A cross-sectional study of sociodemographic determinants of child marriage in an urban slum of Mumbai city: The challenge persists

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Rakesh Waghmare ◽  
Seema BansodeGokhe ◽  
Milind Rasal
Keyword(s):  
Urban Slum ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sociodemographic Determinants ◽  
Mumbai City

scholarly journals An epidemiological cross-sectional study to assess the socio-demographic profile and to study the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults in an urban slum of Mumbai

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 2718
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Saji ◽  
Mahesh B. Jajulwar ◽  
Anita G. Shenoy
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Class Iii ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Obesity Epidemic ◽  
Economic Class

Background: Obesity is perhaps the most prevalent form of malnutrition. As a chronic disease, prevalent in both developed and developing countries, and affecting both children and adults. In India due urbanization and modernization people are moving into urban centres and along with increasing wealth, concerns about an obesity epidemic in India are growing. The present study was carried out to assess the demographic distribution and prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults in an urban slum. Methods: The cross sectional study includes 350 adult populations from the Shivaji Nagar (Govandi) urban slum of the Mumbai city in India and study was carried out over a period of one year from August 2014 to July 2015. Results: Our study showed that most of subjects are in the age group of 38-57. Sex distribution was relatively equal with 44% males and 56% females. Majority of the population were Muslims. Majority of the subjects (50.6%) belong to class III, (26.9%). 32.3% subjects were obese and 8.6% were overweight according to BMI (basal metabolic index) while merely 6.6% were overweight according to WHR (waist to hip ratio). Thus BMI was found to be a better indicator than WHR for measuring obesity. Conclusions: From the present study it was seen that age group of the subjects, socio economic class, and level of education had a significant relationship with BMI, whereas sex of the subjects had non-significant relationship with BMI. 

scholarly journals ‘ Jago Grahak Jago ’: A cross-sectional study to assess awareness about food adulteration in an urban slum

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-60
Author(s):  
Shailesh Ishwar ◽  
Puja Dudeja ◽  
Pooja Shankar ◽  
Santosh Swain ◽  
Sandip Mukherji
Keyword(s):  
Urban Slum ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Food Adulteration

scholarly journals Sociodemographic determinants of health insurance enrolment and dropout in urban district of Ghana: a cross-sectional study

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Nsiah-Boateng ◽  
Justice Nonvignon ◽  
Genevieve Cecelia Aryeetey ◽  
Paola Salari ◽  
Fabrizio Tediosi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Urban District ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sociodemographic Determinants

Study of Unmet Need for Family Planning in Urban Slum Population of Davangere- A Cross Sectional Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Hamsa ◽  
SP Rajashri ◽  
V Vijayanath ◽  
DK Mahesh ◽  
BN Sandhyalakshmi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Slum Population
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