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Validity of point-of-care device for diagnosing anemia in workers exposed to lead 护理点设备诊断铅作业工人贫血的有效性

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.023

Ankit Viramgami, Soundarya Soundarajan, Ankit M. Sheth, Kuldip Upadhyay

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A study of knowledge, attitude and practices regarding biomedical waste management among health care providers in a tertiary care Institute in Punjab 旁遮普省一所三级医疗机构医疗保健提供者对生物医学废物管理的知识、态度和做法的研究

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.015

Harjot Singh, M. Nagpal, Paramjot Bindra, Harinder Singh, Ankush Garg

{"title":"A study of knowledge, attitude and practices regarding biomedical waste management among health care providers in a tertiary care Institute in Punjab","authors":"Harjot Singh, M. Nagpal, Paramjot Bindra, Harinder Singh, Ankush Garg","doi":"10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.015","url":null,"abstract":"The biomedical waste, if not properly managed, can harm the surrounding environment, cause various infections and injuries to the healthcare workers, patients, their attendants. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices among different cadres of health care providers in a tertiary care institute. Expecting that 50% of the study population had precise knowledge about the rules and legislation of biomedical waste management, with an allowable error of 10%, at 95% confidence interval, and accounting for the finite population correction for 1700 participants, a minimum sample size of 426 was taken. Data analysis was done by using Microsoft excel and SPSS. Results: Out of 426 subjects, 138 (32.4%) were nurses, 35 (8.2%) were lab technicians and 253 (59.4%) were housekeeping staff. Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding biomedical waste management and handling were significantly (p<0.05) higher among the nurses as compared to other health care providers. Conclusions: Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding the collection, segregation, rules, and disposal of biomedical waste management was more among nursing staff compared to other health care workers. Hence, emphasis on adequate training is required among other health care workers for the safe handling and disposal of biomedical waste management.","PeriodicalId":13363,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Community Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41604297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The compelling necessity for improvement in cancer screening in India in this decade 在这十年里，改善印度癌症筛查的迫切必要性

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.024

Y. Khan, Avani Verma, Anila Varghese, S. Mishra

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Drug adherence to anti-tubercular treatment during COVID-19 lockdown in Haldwani block of Nainital district Nainital地区Haldwani街区COVID-19封锁期间抗结核治疗的依从性

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.016

M. Maroof, Gaihemlung Pamei, M. Bhatt, S. Awasthi, Subhash Chandra Bahuguna, Pankaj Singh

{"title":"Drug adherence to anti-tubercular treatment during COVID-19 lockdown in Haldwani block of Nainital district","authors":"M. Maroof, Gaihemlung Pamei, M. Bhatt, S. Awasthi, Subhash Chandra Bahuguna, Pankaj Singh","doi":"10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.016","url":null,"abstract":"Background: India saw one of the stringent lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of this period, the normal functioning of medical services was affected. People were reluctant to seek medical attention and notification of Tuberculosis dipped. The aim of the study was to estimate the proportion of non-adherence to anti-tubercular treatment and to identify the factors affecting the non-adherence to treatment. Methods: A retrospective community-based study was conducted among 284 tuberculosis patients. They were interviewed using a pre-designed questionnaire consisting of WHO dimensions of non-adherence and lockdown related questions. Results: The proportion of non-adherence to treatment was found to be 5.3%. Factors like chronic diseases, depression, without knowledge on how the disease is transmitted and that medication can be discontinued once the symptoms subsided, alcohol consumption, and trouble accessing medicine were found to be the determining factors in non-adherence to the treatment. Conclusions: Non-adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment in our study was low but the various dimensions of adherence along with lockdown related factors had significant impact on it. To further minimize non-adherence during emergency like the lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic, corrective measures must be explored and implemented.","PeriodicalId":13363,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Community Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43332001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Predictors of Practice of breast self-examination among women in District Ambala (Haryana) 哈里亚纳邦安巴拉区妇女乳房自我检查行为的预测因素

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.009

Shilpi Gupta, A. Bhardwaj, Anuradha Nadda, A. Mittal, Khajan Singh

{"title":"Predictors of Practice of breast self-examination among women in District Ambala (Haryana)","authors":"Shilpi Gupta, A. Bhardwaj, Anuradha Nadda, A. Mittal, Khajan Singh","doi":"10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.009","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and its early detection is critical to improve survival. Breast self-examination is a cheap, basic and non-intellectual method to detect breast cancer. Aims and objectives: 1To determine the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding breast self-examination2. To explain the various factors which affect the practice of BSE Material and Methods: The present study was carried out among 300 women residing in rural and urban areas of district Ambala using a self-designed pretested semi-structured questionnaire. Results: In this study 127 (42.3%) of the participants had heard of BSE and 107 (35.7%) of the participants knew how to perform BSE. Overall, 47.7%, 30.3%, and 22% of the study participants had poor (<50%), medium (50–75%), and good knowledge (>75) on BSE, respectively. Educational qualification, knowing the three positions to perform BSE, knowing how often should BSE be done, taught how to do BSE, BSE is a useful tool to detect breast cancer were seen to be significantly associated with practice of BSE. Conclusion: This study elucidates that the knowledge as well as practice of BSE was significantly low in the population. This study provides insights into the various factors which affect the practice of BSE .","PeriodicalId":13363,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Community Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46987003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Antenatal depression and its correlates - a cross-sectional study in an urban resettlement colony of Delhi 产前抑郁症及其相关因素——德里城市安置区的横断面研究

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.23

B. Gupta, Abha Mangal, A. Thakur, J. F. Vaghela, Amita Sharma

{"title":"Antenatal depression and its correlates - a cross-sectional study in an urban resettlement colony of Delhi","authors":"B. Gupta, Abha Mangal, A. Thakur, J. F. Vaghela, Amita Sharma","doi":"10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.23","url":null,"abstract":"Background- Antenatal depression is affecting 10% pregnant women worldwide with higher prevalence in developing countries. This causes poor maternal and foetal outcome and also affects cognitive development of the child. Aim and objective: To estimate magnitude of antenatal depression and its risk factors. Methodology- A cross-sectional survey was done at the antenatal clinic of community health department catering to an urban resettlement colony, East Delhi. Estimated sample size was 216 (including 10% non-response rate). Pregnant women attending the ANC clinic from October 2019 to February 2020 were enrolled. EPDS questionnaire was used to assess depression during pregnancy. Results-The antenatal depression was found in 11.8% subjects as per EPDS score. Working female and belonging to Muslim religion, past history of abortion, complications in previous pregnancy, financial debt, physical violence and substance use in family showed significant association with antenatal depression. Conclusion –Depression was prevalent among antenatal women and was found to be associated with various risk factors.","PeriodicalId":13363,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Community Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42674363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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COVID-19 Vaccination status among Health care workers diagnosed with COVID-19 in a tertiary care institute of Uttarakhand: A Cross-sectional Study 北阿坎德邦三级保健机构中诊断为COVID-19的卫生保健工作者的COVID-19疫苗接种状况:一项横断面研究

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.012

Mahendra Singh, R. Katre, P. Aggarwal, Y. Bahurupi, Gaurika Saxena, Pallavi Singh, V. Saxena

{"title":"COVID-19 Vaccination status among Health care workers diagnosed with COVID-19 in a tertiary care institute of Uttarakhand: A Cross-sectional Study","authors":"Mahendra Singh, R. Katre, P. Aggarwal, Y. Bahurupi, Gaurika Saxena, Pallavi Singh, V. Saxena","doi":"10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.012","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Vaccines are considered as the one of the main pillars in halting and ending the presently on-going coronavirus disease (COVID-19 disease) pandemic which has spread globally since it was first detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019. In the absence of specific therapy, infection prevention practices and mass vaccination remains the mainstay in controlling the disease. Objectives: Objective of the study was to assess COVID-19 vaccination status, socio-demographic and clinical profile among healthcare workers diagnosed with COVID-19. Methodology: A cross-sectional survey from 1st March 2021 to 30th June 2021 among healthcare workers who were diagnosed with COVID-19 in a tertiary care institute of Uttarakhand, India was conducted, and universal sampling was used. Institutional Ethics Committee approved this study. Results: Total 662 healthcare workers were diagnosed with COVID-19. 429 (64.8%) of these COVID-19 diagnosed healthcare workers had received either single (129,30%) or both dose (300,70%) of COVID-19 vaccine while remaining 233 (35.2%) belonged to non-vaccinated group. History of exposure to COVID-19 positive patients was higher in vaccinated (66.4%) than in non-vaccinated group (55%) (p = 0.004). Hospitalisation was found to be higher among non-vaccinated (5.6%) than vaccinated group (2.3%) (p = 0.029). Conclusions: This study concludes that being vaccinated against COVID-19 disease provides protection against severe infection and reduces the need for hospitalization.","PeriodicalId":13363,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Community Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48634427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A comparative study on treatment seeking behaviour of geriatric population in rural and urban areas of district Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 北方邦坎普尔地区农村和城市老年人口求医行为的比较研究

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.011

Shiv Ratan, S. Nigam, T. Midha, Sachin Chaudhary

{"title":"A comparative study on treatment seeking behaviour of geriatric population in rural and urban areas of district Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh","authors":"Shiv Ratan, S. Nigam, T. Midha, Sachin Chaudhary","doi":"10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.011","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Aging is a complex and universal life process. Treatment seeking behaviour in elderly is affected by socio-economic factors and by affordability, availability and accessibility of healthcare. Objectives: To study treatment-seeking behaviour of the study subjects. To compare treatment seeking behaviour among rural and urban study subjects. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the Kanpur district. Selection of villages in rural and mohallas in urban areas was done using a multistage random sampling technique. A total of 600 subjects were studied, including 400 from urban areas and 200 from rural areas. Elderly persons>60 years of age, both males and females were included in the study. Results: Overall, out of 600 study subjects, 59.8% were taking treatment in rural areas and in urban areas 77.6% were taking treatment. In urban areas, more females availed treatment compared to rural areas. Majority of study subjects (56.5%) sought treatment from a government hospital. Only 36% subjects had health insurance. Conclusion: In Urban areas more subjects availed treatment as compared to rural areas. Majority of subjects sought treatment from government health facilities. Lack of financial support and long waiting time were major reasons for not availing health care.","PeriodicalId":13363,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Community Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43383832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effect of Prenatal Dietary Pattern on Maternal Anemia and Low Birth Weight in Rural Areas of Kanpur 坎普尔农村地区产前饮食模式对产妇贫血和低出生体重的影响

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.010

Ahmad Arif Siddiqui, S. Nigam, Saif Anees, T. Midha

{"title":"Effect of Prenatal Dietary Pattern on Maternal Anemia and Low Birth Weight in Rural Areas of Kanpur","authors":"Ahmad Arif Siddiqui, S. Nigam, Saif Anees, T. Midha","doi":"10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.010","url":null,"abstract":"Background: In India, the dietary pattern of women from low socioeconomic status are almost same during pre-pregnant, pregnant and lactating periods. Additional foods are required to improve weight gain in pregnancy and birth weight of infants. Aim & Objective: To identify the impact of prenatal dietary pattern on maternal anemia and low birth weight in rural areas of Kanpur Nagar. Methods: This study was a cross sectional study conducted amongst mothers who recently delivered (RDW) in rural blocks of District Kanpur Nagar. Data was collected by interviewing study subjects using a semi-structured interview schedule after applying multistage random sampling technique. Results: Out of 102 women studied, 39.2% women had consumed >90 IFA tablets, 49.1% of mothers had practiced MMF and 47.1% of women practiced MDD during their prenatal period and 40.1% babies of current pregnancy were born as LBW. IFA consumption during pregnancy was significantly associated with maternal anemia. MMF during pregnancy was significantly associated with LBW. Conclusions: In our study it was found that IFA consumption, MMF and MDD during antenatal is a key preventive measure to reduce anemia status in pregnant females and birth weight of baby during prenatal period.","PeriodicalId":13363,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Community Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49253994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Assessment of Selfie addiction among undergraduate medical Students 医大学生自拍成瘾状况评估

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.007

S. Nath, Rajesh Kumar, Manjusha Nath

{"title":"Assessment of Selfie addiction among undergraduate medical Students","authors":"S. Nath, Rajesh Kumar, Manjusha Nath","doi":"10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.007","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Selfie’ means “A photograph that one has taken of oneself or a self portrait photograph typically taken with a smart phone or digital camera and shared via social media”. Considering the dependency on Internet and selfie taking behavior among professional students, the study was undertaken. Aims and Objective- to determine the demographic profile of selfie users and different variables related to selfie taking and posting and its association with risky dangerous selfie. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted among 220 undergraduate medical students were using smartphone. Data was collected and analyzed using SPSS version 21. Results: Male students of middle class family of urban areas were more involved in taking selfie. Females were comparatively spending more time (2-3 hrs) on Internet (X2 =19.494 and p = .001).Total 14% students were taking 3-5 selfie and posted on social media(Statistically significant,X2 =7.882,p =0.019). 19(8.63%) participants admitted of taking dangerous selfie of which male 13(14.0%) more than female 06(8.4%). Conclusion: Age and gender affects the number of selfies one clicks. This is developing a new mental disorder ‘selfitis’ as well as desire to take dangerous selfie. There is need of health awareness programme, IEC regarding importance of healthy life style.","PeriodicalId":13363,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Community Health","volume":"52 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41287514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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