Tobacco Usage among Adult Males in a Rural Area of Tamil Nadu: a Cross Sectional Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Kalaivani Annadurai ◽  
D Raja ◽  
M Geetha
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Tobacco Usage

scholarly journals Tobacco Usage among Males in Rural Tamil Nadu, India: A Cross-sectional Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-21
Author(s):  
Kalaivani Annadurai ◽  
Geetha Mani ◽  
Raja Dhanasekaran
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Systematic Random Sampling ◽  
Strict Enforcement ◽  
Tobacco Usage ◽  
Tobacco Legislation

Background: Knowing the prevalence of tobacco use and the socio-demographic profile of users might prove useful in further strengthening the information, education, communication and regulatory activities, thereby decreasing tobacco use. The objective was to study the prevalence and pattern of tobacco use among men aged 18 years and above in rural area of Tamil Nadu. Methods: A cross sectional study was performed among 714 males aged 18 years and above in Vadagarai village of Tamil Nadu during 2010 and interviewed with a pretested questionnaire. Systematic random sampling was used to select the participants. Results: Prevalence of smoking was found to be 36.7%. Cigarette smoking was more common than beedi and smokeless tobacco. Conclusion: Strict enforcement of anti-tobacco legislation and awareness measures targeting ill-effects of tobacco can be intensified to reduce tobacco related morbidity and mortality.

Tobacco use and its Socioeconomic Impact among Adult Males in Rural Area of Bareilly: A Cross-sectional Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-105
Author(s):  
Abhinav Agarwal ◽  
Deeepak Upadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
World Health ◽  
Socioeconomic Factor ◽  
Socioeconomic Impact ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The World

ABSTRACT Introduction Tobacco use is one of the important preventable causes of death and a leading public health problem all over the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco is the second major cause of death worldwide and is currently responsible for about 5 million deaths each year. This figure is expected to rise to about 8.4 million by the year 2020, with 70% of deaths occurring in developing countries. Objectives • To study the prevalence of tobacco use • To assess the socioeconomic factor of tobacco use Materials and methods A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out in rural field practicing area of Rohilkhand Medical College and Hospital (RMCH), Bareilly. Multistage sampling design was used and 400 males, aged above 15 years, were randomly selected belonging to the field practice area of RMCH. The data were recorded in predesigned and semistructured questionnaire. Results In the study prevalence of tobacco use, “current user” was 183 (45.75%) and past user was 19 (4.75%); thus, the overall prevalence of tobacco use was 202 (50.50%). Among the tobacco user, maximum participants belong to age group 15 to 24 years. The data were analyzed by applying chi-square test. How to cite this article Agarwal A, Khan S, Joshi HS, Upadhyay D. Tobacco use and its Socioeconomic Impact among Adult Males in Rural Area of Bareilly: A Cross-sectional Study. Int J Adv Integ Med Sci 2016;1(3):103-105.

scholarly journals Pattern of utilization of antenatal care services in a rural area of Tamil Nadu: a community based cross-sectional study

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1933
Author(s):  
Arun Sugumaran ◽  
Rajkumar Subramanian ◽  
Muthukumar Tharumaraj ◽  
Saravanan Vaithiyalingam
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Utilization Pattern ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Study Participants

Background: In India, 17 per cent or nearly 50,000 of 2.89 lakh women died as result of complication due to pregnancy in 2013. In past decade, many studies have revealed low utilization of health services by different segments of society for varying reasons. This study was conducted to assess the utilization pattern of ANC services by the pregnant women in a rural area. The objectives of the study were to assess the pattern of utilization of ANC services by pregnant and recently delivered women; to study the association between socio-demographic factors and utilization pattern among recently delivered women.Methods: A community based cross-sectional study conducted at the rural health training centre in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu among pregnant women and recently delivered women using pre-designed and pre-tested questionnaire. The entire registered pregnant mothers were included for the study and survey was done through house to house visit and the analysis was done using SPSS 21.Results: Out of 170 study participants, majority 132 (77.6%) of them had their antenatal check-up at primary health centre, 138 (81.2%) have received the IFA tablets and 139 (81.8%) had early antenatal registration. And most of the study participants 108 (63.5%) did not utilize anganwadi for health education and supplementary nutrition. Number of IFA tablets consumption by mothers was significantly associated with literacy and socio-economic status of the mother with p value of 0.03 and 0.002 respectively.Conclusions: Our study results showed that better ANC services utilization pattern in our study area except anganwadi utilization.

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