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Article | IMSEAR | ID: sea-200877

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Background-Globally adolescent population is around 1200 million and out of six person, every one person is in ado-lescence (aged10 to 19 years) period. Yet most of them are healthy, but premature death, illness and injury among them can hinder ability to grow and develop to their full potential. It is estimated that 1.2 million adolescents died in 2015 and mostly from preventable or treatable causes. Tobacco consumption is world’s leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality. National Family Health Survey conducted in year 2016-17 reported tobacco consumption prevalence 38.9% in urban area and 48% in rural area of India. Method-It was a community based cross-sectional study conducted in eight villages of Wardha district adopted under Community Health Care program run by depart-ment of community medicine. Data was collected by interview from 485 adolescent in the age group of 10-19 years by domiciliary visits using pre-designed pre-tested questionnaire. Results:Prevalence of tobacco use (all forms), smoke-less tobacco use and smoking in rural adolescents were 20.82%, 20.41%, and 2.68%, respectively. Prevalence of to-bacco use in boys (30.29%) was more than girls (4.49%). Higher Prevalence was found in late adolescent period. Bidi was commonly used form of smoke tobacco while Kharra was the preferred smokeless tobacco. Almost all smokers were male but few exceptions were there. Conclusion: The prevalence of tobacco use among rural adolescents was very high (20.82%) as compared to national prevalence of 14.6% according to the global youth tobacco survey India 2009. There is a need of early intervention for tobacco cessation as overall mean age of 1st experienced to tobacco consumption was 12.02 years and in male and female users it was 12.25 years and 10.88 years respectively. 42.10 % adolescents 1st time experienced any type of tobacco products when they were in the 12-14 years age and only 0.66% adolescents experienced at the age of 17 -19 years. Maximum male (42.19%) and female (41.67%) ever user experi-enced their 1st tobacco consumption when they were 12-14 years old.

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Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-157379

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Introduction : Services are being provided by health functionaries to the community with the objective of fulfilling their satisfaction but sometimes this do not working for the target population. Objective : To assess the satisfaction of patients receiving some MCH services in rural areas of Wardha district. Material and Methods : It was a longitudinal study from June 2007 to September 2009, comprising of 205 participants (i.e. registered pregnant women of < 16 weeks of gestation), they were given 8 visits by investigator. Outcome variables of the study were socio - demographic profile, selective obstetrical history and some maternal and child health services. Data was collected based on preformed questionnaires, a modification of PHC MAP module guidelines for assessing the quality of service-module 6-user’s guide. The response (quality) of each service during entire visit was quantified as acceptable (ACQ), average and worst (WQ). Results : Patient satisfaction or ACQ of ANC services was 51.49% and PNC services was only 22.64 %, only 18.53% participants received counselling for hospital delivery in all the five visits. WQ observed for history of consanguineous marriage 50.24%, height measurement 47.31% and breast examination 91.21% during ANC. Among all the services of PNC, counselling for immunization of baby was highest but 40.97%. It was observed WQ for weight recording 42.43% and counselling for birth registration 76.09 % during PNC. Conclusion : An overview of patient satisfaction receiving some MCH services were shown in this study and needs to be strengthened from care providers side.


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Adult , Female , Demography , Humans , Maternal-Child Health Centers/trends , Maternal-Child Health Centers/statistics & numerical data , Patient Satisfaction/epidemiology , Patient Satisfaction/ethnology , Patient Satisfaction/statistics & numerical data , Surveys and Questionnaires , Social Class , Young Adult
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