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{"title":"Prevalence and Associated Factors of Unmet Need for Family Planning among Married Women in Rural Communities of Gonji Kolela District, North West Ethiopia: Cross-sectional Study","authors":"Alebel Biadgie, Adane Nigusie, Simegnew Handebo, Resom Berhe","doi":"10.4172/2161-0711.1000642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0711.1000642","url":null,"abstract":"Background: More than 200 million women in the developing world want to avoid pregnancy but are not using a modern method of contraception. Methods: Community based cross-sectional study was conducted from January to march 2015 in Gonji Kolela District, West Gojam Zone Amhara Region. Six hundred fourteen married women were selected using multi stage sampling techniques. The data were collected using pre-tested semi structure questionnaire by trained data collectors. Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS 16.0 version. Logistic regression was done to identify factors associated with unmet need for family planning. Results: The overall unmet need for family planning was 145 (23.8%) of which 105 (17.6%) was for spacing and 40 (6.6%) for limiting number of children. Respondents’ age (AOR=4.13, 95% CI:1.86-9.17), educational status of respondent’s partner (AOR=2.20, 95%CI:1.08-4.48), age at first marriage (AOR=2.11,95% CI:1.28-3.50), discussion on family planning with partner (AOR=0.20, 95% CI:0.12-0.34) and health extension workers (AOR=0.62, 95% CI: 0.40-0.96) in the last 12 months preceding study and decided the desire number of children before first pregnancy (AOR=0.20, 95% CI:0.12-0.33) had significance association with unmet need for family planning. Conclusion: Considerable amounts of women had an unmet need for FP especially for spacing. Respondents age, education status of respondent’s partner, age at first marriage, discussion with partners and health extension workers about FP issues in the last 12 months prior to study and decided the desired number of children were major factors associated with unmet need for FP. Barriers of unmet need for FP shall be explored qualitatively.","PeriodicalId":73681,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community medicine & health education","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4172/2161-0711.1000642","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70519394","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}

{"title":"Predictors of MERS-CoV infection: A large case-control study of patients presenting with ILI at a MERSCoV referral hospital in Saudi Arabia","authors":"pSameeh Ghazalp","doi":"10.4172/2161-0711-C4-040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0711-C4-040","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73681,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community medicine & health education","volume":"08 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42060541","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}

{"title":"Description of a new Cercaria obtained from Lymnea and Bulinus species collected from Jakara Dam, Kano State, Nigeria and public health implications","authors":"pRabi Suraj Duwap","doi":"10.4172/2161-0711-C4-042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0711-C4-042","url":null,"abstract":"I ndigenous societies are viewed as a homogenous entity but the case of the Lepchas has been very different as historical factors have divided the community along territorial and religious lines. This division in the community has led to complexity in health-seeking behavior which provides me with a platform to understand how the model of dominative medical system functions in a Lepcha society. Hence, the study will be seen against a background of medical pluralism and a time when the Lepchas are dealing with political mayhems which are steered by the demand for an ethnic homeland by the immigrant Nepalis, that they are super-imposing on the Lepcha land and has today, left the Lepchas to an insignificant minority. My aim is not to undertake a polarised study- whether a traditional medicine works or not, but to understand the empirical reality of the complex health-seeking behavior. To comprehend how traditional medicine survives and how the title of the ‘great-ethnobotanical practitioners’ is upheld by the community. One of the key aims of this study is to understand the role and knowledge of medicine men and how they position themselves in a medically pluralistic society. Known to possess rich ethnobotanical knowledge of the flora and fauna found in the eastern Himalayan belt, the Lepchas have in the recent years been termed as a 'Vanishing tribe'. Now reduced to the status of a minority in terms of population, the number of local medicine men to have been steadily declining. However, the 'Vanishing' status has alarmed many leaders- political as well as social elites, who today are taking steps to promote and revive the age-old practice. Steps are also being taken to bridge the differences that are existent within the community spread over two different states of West Bengal and Sikkim in North East India- to establish a pan Lepcha identity. Nevertheless, the penetration of developmental activities in towns and villages have posted many new challenges in keeping up with traditional practices- especially in the health sector. I have approached this study from the perspective of medical anthropology- a subfield of anthropology- by using anthropological theories and methods to questions about health, illness and healing. Ethnomedicine- the study of traditional practices- that uses ethnography of health and healing behavior in the Lepcha society forms a major component of this study.","PeriodicalId":73681,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community medicine & health education","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70524954","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}

{"title":"The pancharatna model of child nutrition, growth and development","authors":"pMickey Mehtap","doi":"10.4172/2161-0711-C3-039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0711-C3-039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73681,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community medicine & health education","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70524871","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}

{"title":"Polycystic ovary syndrome: An emerging public health challenges","authors":"P. Kaur, Maninder Kaurp","doi":"10.4172/2161-0711-C3-038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0711-C3-038","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73681,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community medicine & health education","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70524515","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}

{"title":"Significance of environmental health in emergencies and disasters: Lessons learnt & way forward","authors":"pAmir Elahi Johrip","doi":"10.4172/2161-0711-C3-037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0711-C3-037","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73681,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community medicine & health education","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70524390","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}

{"title":"Education for New and Expecting Mothers about Compatible Medications to Take During Lactation","authors":"P. Lb, Stephenson Me, Uroza Sf","doi":"10.4172/2161-0711.1000615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0711.1000615","url":null,"abstract":"In the United States, over 81% of women breastfeed their children. As this number continues to rise, a need for education on safe lactation practices could prove to be beneficial for breastfeeding mothers. Of the community support groups offered, there is very little education on what medications are compatible with breastfeeding. This led to the development of an educational information session with a focus on compatibility of the most commonly used supplements, over-the-counter and prescription medications. It was designed to increase the knowledge of breastfeeding and expecting mothers. This study was performed at the hope Clinic for Women in Nashville, Tennessee and consisted of seven subjects. Prior to the session, a pre-session assessment was given to the subjects to acquire baseline knowledge of compatible medications with breastfeeding. After the information session was completed, the same assessment was given to determine improvement in baseline knowledge. The primary endpoint was to see a 20% relative increase in the average post-session assessment score after the 30-minute informational session. The session consisted of an introduction to breastfeeding, compatible supplements, over-thecounter and prescription medications, along with tips for appropriately taking medications. According to the results of the post-session assessment, all participants showed an increase in scores from baseline and the goal of a 20% relative increase in the average post-session score was met. This demonstrated an increase in baseline knowledge in subjects receiving an educational information session regarding compatible medication with lactation.","PeriodicalId":73681,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community medicine & health education","volume":"8 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4172/2161-0711.1000615","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44136082","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}

{"title":"Evaluation of Pattern of Community Engagement in District Health Care in East Wollega: Qualitative Study","authors":"Melese Chego, E. Adeba, A. Taye","doi":"10.4172/2161-0711.1000612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0711.1000612","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Community engagement enables development of strong health care system and comprehensive use of health services resources. However, in primary health care there are inconsistencies in levels of engagement of the community that hinder much gain from the social capital and that cause unrealistic expectations from the health system. There is little research finding on the level and pattern of community engagement in primary health care unit level in East Wollega zone. Methods: Community based qualitative study was employed from April to May 2016 with sample size of 30 indepth interviews and 6 focus group discussions. Six districts were identified with simple random sampling method. Data analysis started at field and responses were transcribed, translated and systematically analyzed in themes. Results: Community engagement in the primary health care units was very constrained and mainly through labor and material contributions. The trust of the community on the primary health care level is frail and the primary health care unit level is not responsive enough and had limited capacity to deal with the demands of the community health. Certainly the Community lacks opportunity and power of decision making in setting service standards and health service and resources utilizations. Community based health care structures like Health extension workers and health development armies are not uniformly and regularly supported to enhance engagement of the community and demonstrated sluggish progress and political bias. Conclusion: The community is not empowered and engaged in the decisions of health system management and utilization at the primary health care unit level. The local political and health system administrators should work on behavioral change communication models and objective community mobilizations in the way the community can own the health care system.","PeriodicalId":73681,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community medicine & health education","volume":"8 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4172/2161-0711.1000612","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41424247","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}

{"title":"Sustainability via active garden education (SAGE): Enhancing the social return on investment from school programming","authors":"Rebecca Arriola, Erica G. Soltero","doi":"10.4172/2161-0711-C2-035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0711-C2-035","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73681,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community medicine & health education","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70524139","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}

{"title":"Prevalence of Neck Pain among Self Employed Sewing Machine Workers in Northern Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia","authors":"A. Tafese, G. Kebede, G. Medhin, T. Mariam, M. Kindu","doi":"10.4172/2161-0711.1000610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0711.1000610","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Neck pain is one the major problem for working population, however it is usually neglected from clinical and research perspective as sewing machine operators are very often utilized for predicting risk factors for neck pain. Therefore considering the fact that there is alarming rise of incidence of neck pain and very little studies had addressed on this area in Ethiopia. Objective: To assess the prevalence of neck pain and its associated factors among sewing machine workers in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016 Methods: Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted from May 01 to June 01 2016, in Gondar town among self-employed sewing machine workers by using stratified simple random sampling method to get the total samples of 419 participants by single proportion formula. Structured face to face interview questionnaires were used to collect quantitative data on magnitude of work-related neck pain and associated factors. Result: From a total of 419 sewing machine workers included in the study 391(93.3%) were males and 28(6.7%) were females. Most of the respondents 135(32.2%) were in the age group of 30-39 years. The self-reported annual prevalence of work related neck pain among sewing machine workers was 45.8%, with higher prevalence among male workers 46.3%. The multivariate analysis showed that those employees who worked >8 hours per day were 2.6 times more likely to develop neck musculoskeletal disorders than those who had worked 8 hours per day [AOR=2.60, 95% CI: 1.19, 5.66]. Conclusion: Generally, there is high prevalence of neck pain among self-employed sewing machine workers in the study area. As the contributing factors exacerbation of the symptoms of neck pain working above the normal hour is strongly associated with the development of neck pain among sewing machine operators.","PeriodicalId":73681,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community medicine & health education","volume":"31 1","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4172/2161-0711.1000610","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70517898","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}