Results: Out of 647 people, males were 54.3% & females were 45.7%. Majority of people were belong... more Results: Out of 647 people, males were 54.3% & females were 45.7%. Majority of people were belongs to 25 to 35 yr. age group (27.2%). Majority of people were found in S-E class-3. Majority of male were used NSAIDS (74.6%) and female were used Anti emetics (81.8%) for self-medication practices. Most common influencing factor was media (37.9%) & pharmacist (41.9%) among upper & lower S-E class respectively.
Screening for common mental health problems and their determinants among school-going adolescent girls in Gujarat, India
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Background: The school health program is a flagship program of Government of India with a focus o... more Background: The school health program is a flagship program of Government of India with a focus on improving the physical and mental health of school children, but there is no specific strategy to screen for mental health disorders under the school health program. Also, the estimation of the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMDs) such as anxiety, depression, and psychosocial distress among school children is lacking. Methods: The author conducted a cross-sectional study among 742 adolescent schoolgirls from one government, one government-aided, and one private school in an urban area in Gujarat. We used the pre-validated instrument, general health questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) to screen for CMDs. We estimated adjusted odds of association between screening positive for CMDs and various determinants. Results: 48.78% adolescent girls screened positive for CMDs which is alarming. Among sociodemographic characteristics, the type of school (adjusted odds of private is 1.8 and government 1.6), mother's higher education (3.0), father's less education (3.1), and working mother (1.5) had shown significant association with positive cases of the girls. Among psychosocial factors, abnormal sleep patterns (1.9) and disturbance in studies (2.3) have been found statistically significant for the presence of mental health problems among adolescent girls as per the GHQ score. Conclusion: CMDs such as anxiety, depression, and psychosocial distress were indeed very common among adolescent school-going girls in an urban area of Gujarat, India. There is an urgent need to focus attention on the mental health of adolescent girls.
International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 2016
Globally about 800 women die every day form preventable causes related to pregnancy and child bir... more Globally about 800 women die every day form preventable causes related to pregnancy and child birth. 1 From all maternal deaths occurring in developing countries, more than half deaths occur in Sub Saharan Africa and about 1/3 occur in south Asia. Reducing maternal mortality is also identified globally as one of the millennium development goals. Under MDG5, countries committed to reduce maternal mortality by three quarters from 1990 to 2015. 2 Since which women will in danger of life threatening complications during whole course of pregnancy and child birth is unpredictable, it is essential to obtain care from a skilled provider (doctor, nurse or midwife) during childbirth is the essential intervention of safe motherhood. 3 There are mainly three delays in obtaining care during child birth or in case of an emergency. These delays are in seeking care, reaching at the care centre and obtaining care from there. 4 The majority of pregnant women and their families do not know how to recognize the danger signs of ABSTRACT Background: About 800 women die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and child birth globally. Birth-preparedness is a strategy developed by the maternal and neonatal health programme of JHPIEGO for addressing the three main delays at various stakeholder levels. Present study is an attempt to assess the level of birth preparedness of pregnant women in rural area of Jamnagar district and various factors associated with it. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted during October 2011 to March 2012. Total live births in a year 2011 were 39943.90 and Taking 1% of total births ≈ 400, Adding 10% of non-response rate, total sample size was 440. Total 450 study subjects were chosen. The study-subjects were divided in 1) current pregnant women and 2) recent delivered women. A pretested semi-structured questionnaire was used to interview women, chosen for the study using multistage random sampling technique and data was analysed by Epi Info. Results: It was found that only about one third of women i.e. 32.2% were prepared for birth and 67.8% women were not prepared. Out of 450 women, it was found that 86.2% of them planned for the skilled birth attendant, 59.6% women planned for saving money, about one third of women i.e. 37.6% had planned for transportation and only 2.7% women had planned for blood donor in case of emergency. Religion Hindu, literacy of women and their husbands, higher socioeconomic status, advice given during pregnancy were some positive factors associated with birth preparedness. Conclusions: The level of birth preparedness in study subjects was found very low. Sincere efforts are required to identify this gap and reducing the same.
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