Pub Date : 2013-01-21DOI: 10.3126/HPROSPECT.V11I0.7439
P. Joshi
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v11i0.7439 Health Prospect 2012;11:61-62
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v11i0.7439 Health Prospect 2012;11:61-62
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Pub Date : 2013-01-21DOI: 10.3126/HPROSPECT.V11I0.7421
B. Shrestha
Background: The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being, without distinction of race, religion, and political belief, economic or social condition.(1). There still exist differences in the factors determining health and the burden of ill-health for women and men. The study is based on addressing the maternal health problems with gender perspectives, and the factors associated with health seeking practices. The main objectives of the study are to find out maternal health problem and gender analysis on decision making (household matters and health care) and the knowledge on danger signs in mother and newborn. Methods:The study is descriptive and cross sectional in design. Household surveys were conducted by the study team in 24 sample VDCs of Baglung, Dolakha and Ramechhap. Results: A total of 959 women were interviewed and 112 (11.40 percent) of them reported having faced emergency obstetric problems and about 5.6 percent of the respondents were found to be suffering from Uterus prolapse problems. The men were found getting more (81.2 percent) opportunities for education than women (58 percent). Women were found to be limited more to household activities that have low economic/monetary value (Women vs. Men: 41.83 percent Vs 4.49 percent) in comparison to men. The women’s status was found to be lower than that of men in all the indicators. The types of occupation were also clearly distinct between men and women in the study districts. Women had better knowledge (50 percent Vs 25 percent) on danger sign in mother and newborn but did not get opportunity of making decision to access health care in time. They were found having to follow their husband’s or in-laws’s decision. Conclusion: Appropriate initiative should be taken for women empowerment in order to develop women autonomy for maternal health care. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v11i0.7421 Health Prospect 2012;11:1-6
背景:享有可达到的最高标准的健康是每个人的基本权利之一，不分种族、宗教、政治信仰、经济或社会状况。在决定妇女和男子的健康和不健康负担的因素方面仍然存在差异。这项研究的基础是从性别角度解决产妇保健问题，以及与求医做法有关的因素。研究的主要目的是找出产妇保健问题，对决策(家庭事务和保健)进行性别分析，并了解母亲和新生儿的危险迹象。方法:本研究采用描述性和横断面设计。研究小组在巴格隆、多拉卡和拉玛恰的24个抽样vdc进行了住户调查。结果:共采访了959名妇女，其中112名(11.40%)报告遇到紧急产科问题，约5.6%的受访者被发现患有子宫脱垂问题。男性(81.2%)比女性(58%)获得更多的受教育机会。与男性相比，女性更多地局限于经济/货币价值较低的家庭活动(女性对男性:41.83%对4.49%)。在所有指标中，妇女的地位都低于男子。在研究地区，男性和女性的职业类型也明显不同。妇女对母亲和新生儿的危险迹象有更好的了解(50%对25%)，但没有机会及时决定是否获得保健服务。她们不得不听从丈夫或姻亲的决定。结论:应采取适当举措赋予妇女权力，以发展妇女在产妇保健方面的自主权。DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v11i0.7421 Health Prospect 2012;11:1-6
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Pub Date : 2013-01-21DOI: 10.3126/HPROSPECT.V11I0.7430
V. Sapkota
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v11i0.7430 Health Prospect 2012;11:36-39
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v11i0.7430 Health Prospect 2012;11:36-39
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Pub Date : 2013-01-21DOI: 10.3126/HPROSPECT.V11I0.7422
K. Yadav, R. Wagle
Background: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Studies have shown that some people are at greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease than others. The major factors which increase the risks are tobacco chewing/smoking, raised blood cholesterol level, high blood pressure, physical inactivity, overweight and obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, age, sex and heredity. Although cardiovascular diseases typically occur in middle age or later, risk factors are determined to a great extent by behaviours learnt in childhood and continued into adulthood. Throughout the world, these risks are starting to appear earlier. Findings of various studies worldwide suggested that adolescents lacked knowledge regarding the risk of cardiovascular diseases and did not perceive themselves at risk for cardiovascular diseases. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 144 adolescent students of grade XI and XII in one public and one private higher secondary schools of Kathmandu district. Samples were chosen purposively. Data were collected with the help of semi structured self administered questionnaire. Questionnaire was based on Likert scale. Data analysis was performed by using Statistical Package for Social Science - 17.0 for windows. Results: Overall 36.8 percent of respondents had good knowledge, 55.6 percent had fair knowledge and the remaining 7.6 percent had poor knowledge regarding the major risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. Sources of health information was found statistically significant (p=0.004) with the knowledge of respondents. Regarding overall attitude, the majority (47.9%) had the neutral attitude followed by positive (31.9%) and one fifth possessed negative attitude. Knowledge versus attitude regarding the major risk factors of cardiovascular diseases was found statistically significant (p=0.002). Conclusion: Results of this study revealed that good knowledge as well as positive attitude towards major risk factors of cardiovascular diseases among the adolescent students is unsatisfactory. Socio-demographic factors for good knowledge and good knowledge for the development of positive attitude play vital role. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v11i0.7422 Health Prospect 2012;11:7-10
背景:心血管疾病是世界范围内发病率和死亡率的主要原因。研究表明，有些人比其他人更容易患心血管疾病。增加风险的主要因素是咀嚼烟草/吸烟、血液胆固醇水平升高、高血压、缺乏身体活动、超重和肥胖、过度饮酒、年龄、性别和遗传。虽然心血管疾病通常发生在中年或中年以后，但风险因素在很大程度上是由童年习得并持续到成年的行为决定的。在世界各地，这些风险开始出现得更早。世界各地的各种研究结果表明，青少年缺乏关于心血管疾病风险的知识，也没有意识到自己有患心血管疾病的风险。方法:对加德满都地区一所公立和一所私立高中的144名十年级和十二年级青少年学生进行了横断面研究。样本的选择是有目的的。采用半结构化自填问卷收集数据。问卷采用李克特量表。数据分析采用Statistical Package for Social Science - 17.0 for windows进行。结果:总体而言，36.8%的受访者对心血管疾病的主要危险因素有良好的了解，55.6%的受访者对心血管疾病的主要危险因素有一般的了解，其余7.6%的受访者对心血管疾病的主要危险因素知之甚少。健康信息来源在应答者知情的情况下具有统计学意义(p=0.004)。就整体态度而言，大多数人(47.9%)持中立态度，其次是积极态度(31.9%)，五分之一的人持消极态度。对心血管疾病主要危险因素的认知与态度差异有统计学意义(p=0.002)。结论:本研究结果显示，青少年学生对心血管疾病主要危险因素的认知和积极态度并不理想。社会人口因素对于良好的知识和良好的知识态度的发展起着至关重要的作用。DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v11i0.7422 Health Prospect 2012;11:7-10
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