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One of the principles of primary health care is intersectoral co-ordination. A cross sectional study done at the primary health center revealed existence of unsatisfactory co-ordination between health and education department.
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Adulto , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Serviços de Saúde Comunitária/organização & administração , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Humanos , Índia , Masculino , Atenção Primária à Saúde/organização & administração , Inquéritos e Questionários , Serviços de Saúde Escolar , Saúde da População UrbanaRESUMO
This study was conducted to know whether prisoners constitute a "high risk group" for HIV transmission in India today. A sero-epidemiological period prevalence survey was conducted in Central Prison, Bangalore, South India covering 1007 undertrials and 107 permanent convicts during January to December 1993. Twenty (1.98%) undertrials and none of the permanent convicts were seropositive for HIV infection. All of them were males and 1.6(80%) of them were in the age group of 20-30 years. Low literacy, poor income, sexual promiscuity and low condom usage were observed among the seropositives. Thus, prisoners constitute a high risk group and routine screening and counselling are recommended.
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Adulto , Países em Desenvolvimento , Infecções por HIV/epidemiologia , Soropositividade para HIV/epidemiologia , Soroprevalência de HIV/tendências , HIV-1 , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Humanos , Índia/epidemiologia , Masculino , Prisioneiros/estatística & dados numéricos , Comportamento SexualRESUMO
The cold chain plays a major role in the universal immunization programme which helps in preventing against six major killer diseases in children. We collected 144 study samples randomly from different parts of Bangalore to know the training status of personnel, refrigeration facilities, storage, monitoring and potency of vaccines. It was observed that 6.6% of general practitioners were trained under Universal Immunization Programme, monitoring was not satisfactory, and two of the OPV samples from medical practitioners had an unsatisfactory titre dose. Comprehensive orientation/training on cold chain is essential for medical practitioners and other professionals.