ABSTRACT
The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge regarding maternal & child health services available to antenatal mothers and to fi nd out association between knowledge score and selected socio demographic variables. A prospective, observational research design was used. Convenient sampling technique was used to select 120 subjects visiting antenatal OPD, Government Medical College & Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh. Data was obtained from study subjects by proformas developed by the researchers consisting of Part A- having socio-demographic data and Part B- covering knowledge regarding maternal & child health services available. Approval was taken from research and ethical committee of the institution as well as from incharge of academics GMCH. Data analysis was done by calculating mean, standard deviation, percentage and correlation coeffi cient by using descriptive and inferential statistics; p-value below 0.05 was considered statistically signifi cance. Majority of the antenatal women had average knowledge regarding maternal & child health services available. There was no association between knowledge score and demographic variables. The fi ndings show that out of total subjects 24.2 percent had good knowledge, 62.5 percent had average knowledge and 13.3 percent had poor knowledge regarding maternal & child health services.
ABSTRACT
Familial clustering of hepatitis B virus infection has been reported infrequently. We report a family of 27 members, where 13 members were HBsAg-positive. This included 7 of 10 members in one linear family across four generations. Nine subjects who were tested were HBeAg-negative. Of these nine, three subjects had elevated ALT; histology in one of them showed activity index <3. One subject received lamivudine therapy elsewhere; ALT levels returned to normal in two months.