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Introduction: Epilepsy is one of the most common pediatric neurological disorders and is a brain condition that causes a child to have seizure. Misconceptions and poor understanding about the nature of epilepsy contribute to the burden of disease and lead to stigma. Misconceptions and negative attitudes cause people with epilepsy to feel shame, embarrassment, and disgrace. The purpose of this study wasObjective: to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) related to Epilepsy amongst the parents of epileptic children. A cross-sectional study was conducted 187 parents of epileptic child who attendedMethod: outpatient department of selected hospitals of Ahmedabad. A structured interview of the parents of epileptic children was conducted using modified international questionnaires. Modified Bloom’s cut-off points were used to determine KAP levels. Kruskal–Wallis test was applied on knowledge, attitude and practice levels. Chi square test was used to find out association. The study showed that out of 187 respondents, aroundResults: 61% were from age group 31 to 40 years and 54.5% were females. Among all participants, 53.5% had Good knowledge, 84.5% of parents had good attitude. Around 18.2% parents had good practices and about 9.1% had poor practices related to epilepsy. There were statistically significant associations between knowledge, attitude, and practice score with respect to gender, age, and occupation. Parents knowledgeConclusion: regarding epilepsy was good as more than half of parents were having good knowledge. Majority of the parents had good attitude towards epilepsy. There was significant positive correlation between knowledge and practices about epilepsy. Attitudes and practices related to epilepsy also showed positive correlation.
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Background: According to WHO, adolescence is the population of 10-19 years of age. According to NFHS III, in Chhattisgarh, 58.7% adolescent girls and 34.6% adolescent boys aged between 15-19 years were anemic. So, to combat anemia MoHFW launched weekly iron and folic acid supplementation (WIFS) programme with the objectives to reduce the prevalence. Thus the present study was in attempts with the objective to assess anemia status among school going adolescent of Raipur and Jashpur districts of Chhattisgarh.Methods: It was a school based cross-sectional study conducted in the two districts of Chhattisgarh during 2017-18 among the students aged between 12-19 years and the sample size was 480. By using simple random sampling method, four schools from each district and from each school total 60 students i.e. 10 students from each class 7th -12th were selected by using systematic random sampling method. Permission from DEO of the respective district followed by permission from the principal of each schools and consent from parents of the student was taken and then study was proceeded.Results: In the present study, the mean age of the students in Raipur and Jashpur district was 15.1±1.8 years and 15.2±1.8 years respectively. Out of all the students, in Raipur district, 101 (42.1%) students were found to be anemic and mean Hemoglobin level was 12.5±1.9 gm/dl. In Jashpur district about two third 147 (61.2%) of the students were anemic and mean Hemoglobin level was 11.9±1.9 gm/dl.Conclusions: This study concluded that anemia is still high among adolescent boys and girls
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Background: Demographic transition across globe leading towards greying of population. Worldwide, raised blood pressure is estimated to cause 12.8% of the total annual deaths. This account for 3.7% of total DALYs. Several community-based studies have served to emphasize that hypertension is rapidly emerging as a major public health problem. However, only a few of these studies included elderly people. The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the prevalence and factors influencing hypertension among elderly population of Raipur city. Methods: This community based cross-sectional study was carried out in capital of Chhattisgarh, including urban and slum area from July 2013 to June 2014. Multistage simple random sampling methods were used. Study population comprises of all elderly 60 years and above residing in the study area for at least one year. A total of 640 subjects were included in study. Results: The overall prevalence of hypertension in present study was 50%, prevalent among females (55.49%), shows a significant positive association with body mass index, physical activity and age up to old age group (75-84) yrs. Surprisingly inverse association was observed with alcohol (P <0.001) and smoking (P <0.05) status. Conclusion: Our findings emphasize the public health importance of hypertension in the elderly in Raipur city, and need to strengthen the national programme for hypertension. From a public health perspective, there is definite need for screening of elderly.
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Lifestyle diseases characterized by those diseases whose occurrence is primarily based on the daily habits of people and are a result of an inappropriate relationship of people with their environment. The main factors contributing to lifestyle diseases include bad food habits, physical inactivity, wrong body posture, and disturbed biological clock. Lifestyle diseases are the most common causes of disability, morbidity and premature mortality. They account for 52% of deaths, 43% Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) and 62% of total disease burden in India. Life style disease can be prevented through focused and comprehensive public health intervention by establishment of Healthy Life Style Centre (HLSC). HLSC will be a comprehensive approach which will provide health services for Non-Communicable diseases under the one roof. The HLSC will offer consultation, learning, counselling and testing facilities regarding Diabetes and other Non-Communicable diseases (NCD). Life style diseases can be prevented through public health intervention by special task force and policy document related to life style disorders.