Socio-Demographic Factors Affecting Anemia In School Children In Urban Area Of Meerut, India

Objective: Child hematuria/proteinuria is a risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD) in later life, and mass urinary screening could detect asymptomatic glomerulonephritis at an early stage. This study aimed to evaluate the longitudinal prevalence of hematuria/proteinuria and its association with socio-demographic factors among school children in Hualien, Taiwan.Methods: The study cohort consisted of first and fourth graders enrolled from 2008 to 2015 in Hualien. We combined the data from two consecutive health examinations to ensure the validity of the body mass index (BMI), urbanization, proteinuria, and hematuria grouping. Prevalence and health status differences between sex, age, BMI, and urbanization level were examined.Results: A total of 16,990 students within the same BMI and urbanization categories were included during the study interval. The prevalence of persistent hematuria was 1.0%. Fourth graders (odds ratio OR: 1.68, p = 0.002), girls (OR: 1.48, p = 0.014), and students from suburban/rural areas (OR: 1.99, and OR: 4.93, respectively; both p < 0.001) demonstrated higher hematuria risk. The prevalence of proteinuria was 0.2%. Fourth graders (OR: 4.44, p < 0.001) and students in suburban areas (OR: 0.27, p = 0.031) were associated with persistent proteinuria. After stratifying by age, the significant association remained. A higher risk of proteinuria was noted in underweight subjects (OR: 2.52, p = 0.023) among the fourth-grade students.Conclusion: The prevalence of hematuria/proteinuria in Hualien was higher than the average reported for Taiwan. Hematuria/proteinuria was significantly associated with sex, age, BMI, and urbanization. Our longitudinal results can provide information for future pediatric CKD prevention in Taiwan.

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Selected socio-demographic factors affecting involvement of farmers in part-time farming in Emohua, Rivers State

Journal of Technology and Education in Nigeria ◽

10.4314/joten.v8i1.35639 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

DO Onu

Keyword(s):

Demographic Factors ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Part Time ◽

Socio Demographic Factors ◽

Rivers State

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Socio-Demographic Factors Affecting the Prevalence of Enteric Fever: A Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences ◽

10.36347/sjams.2020.v08i08.028 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (8) ◽

pp. 1927-1931

Author(s):

Mizanur Rahman ◽

ASM Nawshad Uddin Ahmed ◽

Jafar Iqbal ◽

Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun ◽

Nazia Hossain ◽

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Keyword(s):

Enteric Fever ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Demographic Factors ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Socio Demographic Factors

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A cross sectional study of behavioral problems of secondary school children and related socio-demographic factors

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences ◽

10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20172483 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (6) ◽

pp. 2760

Author(s):

Monika S. Masare ◽

Seema S. Bansode-Gokhe ◽

R. R. Shinde ◽

R. R. Shinde

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

School Children ◽

Behavioral Problems ◽

Demographic Factors ◽

Physical Growth ◽

Abnormal Behavior ◽

Behavioural Problems ◽

Age Group ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Socio Demographic Factors

Background: School-going children form an important vulnerable segment of the nation’s population. Children in the school-going age group of 5 to 16 years constitute a total of 30% of the total population. School age is a dynamic period of physical growth and development, when the child undergoes rapid mental, emotional, and social changes. Therefore, school-going children are susceptible groups for psychiatric disorders especially behavioural problems. The present research was carried out with an objective to study the behavioural problems of secondary school children and its relation to the various socio-demographic and socio-economic factors.Methods: This cross sectional observational study was conducted on 304 secondary school children studying in 8th and 9th standard in the regarding socio-demographic profile and Strength and difficulties questionnaire. The analysis was done using Microsoft Excel and SPSS software.Results: In this study, the prevalence of abnormal behavioral according to self-rated SDQ was found to be 1.6% while prevalence of borderline abnormal behavior was 11.2% and majority 87.2% of study subjects were normal having no behavioral problem. The combined borderline and abnormal behavioral problems were more prevalent in the age group of 12-13year (64.1%) and 13-14 years (30.8%), also more prevalent among girls (69.2%) compared to boys (30.8%). The prevalence of behavioral problems was higher among students studying in 9th standard (74.4%, 29/39) and studying in Hindi medium (61.5%). The incidence was found to be more in students who belongs to nuclear families (79.5%) and also was more among those who were first born compared to middle born and last born children. Majority of fathers were working as semiskilled (41.4%) and skilled (32.9%) workers, among the father’s alcohol users (45.06%) were high compared to the tobacco users (31.9%).Conclusions: Socio-demographic factors and occupation of father and alcohol consumption among them was found to be significantly associated with the behavioural problems of the study subjects.

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Utilization of antenatal services in urban slums of Jorhat municipality, Assam, India and the socio - demographic factors affecting it

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20164724 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 129

Author(s):

Syeda Jesmin Rahman ◽

Anuradha Hazarika Medhi

Keyword(s):

Demographic Factors ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Urban Slums ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Mere Presence ◽

Socio Demographic Factors ◽

One Year ◽

Antenatal Services ◽

Slum Areas

Background: Antenatal service is an important strategy for improvement of maternal and child health, reduction of maternal mortality and neonatal death. But mere presence of this service is not enough. Utilization of the antenatal service is the most important aspect and there are many socio demographic factors that influence the women for its utilization. The objective of the study is to assess the utilization of antenatal services in the urban slums of Jorhat municipality, Assam and the socio - demographic factors affecting it.Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was done among women of the slum areas who had at least a child less than one year by using a pre structured and predesigned questionnaire. Results: Adequate utilization of antenatal service was 19% while inadequate utilization was 66%. 74.2% of women had at least one dose of TT and 87.2 % consumed Iron and Folic Acid tablets for four months or more. Women who were high school and above had either adequate (13.2%) or inadequate utilization (81.1%) and only 5.7% of them did not have any antenatal service at all as compared to 37.5% among illiterates. Religion, caste, age of the women, parity did not have much role in its utilization. Among women from the joint families who did not have any antenatal service was only 4.8% as compared to 19.2% of women from nuclear families. Conclusions: Majority of women had inadequate utilization of antenatal service in the slum areas and education played a very important role. Key words: Utilization, antenatal services, slum area.

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