3.722 years and majorities (45%) were from the age group 23-27 years. Half of the respondents (50.4%) completed primary level of education in contrast to their partner (35.8%). More than half of the workers (516%) said that they consumed INC services and among them, only 3.1% received delivery related services_ Two-third (662%) did not avail any type of allowances for delivery service& Majorities of the respondents (562%) delivered their last child at home. INC services provided by the garment authorities were found statistically significant (p=0.048) with the place of delivery. Conclusion: Among the global maternal deaths almost all maternal deaths occur in developing countries and most of these deaths can be prevented. Strengthening of garment factory based strategies associated with delivery care services will be combat maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity of all the working women.

Barriers to Utilization of Intra-natal Care Services among Female Garment Workers

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (Number 1) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Tayeba Rahman ◽  
Refat Rasul Srejon ◽  
Mohammad Nurunnabi ◽  
Shaheda Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Services ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Critical Event ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Maternal Deaths ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Garment Factory ◽  
Garment Factories

Background: Ready-made garments (RMG) sector expositions preeminent growth and makes an important contribution to the national economy of Bangladesh Pregnancy is a critical event for working women specially garment worker& Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out to find out the barriers to utilization of intra-natal (INC) maternal health care services among 349 female RMG workers having at least one child less than 2 years and working more than 6 months in the selected five garment factories located in Savar and Gazipur areas, Dhaka, Bangladesh Results: The mean age of the respondent was 25.01+3.722 years and majorities (45%) were from the age group 23-27 years. Half of the respondents (50.4%) completed primary level of education in contrast to their partner (35.8%). More than half of the workers (516%) said that they consumed INC services and among them, only 3.1% received delivery related services_ Two-third (662%) did not avail any type of allowances for delivery service& Majorities of the respondents (562%) delivered their last child at home. INC services provided by the garment authorities were found statistically significant (p=0.048) with the place of delivery. Conclusion: Among the global maternal deaths almost all maternal deaths occur in developing countries and most of these deaths can be prevented. Strengthening of garment factory based strategies associated with delivery care services will be combat maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity of all the working women.

scholarly journals Factors Associated with Maternal Deaths in a Hard-To-Reach Marginalized Rural Community of Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Animesh Biswas ◽  
Abdul Halim ◽  
Abu Sayeed Md. Abdullah ◽  
Fazlur Rahman ◽  
Sathyanaraynan Doraiswamy
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Maternal Deaths ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Tea Garden

Every year in Bangladesh, approximately 5200 mothers die (172 maternal deaths/100,000 live births) due to maternal complications. The death rate is much higher in hard-to-reach areas and underprivileged communities, such as Bangladesh’s tea gardens. The women living in the tea garden areas are deprived of quality health care services due to inadequate knowledge, education, and access to health care services. Poverty and early marriage, followed by early pregnancy, are also triggering factors of maternal deaths in this community. This study explored the factors associated with maternal deaths in the underprivileged tea garden community in the Moulvibazar district of Bangladesh. It was a cross-sectional study conducted between January and March 2018. All maternal deaths reported by government health care providers in two sub-districts of Moulvibazar during 2017 were selected for community verbal autopsy using a structured questionnaire. Descriptive analysis was performed on quantitative data, and content analysis was performed on qualitative data. A total of 34 maternal deaths were reported in the two sub-districts in 2017, among which 15 deaths (44%) occurred in the tea garden catchment areas, where about 34% people live in the two upazilas. The majority of the mothers who died in the tea gardens delivered their babies at home (80%), many of whom also died at home (40%). Only 27% of women who died in the tea gardens received four or more antenatal care visits. Post-partum hemorrhage was found to be the leading cause of death (47%), followed by anemia (33%) and eclampsia (20%). There is a persistent high maternal mortality observed in the marginalized tea gardens, as compared to the general community of the Moulvibazar district, Bangladesh. The sustainable development goal (SDG) that has been set for maternal mortality rate (MMR) is 70/100,000 live births in Bangladesh. The findings of our study show that focused intervention is needed to reduce the burden of maternal deaths, which will improve the overall maternal health situation and also reach the SDG on time.

scholarly journals Lifestyle and cancer prevention in female employees at a health institution

2011 ◽  
pp. 177-183
Author(s):  
Gladys Eugenia Canaval ◽  
María Neila Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Self Examination ◽  
The Relationship

Objective: To establish the relationship between lifestyle for prevention of cervix and breast cancer and perceptual cognitive factors from the Pender model in working women. Materials and methods: Correlation and cross-sectional study with a random sample of 143 working women. The Lifestyle index is the total score of 5 variables: Papanicolau test, breast self-exam, physical activity, body mass index, and cigarette smoking. Results: The mean age for the sample was 44.4 + 6.2; 87% of the women had higher education and 85% were working in health care services. A total of 89% of the women had unhealthy lifestyles because of the lack of regular physical activity, not having a Papanicolau test according to the norm, not practicing breast self-exams, and having an altered body mass index. There was significant correlation between lifestyle and occupation, and also with self-efficacy perception for breast self-examination. Conclusion: The lifestyles for most of the women sampled were unhealthy. Recommendations: It is also recommend conducting culturally sensitive healthcare campaigns in addition to setting up flexible attention schedules for women.

A study on the proportion of hearing impairment among percussionists in Thrissur district of Kerala

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 816
Author(s):  
Jubina Bency A. T. ◽  
Sarangi . ◽  
Sebastian Roy ◽  
Shalu Sara Mathew ◽  
Shamseena A. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Hearing Impairment ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Moderate Degree ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hearing Ability ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Mild Degree

Background: Hearing loss is a cause of global concern. Percussionists are exposed to greater levels of continuous or intermittent noise than others. Little is known about the relationship between percussion activity and hearing impairment. The early detection of the same and subsequent management makes a significant reduction in the burden of health care services. The objective was to study the proportion of hearing impairment in percussionists in the district of Thrissur using an IOS based mobile application.Methods: A cross sectional study was done on percussionists from Thrissur district who has experience of more than five years and has no congenital or traumatic hearing loss. A predesigned semi structured questionnaire was given and hearing tests were done using a mobile application U hear in a sound proof setting to understand the current state of hearing ability amoung the percussionists.Results: A total of 39 subjects were involved in our study of which all were males. Mean age of our study population was 30.44+12.04. most of them were diagnosed with at least mild degree of hearing loss of one of the ear or both the ears. 15.4% of them had mild degree of hearing loss, 64.1% had moderate degree of hearing loss and 20.5% had severe hearing loss.Conclusions: The study shows percussionists are more exposed to sounds of various frequencies for longer duration, they are more prone to hearing loss. The study brought out that age is directly proportional to hearing loss, music induced hearing loss progress at a rate proportion to the work experience. 

scholarly journals Medico-social Profile of Women Experiencing Menopausal Syndrome Attending a Periurban Hospital

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 179-183
Author(s):  
Saria Tasnim ◽  
FH Anamul Hoque ◽  
Summyia Nazmeen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Services ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Family Relationship ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Menopausal Syndrome ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Nutritional Characteristics ◽  
History Of

Women’s health is a global concern now a days. Studies on issues relating to menopause is lacking Bangladesh and those been conducted mainly focus on physical and psychological symptoms around the time of menopause. This cross sectional study was done to explore the sociomedical context and nutritional characteristics of a group of women approaching menopause A total 106 women aged 45-60 years attending Gynae outpatient department of a tertiary hospital between March- May, 2013 was interviewed using structured questionnaire after obtaining informed written consent. Height and weight was measured using standardized procedure. Data analysed using SPSS. Mean age was 50.3± 5.3 years, about 75.5% were between 45-50 years, 85.1% had more than 2 children and 72.6% had history of Abortion. Mean age at menopause 44.65 ± 6.4 years, range 32-58 yrs. Mean BMI was 25± 4.2 and 43.4% were overweight or Obese. Chronic illness like hypertension and arthritis was present in (15.09%) and diabetes mellitus in 10.3% . The family relationship with children was good in 78.09%, husband was reported caring in 72.3% and 2.8% receive abusive behavior from husband. Only 8.5% were self earning, 24.5% and & 17.9% were dependent on children and husband respectively. With increasing life expectancy and improvements of health care services there is greater chance of survival for a women beyond menopause. Sociocultural and medical characteristics of midlife women is important to explore their specific health needs. Ensuring quality of life for this special group of women will help to better utilize their potential for development of the country.J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2017; 35(4): 179-183

scholarly journals Factors intended to brain drain among nurses working at private hospitals of Biratnagar, Nepal

BIBECHANA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 213-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamata Kadel ◽  
Menuka Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Brain Drain ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Private Hospitals ◽  
Push Factors ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Excellent Health

Introduction: The migration of health worker is a complex and multifaceted phenomena. Emigration of highly skilled and competent nurses to other countries seems to have negative impact on the delivery of excellent health care services. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess factors intend to brain drain among nurses working at private hospitals of Biratnagar. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted on staff nurses of selected hospitals of Biratnagar, Nepal from 2017 February to 2018 February; non-probability purposive sampling technique was used. Required information was collected using self-administered semi structured questionnaire related to demographic and factors intending to brain drain from 99 nurses. Results: Majority (78.8%) of nurses were below 25 years of age. Most (81.8%) of them had completed PCL nursing, more than half (55.6%) wanted to migrate abroad to pursue further work and study. Australia (56.4%) and USA (25.5%) emerged as the top destination of choice, while only (5.5%) of them wanted to migrate United Kingdom. Lack of career opportunities, low salary and poor working condition were main pull factors and push factors intending to brain drain among nurses. This study also found that majority (96%) of nurses were not satisfied with their salary. Conclusion: More than half of nurses working in private hospitals would like to migrate abroad. The major push factors for migration was lack of career development and low salary. BIBECHANA 16 (2019) xx -xx 

scholarly journals Cancer Patient Perspectives on Sharing of Medical Records and Mobile Device Data for Research Purposes

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1115-1121
Author(s):  
Elizabeth F Franklin ◽  
Helen M Nichols ◽  
Linda House ◽  
Joanne Buzaglo ◽  
Kim Thiboldeaux
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patient ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Patient Perspectives ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Application Data

Sharing data is critical to advancing science, improving health, and creating advances in the delivery of health care services. The value of sharing data for cancer research purposes is well established, and there are multiple initiatives under way that address this need. However, there has been less focus on cancer patient perspectives regarding the sharing of their health information for research purposes. This study examined cancer patient perspectives on the sharing of de-identified health data for research purposes including both data from medical records and mobile applications. This cross-sectional study used survey methodology to collect data from cancer patients/survivors (N = 677). Overall, we found that participants were largely willing (71%) to share de-identified medical data and were most motivated (88%) by a desire to help other cancer patients. Patients were less likely to be comfortable sharing mobile application data (34%). It is vital that we understand patient perspectives on data sharing and work with them as partners, valuing their unique contributions, and attending to their preferences.

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