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Introduction: Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a serious and hidden problem in India. Despite being such a huge problem a culture of silence surrounds the subject of CSA. Empowering children to protect themselves and disclose the abuse is the only way to overcome the hidden problem of CSA. Hence the present study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of health education. Methodology: Health education through interactive power point discussion and video was imparted to 200 girls of class 6th to 12th in Government higher secondary school, Coimbatore. Baseline data was collected using self-administered questionnaire. A week after the base line assessment, health education was delivered in five sessions with forty students per session. Interactive session lasting for 60 minutes using power point and videos were used to educate children. Follow-up data was collected after two months using the same questionnaire. Results: Initially only 23% of girls were aware about child sex abuse, and then, after intervention witnessed significant improvement to 71.5%. Similarly only 19% of girls were aware of various types of child sex abuse prior to intervention, however significant number of girls became aware post intervention. There was significant improvement in proportion of children (94.5%) who agreed that they will report bad touch to someone they trust until that person believes them. Pre-intervention only 31% of children knew as to what to do if sexually abused, this percentage rose significantly after the intervention. There was a significant improvement in knowledge from 49% to 78% post intervention regarding laws to protect children from sexual offences. Almost 90% of children reported that they knew about the child help line number. Conclusion: In this study has proven that health education imparted to girls has improved their knowledge and empowered them to report the events and protect themselves from such incidents.
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Dyslipldaemia In diabetes mellitus is associated with atherosclerosls and higher risk of coronary vascular disease. The study was conducted to find out the dysllpidaemia pattern in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients (n=257) who visited the diabetic clinic in a rural medical college. The patients' case records were verified. Personal data and lipid profile data were collected. The classification of lipid molety was done by adopting Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III). The difference between groups were considered as significant at p<0.05. The mean values of total cholesterol 186 mg/dl, low density Ilpoprotein (LDL) 101 mg/dl, triglycerides 173 mg/dl, high density Iipoprotein (HDL) 48 mg/dl. The most common dyslipidaemia observed in this study was hypertriglycerldaemia (56%), low HDL (52.9%), and total cholesterol/HDL ratio of >3.5 (76.7%). There was no significant difference of dyslipidaemia distribution in male and female. The study highlighted the emerging importance of LDL dyslipidaemia in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and there is urgent need for managing LDL dyslipidaemia. The screening for dyslipidaemia in all diabetes mellitus patient is important in all levels of healthcare settings. Considering the higher prevalence, due emphasis may be paid by healthcare practitioners for educating the patients behaviour on diet and physical activities.
