Knowledge about the contents of mother and child protection card among pregnant women and lactating women of a rural field practice area

Introduction: MCH services are not utilized due to unawareness, poverty and lack of scientific knowledge regarding care during the issue. Though all the details are given in the MCPC to follow positive practices, utilization of the card is being done only for recording of the information. Objective: To assess the knowledge about the contents of mother and child protection card (MCPC) among the pregnant and lactating women of a rural area Methodology: This was a cross sectional study conducted on pregnant women and lactating mothers with child less than a year. Knowledge about the contents of MCPC was collected by interview method. Results: In our study, majority of the mothers had good knowledge about tetanus injection (92.5%), consumption of IFA tablets (72.6%), breastfeeding within an hour (92.5%), exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months (95.6%), cereals to be included in the complementary food (90.6%) and good perception about complete immunization of the baby (100%). Knowledge was found to be poor with respect to ANC checkups and examination, tracking weight of the baby and growth chart; assessing danger signs in newborn and emergency preparation. Conclusion: The study showed good knowledge about TT, IFA, nutrition, danger signs and immunization. There was poor knowledge about ANC checkups, baby growth, danger sings in newborn and emergency preparation.

A Study Of Femoral Neck Anteversion In South Indian Population And Its Clinical Significance

Background: The femoral neck anteversion (FNA) also known as femoral torsion can be defined as the angleformed by the femoral condylar plane and a plane passing through the centre of the femoral neck and head. Thechange in the angle of femoral anteversion is associated with various clinical conditions. The data establishedin this study will be useful for various orthopedic procedures like arthroplasties, evaluation of pathologicconditions of the hip.Aim: To measure the angle of anteversion of femoral neck and determine the variation of this angle on both thesides.Materials and Methods: 90 dry femora 45 right and 45 left devoid of any gross pathology were obtained from thedepartment of anatomy, M S Ramaiah Medical College. The angle of femoral neck torsion was measured usinggoniometer in 90 dry bones were measured by Kingsley Olmsted method. The results obtained were tabulatedand statistically analyzed.Results: The mean femoral neck anteversion angle for right femur was 12.09° ± 4.56°, and for left femur it was12.53° ± 3.28°. Statistical analysis revealed the difference of means of FNA angle between the right and leftfemora was statistically non significant (p=0.65). Femoral anterversion was observed in 72.22% of bones while27.77% bones showed retroversion.Conclusion: The morphology of proximal end of femur is of special interest because of susceptibility of this areato numerous disorders in adults and in paediatric age group and the treatment needs a detailed anatomicalknowledge of angle of femoral neck torsion.