The Quality of Life of Coronavirus Disease Survivors Living in Rural and Urban Area of Riau Province, Indonesia

This study assesses the status of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among coronavirus survivors living in rural and urban districts in Riau province, Indonesia. The cross-sectional study was conducted among 468 and 285 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) survivors living in rural and urban areas, respectively in August 2021. The St. George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) was used to measure the HRQOL of COVID-19 survivors. A higher total score domain corresponds to worse quality of life status. Quantile regression with the respect to 50th percentile found a significant association for the factors living in rural areas, being female, having comorbidities, and being hospitalized during treatment, with total score of 4.77, 2.43, 7.22, and 21.27 higher than in their contra parts, respectively. Moreover, having received full vaccination had the score 3.96 in total score. The HRQOL of COVID-19 survivors living in rural areas was significantly lower than in urban areas. Factors such as living in rural areas, female sex, having comorbidities, and history of symptomatic COVID-19 infection were identified as significant predictors for lower quality of life. Meanwhile, having full vaccination is a significant predictor for a better quality of life. The results of this study can provide the targeted recommendations for improvement of HRQOL of COVID-19 survivors.

An Empirical study on the Perceptions of the Rural and Urban Farmers on the factors influencing the Adoption of the Digital Technologies in Agriculture Sector in the State of Telangana.

The present study is an attempt to understand the perceptions of the Farmers with special references to Rural and Urban area of Residence and examine if there is any variance in their opinion towards the adoption of Digital Technologies in Agricultural Sector. The study mainly focused on five factors which are draw from the extant literature available. The constructs include Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, Internet Usage Efficacy of the Respondents, Social influence and their Attitude towards the adoption of the Digital Technologies. The study conducted using Five-point Likert scale collecting data from 811 respondents. The non-parametric test i.e., Mann-Whitney U test is employed to examine the relationship among the Rural and Urban Farmers

The Impact of Media/Technology on Rural and Urban Children to be Bilingual/ Multilingual

This article will focus on the comparative study of the influence of media and technology on rural and urban children to be bilingual and multilingual. The study will also shed light on the importance of bilingualism and multilingualism. TV and YouTube are taken into account as tools of media and technology for implicit language learning. Children of 8-12 years are considered as samples of language learners. Data have been collected from a primary source through a questionnaire and interviews. The result of the research shows that there is a significant impact of watching different kinds of TV/YouTube programs (cartoons, movies, serials, reality shows) which are presented in foreign languages on children to be bilingual and multilingual though the results of the rural and urban area are significantly different. In the study, the researchers have found that children living in municipal area are more bilingual and multilingual compared to children living in rustic area.

SATISFACTION LEVEL OF DEGREE STUDENTS ON E-LEARNING DURING COVID-19 SITUATION (A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RURAL AND URBAN AREA IN BHADRADRI KOTHAGUDEM DISTRICT)

In December 2019, Wuhan, China, experienced an unidentified viral pandemic of pneumonia. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the finding of a new corona virus, SARS-Cov-2, on January 9, 2020. In the Covid-19 pandemic situation education sector has faced enormous provocations. More than 200 countries across the world have been distressed with the covid-19. Conforming to UNESCO, above 32 crore Indian students have been concerned by the covid-19 led lockdown. Following the shake of Covid-19, HonorablePrime Minister of India Sri.Narendra Modi declared a lockdown beginning on March 25, 2020 and lasting until May 31, 2020. This lockdown has severely disrupted India's education sector, forcing students and faculty to remain at home and continue their education online. The Commissioner of Collegiate Education in Telangana State formally began Online Classes during the Lockdown period. The present paper is an attempt to a comparative study and analyzes the Satisfaction level of Degree students on online classes during covid 19 situation of Rural and Urban area in Bhadradri Kothagudem district, Telangana State. It also aims to investigate the students' opinions and issues encountered during online classes. The Online survey was carried out with the help of Google Form send to students’ through e-mail and WhatsApp and collected responses from about 140 Degree students of Government and Private colleges in Bhadradri district, Telangana State. It demonstrates that the majority of students attending to online classes using smart phones with Android operating systems. For e-learning, the majority of students have used the Zoom online platform. Students have experienced a variety of issues, including Live streaming and Audio disruptions, insufficient data, power outages, lack of clarity in lectures, missing face-to-face connection, and a general lack of enthusiasm. During this Covid-19 circumstance, students from rural areas have had a difficult time accessing online lectures and study materials.

'EFFECT OF COVID 19 ON SOCIOECONOMIC AND PSYCHOSOCIAL PARAMETERS AMONG ADULTS RESIDING IN RURAL AND URBAN COMMUNITY, KAMRUP, ASSAM: A COMPARATIVE STUDY'

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

A Solution Paper on Cyber Security Awareness Campaign Lacking in Rural and Urban Area of India

The present paper focuses on Cyber Security Awareness Campaign’s lacking in many rural and urban area of India and Changing behavior requires more information security awareness programs and we extract essential components from Social media and with appropriate procedural and technological work. We can use it for an awareness campaign. Large amount of raw data that has been viewed by users in the form of text, videos, photos and audio. The outcome showed that the delivery methods improves the awareness on the general population.

Eco-Spiritualism on Social Empowerment: Indigenous Approach toward Environment Sustainability

The world is changing, the environmental crisis is happening, the life of any living being is on the line. Nature is facing challenges and degradations that will extended to effect on human welfare and all other life on earth. As in the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals agenda, world leaders command every organization to play a role in protecting the planet from degradation, undertake urgent actions to perform sustainable resource management. UIN Walisongo Semarang is answering the call and respond to this global issues by declaring a vision statement to be a “Green Campus”. It is not merely a statement, but a commitment to take responsibility in protecting and conserving the nature, applied in all activities under the Three Pillars of Higher Education (Education, Research, and Community Services). This paper aimed to elaborate the distinct concept and approach of community service activities implemented in UIN Walisongo Semarang. Eco-Spiritualism Social Empowerment program designed based on fundamental spiritual and religious values about how human connect with nature, and so this connection create a reciprocal-inseparable relationship. How human affects nature, and otherwise, will create a belief and values directing human’s behavior toward nature. Therefore, a spiritual approach considered to be an effective way to empower people in order to create an eco-friendly society. Eco-Spiritualism Social Empowerment program implemented in both rural and urban area, are showing great results on recycle and waste management, plastic waste utilization and creating value added products, skill development and sustainable social empowerment

A Contradiction of the Existence of English in Rural and Urban Pesantren in Indonesia

Pesantren emphasizes the learning on religious knowledge, based on the classical textbook given to Santri (student). Nowadays, pesantren shifts its tradition by providing English program. This shifting occurs as the effort of pesantren to face the challenges of modernization and to fulfill the demands of society. This paper discussed the comparative study of English program implementation history in rural and urban pesantren, the reasons for establishing English program, and santries’(student) response towards English program in pesantren. The result showed that the existence of English program in pesantren, both in rural and urban area, was because the demand of the society. In rural pesantren, the reason why they provided English because they wanted to develop the society surrounded pesantren which are Indonesian Migrant Worker (Tenaga Kerja Indonesia). While in urban area, they provided English program because they were focusing on the development of santries themselves to prepare for the global community.

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

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

A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON AWARENESS AND HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE IN RURALAND URBAN MEERUT

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.