Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.17576/ijphr.1101.2021.01
A. Mohammed Nawi, Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh, R. Hod, Idayu Badilla Idris, I. Ahmad, Q. Mohd Ghazali
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the quality of life among flood victims exposed at three worst districts in Pahang, Malaysia. Methods: Semi-guided questionnaires were distributed randomly to a total of 602 flood victims. Quality of life (QOL) was measured using WHO Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), which were assessed based on four domains, i.e. physical activity, psychological, social relationships and environment. Results: Victims of the flood had a poorer quality of life in all the domains especially physical (59.0%) and psychological (53.3%) domain. The impact of the flood on QOL was higher among women, those who reside in the urban area, the elderlies and persons with high education and income. Conclusion: Flood event has reduced the QOL of victims. The impact of flood has been found to be mitigated over the time and relief efforts. Interventions aimed to reduce these concerns in acute post-flood areas are essential to minimize poor QOL among the affected victims. Keywords: Flood, WHOQOL-BREF, Malaysia, victim, QOL, urban
目的:本研究旨在评估马来西亚彭亨三个洪灾最严重地区洪灾灾民的生活质量。方法:对602名灾民随机发放半引导问卷。采用WHO Quality of life - bref (WHOQOL-BREF)对生活质量(QOL)进行测量，该指标基于身体活动、心理、社会关系和环境四个方面进行评估。结果:洪涝灾民在各领域的生活质量均较差，其中身体(59.0%)和心理(53.3%)的生活质量较差。洪水对生活质量的影响在妇女、城市居民、老年人和高学历、高收入人群中较高。结论:洪水事件降低了患者的生活质量。人们发现，随着时间的推移和救灾努力，洪水的影响正在减轻。在严重的灾后地区，旨在减少这些担忧的干预措施对于尽量减少受影响受害者的不良生活质量至关重要。关键词:洪水，WHOQOL-BREF，马来西亚，受害者，生活质量，城市
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Pub Date : 2020-10-31DOI: 10.17511/ijphr.2020.i05.01
D Sharad Gedam, M. Verma
Recent updates in the therapeutic management of patients with coinfection of COVID-19 with other seasonal epidemics prone disease Gedam D.1*, Verma M.2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17511/ijphr.2020.i05.01 1* D. Sharad Gedam, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, ABV Government Medical College (GMC), Associated Hospital, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India. 2 Mamta Verma, Associate Professor, College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
{"title":"Recent updates in the therapeutic management of patients with co-infection of COVID-19 with other seasonal epidemics prone disease","authors":"D Sharad Gedam, M. Verma","doi":"10.17511/ijphr.2020.i05.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17511/ijphr.2020.i05.01","url":null,"abstract":"Recent updates in the therapeutic management of patients with coinfection of COVID-19 with other seasonal epidemics prone disease Gedam D.1*, Verma M.2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17511/ijphr.2020.i05.01 1* D. Sharad Gedam, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, ABV Government Medical College (GMC), Associated Hospital, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India. 2 Mamta Verma, Associate Professor, College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.","PeriodicalId":91099,"journal":{"name":"International journal of public health research","volume":"7 1","pages":"35-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45758888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-08-31DOI: 10.17511/ijphr.2020.i04.01
Vismaya Joy, J. Vincent
Background: The healthy lifestyle of medical students could facilitate the formation of healthy physicians who is more likely to give effective preventive counseling to their patients. Therefore, there is compelling evidence that the health of doctors matters, and the doctors’ own physical activity practices influence their clinical attitudes towards physical activity. Aim and objectives: To assess the prevalence of physical activity and its determinants and also to find out the barriers of physical activity among MBBS students in a medical college in Kerala. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted amongst 180 undergraduate medical students. Data was obtained from students using the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) by WHO and Metabolic Equivalents (METs) were used to express the intensity of physical activities. Results: Of the total 180 students, 128 (71.1%) were found as physically active, and 52 (28.9%) as physically inactive. Among the physically active students, 98 (54.44%) and 30 (16.66%) showed moderate and high levels of physical activity respectively. The mean MET minutes per week attained by the study population in recreational activities is more compared to work and transport. Conclusion: Of the 180 students, average MET scores attained by males and females in the 3 domains of physical activity showed significant difference highlighting the need to promote more activities among females.
{"title":"The prevalence of physical activity among MBBS students in a medical college in Kerala","authors":"Vismaya Joy, J. Vincent","doi":"10.17511/ijphr.2020.i04.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17511/ijphr.2020.i04.01","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The healthy lifestyle of medical students could facilitate the formation of healthy physicians who is more likely to give effective preventive counseling to their patients. Therefore, there is compelling evidence that the health of doctors matters, and the doctors’ own physical activity practices influence their clinical attitudes towards physical activity. \u0000Aim and objectives: To assess the prevalence of physical activity and its determinants and also to find out the barriers of physical activity among MBBS students in a medical college in Kerala. \u0000Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted amongst 180 undergraduate medical students. Data was obtained from students using the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) by WHO and Metabolic Equivalents (METs) were used to express the intensity of physical activities. \u0000Results: Of the total 180 students, 128 (71.1%) were found as physically active, and 52 (28.9%) as physically inactive. Among the physically active students, 98 (54.44%) and 30 (16.66%) showed moderate and high levels of physical activity respectively. The mean MET minutes per week attained by the study population in recreational activities is more compared to work and transport. \u0000Conclusion: Of the 180 students, average MET scores attained by males and females in the 3 domains of physical activity showed significant difference highlighting the need to promote more activities among females.","PeriodicalId":91099,"journal":{"name":"International journal of public health research","volume":"7 1","pages":"28-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49334196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-06-30DOI: 10.17511/ijphr.2020.i03.01
D Sharad Gedam, M. Verma
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Pub Date : 2020-04-30DOI: 10.17511/ijphr.2020.i02.01
B. Vashisht, H. Bhardwaj, M. Chauhan, Anvesha Anvesha, Jaiprakash Jaiprakash
Introduction: In India, the major causes of maternal mortality are hemorrhage (26%) and anemia (19%). According to NFHS -4 data, 53% of women are anemic, this situation further worsens when these anemic women come into the antenatal phase, as there is haemodilution during pregnancy. In Haryana, only 32.5% (NFHS-4, India- 30.3%) mothers had taken 100 IFA tablets during her pregnancy. IFA tablets are being provided free of cost during antenatal visits/checkups but even then its consumption is low whose reasons need to be found out. Aim and objectives: To find out the socio-demographic factors affecting Iron and Folic acid consumption among recently delivered women. Material and methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out from April 2017- April 2018 among 500 pregnant females who recently delivered at PGIMS Rohtak. A simple random sampling technique was followed. An interview schedule was used for data collection and data were analyzed using SPSS. A Chi-square test was applied. Results: Out of 500 study subjects, the majority (70.4%) belonged to rural area.97.4% of them were Hindus, 81.4% were literate, 77.2% were unemployed, only 26.4% belonged to below poverty line. 80% of subjects were anemic and only 38.2% of study subjects consumed 100 or more IFA tablets. A significant (p≤ 0.05) association was found between IFA consumption and age, education, and occupation. The influence of caste, family type, socio-economic status, and religion was not statistically significant (p>0.05). Conclusion: Women and their family members need to be educated regarding the consumption of IFA tablets and their role in pregnancy.
{"title":"Socio-demographic determinants of Iron and folic acid (IFA) consumption by females during their antenatal period delivering in a tertiary care hospital of Haryana","authors":"B. Vashisht, H. Bhardwaj, M. Chauhan, Anvesha Anvesha, Jaiprakash Jaiprakash","doi":"10.17511/ijphr.2020.i02.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17511/ijphr.2020.i02.01","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: In India, the major causes of maternal mortality are hemorrhage (26%) and anemia (19%). According to NFHS -4 data, 53% of women are anemic, this situation further worsens when these anemic women come into the antenatal phase, as there is haemodilution during pregnancy. In Haryana, only 32.5% (NFHS-4, India- 30.3%) mothers had taken 100 IFA tablets during her pregnancy. IFA tablets are being provided free of cost during antenatal visits/checkups but even then its consumption is low whose reasons need to be found out. \u0000Aim and objectives: To find out the socio-demographic factors affecting Iron and Folic acid consumption among recently delivered women. \u0000Material and methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out from April 2017- April 2018 among 500 pregnant females who recently delivered at PGIMS Rohtak. A simple random sampling technique was followed. An interview schedule was used for data collection and data were analyzed using SPSS. A Chi-square test was applied. \u0000Results: Out of 500 study subjects, the majority (70.4%) belonged to rural area.97.4% of them were Hindus, 81.4% were literate, 77.2% were unemployed, only 26.4% belonged to below poverty line. 80% of subjects were anemic and only 38.2% of study subjects consumed 100 or more IFA tablets. A significant (p≤ 0.05) association was found between IFA consumption and age, education, and occupation. The influence of caste, family type, socio-economic status, and religion was not statistically significant (p>0.05). \u0000Conclusion: Women and their family members need to be educated regarding the consumption of IFA tablets and their role in pregnancy.","PeriodicalId":91099,"journal":{"name":"International journal of public health research","volume":"7 1","pages":"19-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48580952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-02-15DOI: 10.17511/IJPHR.2020.I01.03
Ipadeola Abiodun Feyikemi
Fever means a body temperature that is above normal. It is the most common symptom people seeking health care present with at health facilities. There are many etiologies of fever but the most common is infection (viral, bacterial, fungal or protozoan) and malaria is the most commonly incriminated in tropical countries including Nigeria. This is due to the endemicity of the disease in these regions, yet ‘endemicity’ is not synonymous with ‘will have malaria’. Malaria keep being over diagnosed in fever cases in these regions while other etiologies of fever are being overlooked and un-investigated resulting in poor patient outcome amongst other public health issues such as antimalarial resistance and patient mismanagement. Other non-malaria infectious diseases commonly misdiagnosed as malaria include bacterial sepsis, arbovirus infection, otitis media in children and so on. Studies have revealed that a lot of febrile patients are being misdiagnosed as having malaria and are being treated with an antimalarial drug they do not need. Factors responsible for this misdiagnosis include lack of awareness/bias, lack of fever management policy, human resource for health challenge and outdated/cumbersome diagnostic tools. Consequences of misdiagnosis include resistance to expensively researched antimalarial drugs, economic loss, prolonged suffering of patient, risk of death and risk of epidemic outbreak. The way out includes awareness that all fever cases are not malaria, implementation of fever management policy, research to establish other etiologies of fever in Nigeria other than malaria, testing for other etiologies of fever alongside malaria and use of better diagnostic tools for fever diagnosis.
{"title":"Misdiagnosis of non-malaria febrile infectious diseases as malaria in Nigeria: consequences and priority actions","authors":"Ipadeola Abiodun Feyikemi","doi":"10.17511/IJPHR.2020.I01.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17511/IJPHR.2020.I01.03","url":null,"abstract":"Fever means a body temperature that is above normal. It is the most common symptom people seeking health care present with at health facilities. There are many etiologies of fever but the most common is infection (viral, bacterial, fungal or protozoan) and malaria is the most commonly incriminated in tropical countries including Nigeria. This is due to the endemicity of the disease in these regions, yet ‘endemicity’ is not synonymous with ‘will have malaria’. Malaria keep being over diagnosed in fever cases in these regions while other etiologies of fever are being overlooked and un-investigated resulting in poor patient outcome amongst other public health issues such as antimalarial resistance and patient mismanagement. Other non-malaria infectious diseases commonly misdiagnosed as malaria include bacterial sepsis, arbovirus infection, otitis media in children and so on. Studies have revealed that a lot of febrile patients are being misdiagnosed as having malaria and are being treated with an antimalarial drug they do not need. Factors responsible for this misdiagnosis include lack of awareness/bias, lack of fever management policy, human resource for health challenge and outdated/cumbersome diagnostic tools. Consequences of misdiagnosis include resistance to expensively researched antimalarial drugs, economic loss, prolonged suffering of patient, risk of death and risk of epidemic outbreak. The way out includes awareness that all fever cases are not malaria, implementation of fever management policy, research to establish other etiologies of fever in Nigeria other than malaria, testing for other etiologies of fever alongside malaria and use of better diagnostic tools for fever diagnosis.","PeriodicalId":91099,"journal":{"name":"International journal of public health research","volume":"7 1","pages":"14-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49207979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-31DOI: 10.17511/ijphr.2019.i6.03
L. Kumar, N. Mangal, K. Varghese, Tara Chand Salvi, Prem Prakash Salvi, Vijaypal Singh Udawat
Introduction: Despite the importance given by WHO and its member countries, malnutrition of children continued to be a serious problem world-wide, especially in developing countries like India. The uneven magnitude of this problem across Indian states reveals the need for ascertaining the magnitude of malnutrition. Aims & Objectives: The present study is aimed to ascertain the magnitude and the factors affecting the malnutrition across tribal and non-tribal communities in a rural belt of southern Rajasthan. Materials & Methods: The cross-sectional study carried out during March 2018 to February 2019 covering 200 households each from the two communities included 334 and 295 under five children respectively. These children were grouped as normal, moderate and severe classes with respect to underweight, stunting and Body Mass Index as per WHO standards. The proportion of children falling in these classes across two communities were tested using SND test. The factors affecting the problem were ascertined using Chi-square test. Results: The magnitude of moderately and severely underweight children was 32.63% and 7.49% in tribal and 24.41% and 4.41% in non-tribal communities. With respect to stunting and Body Mass Index, 64.37% and 63.47% in tribal and 73.22% and 73.90% in non-tribal were found normal. The factors like household income and mother’s literacy were found strongly associated with malnutrition. The magnitude of calorie intake differed significantly across communities with higher variability among tribal children. Conclusion: Nutrition, health education and good access, and utilization of healthcare with separate strategic intervention for tribal and non-tribal children can be very effective interventions to overcome the burden of malnutrition.
{"title":"Nutritional assessment of under five children in a rural belt of southern Rajasthan,India","authors":"L. Kumar, N. Mangal, K. Varghese, Tara Chand Salvi, Prem Prakash Salvi, Vijaypal Singh Udawat","doi":"10.17511/ijphr.2019.i6.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17511/ijphr.2019.i6.03","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Despite the importance given by WHO and its member countries, malnutrition of children continued to be a serious problem world-wide, especially in developing countries like India. The uneven magnitude of this problem across Indian states reveals the need for ascertaining the magnitude of malnutrition. \u0000Aims & Objectives: The present study is aimed to ascertain the magnitude and the factors affecting the malnutrition across tribal and non-tribal communities in a rural belt of southern Rajasthan. \u0000Materials & Methods: The cross-sectional study carried out during March 2018 to February 2019 covering 200 households each from the two communities included 334 and 295 under five children respectively. These children were grouped as normal, moderate and severe classes with respect to underweight, stunting and Body Mass Index as per WHO standards. The proportion of children falling in these classes across two communities were tested using SND test. The factors affecting the problem were ascertined using Chi-square test. \u0000Results: The magnitude of moderately and severely underweight children was 32.63% and 7.49% in tribal and 24.41% and 4.41% in non-tribal communities. With respect to stunting and Body Mass Index, 64.37% and 63.47% in tribal and 73.22% and 73.90% in non-tribal were found normal. The factors like household income and mother’s literacy were found strongly associated with malnutrition. The magnitude of calorie intake differed significantly across communities with higher variability among tribal children. \u0000Conclusion: Nutrition, health education and good access, and utilization of healthcare with separate strategic intervention for tribal and non-tribal children can be very effective interventions to overcome the burden of malnutrition.","PeriodicalId":91099,"journal":{"name":"International journal of public health research","volume":"6 1","pages":"224-233"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43143621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-31DOI: 10.17511/ijphr.2019.i6.04
P. Dubey, Bajrang Lal Bhantia, S. Yadav
Background: In last two-decade prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in India is increasing at higher rate and currently India is the Diabetic Capital of the World. Reliable and informative epidemiological evidence is vital to quantify impacts and predictors of disease and to facilitate formulation of prevention and control strategies. In North India particularly Uttar Pradesh the area specific data regarding diabetes mellitus is scarce. Objectives: Prevalence of Type-II Diabetes Mellitus and its associated risk factors in rural population of the Moradabad district. Materials and Methods: A Cross-sectional, community-based study was conducted from October 2016 to October 2017 among adults in the age group of 30 year and above residing in Moradabad rural area. A two-stage stratified random sampling technique was adopted to achieve the desired sample size. In first stage, one ward was randomly selected from each group and in second stage; one village was selected randomly from each of the two wards. Result: The prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus was found to be 10.7%, it was 17.8% among males and 14.8% among females. 4.6% were newly diagnosed while the remaining 6.1% were known diabetics. In the present study statistically, significant association is observed between prevalence of diabetes mellitus with age, socioeconomic class, BMI. A significant correlation was found between diabetic retinopathy and diabetic nephropathy. Conclusion: There is a need for continuous screening program and lifestyle modifications to timely detect and intervene in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus. Behaviour change communication strategy should take a vital role in improving lifestyle of the community as most of these risk factors are modifiable.
{"title":"A community-based study: Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its complications in rural population of Moradabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India","authors":"P. Dubey, Bajrang Lal Bhantia, S. Yadav","doi":"10.17511/ijphr.2019.i6.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17511/ijphr.2019.i6.04","url":null,"abstract":"Background: In last two-decade prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in India is increasing at higher rate and currently India is the Diabetic Capital of the World. Reliable and informative epidemiological evidence is vital to quantify impacts and predictors of disease and to facilitate formulation of prevention and control strategies. In North India particularly Uttar Pradesh the area specific data regarding diabetes mellitus is scarce. \u0000Objectives: Prevalence of Type-II Diabetes Mellitus and its associated risk factors in rural population of the Moradabad district. \u0000Materials and Methods: A Cross-sectional, community-based study was conducted from October 2016 to October 2017 among adults in the age group of 30 year and above residing in Moradabad rural area. A two-stage stratified random sampling technique was adopted to achieve the desired sample size. In first stage, one ward was randomly selected from each group and in second stage; one village was selected randomly from each of the two wards. \u0000Result: The prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus was found to be 10.7%, it was 17.8% among males and 14.8% among females. 4.6% were newly diagnosed while the remaining 6.1% were known diabetics. In the present study statistically, significant association is observed between prevalence of diabetes mellitus with age, socioeconomic class, BMI. A significant correlation was found between diabetic retinopathy and diabetic nephropathy. \u0000Conclusion: There is a need for continuous screening program and lifestyle modifications to timely detect and intervene in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus. Behaviour change communication strategy should take a vital role in improving lifestyle of the community as most of these risk factors are modifiable.","PeriodicalId":91099,"journal":{"name":"International journal of public health research","volume":"6 1","pages":"234-238"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41520442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-31DOI: 10.17511/ijphr.2019.i6.01
Dr.Vandana Pakhide
Background: Obesity and overweight have become a global epidemic now. Overweight and obesity are the fifth leading risks of death of adults globally every year. Obesity is defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health. Obesity can occur at any age and generally increased with age. Women generally have higher rate of obesity than men. As the most developing nation, India is struggling to eradicate the problem of under nutrition and anaemia. Meanwhile the country already witnessed the overweight and obesity problem. India has more than 30 million obese people, and the number is increasing rapidly.The main aim of this study to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity among women by calculating BMI (Body Mass Index). Methods: A descriptive study design was used to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity by calculating BMI among women at selected community area of Bhopal. Sample size 100 was selected by using convenient sampling technique and who met the inclusive criteria. Results: out of 100 samples 30(30%) women are underweight, 15(15%) women’s having normal body weight, 37(37%) women overweight and 18(18%) are obese. Conclusion: Prevalence of overweight was high as compared to obesity in community area; the history of any other illness and history of any other medications was strongly associated with obesity. Obesity is the main cause of chronic illness and risk of being obese is increasing in women, so this study will help to find out the prevalence and contributing factors about obesity so that problem will be addressed and making general public aware to reduce the risk factors.
{"title":"A descriptive study to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity by calculating BMI (Body Mass Index) among women at selected community area of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India","authors":"Dr.Vandana Pakhide","doi":"10.17511/ijphr.2019.i6.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17511/ijphr.2019.i6.01","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Obesity and overweight have become a global epidemic now. Overweight and obesity are the fifth leading risks of death of adults globally every year. Obesity is defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health. Obesity can occur at any age and generally increased with age. Women generally have higher rate of obesity than men. As the most developing nation, India is struggling to eradicate the problem of under nutrition and anaemia. Meanwhile the country already witnessed the overweight and obesity problem. India has more than 30 million obese people, and the number is increasing rapidly.The main aim of this study to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity among women by calculating BMI (Body Mass Index). \u0000Methods: A descriptive study design was used to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity by calculating BMI among women at selected community area of Bhopal. Sample size 100 was selected by using convenient sampling technique and who met the inclusive criteria. \u0000Results: out of 100 samples 30(30%) women are underweight, 15(15%) women’s having normal body weight, 37(37%) women overweight and 18(18%) are obese. \u0000Conclusion: Prevalence of overweight was high as compared to obesity in community area; the history of any other illness and history of any other medications was strongly associated with obesity. Obesity is the main cause of chronic illness and risk of being obese is increasing in women, so this study will help to find out the prevalence and contributing factors about obesity so that problem will be addressed and making general public aware to reduce the risk factors.","PeriodicalId":91099,"journal":{"name":"International journal of public health research","volume":"6 1","pages":"214-218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45129838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sue Anne Bell, Megan Czerwinski, Jennifer Horowitz, Theodore J Iwashyna, Mona Sarfaty
Introduction: Climate change has been called the greatest public health threat of our time. Increasing morbidity and mortality is expected to continue as climate-associated disasters become more prevalent. Disaster health professionals are on the front lines of addressing these health sequalae, making the need to assess their knowledge of climate change and health and their perceived need for a policy response critically important.
Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the knowledge, opinions, and educational needs of disaster health providers surrounding climate change and health.
Methods: A web-based questionnaire assessing disaster health professionals' attitudes and knowledge on the health effects of climate change and associated policy recommendations was administered to a sample of disaster health professionals.
Results: Among the study's 150 participants, 95% responded affirmatively that climate change exists and is largely caused by humans. Two-thirds (67%) indicated climate change affects their patient's health and 93% indicated climate change will continue to affect patients in the future. Respondents also believed climate change will impact vulnerable populations such as children under four years old (75%), the elderly (72%) and those living in poverty (71%). Three-quarters (76%) indicated educating patients about climate change and its association with health outcomes should be integrated into health professions education.
Conclusion: Disaster health professionals need access to education on climate-change related health impacts, materials for patients and relevant policy information. This research provides evidence from front-line disaster and emergency health professionals that can inform policy on climate change and health.
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