Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

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Background: HIV/AIDS can be called our modern pandemic, affecting both industrialized and developing countries. According to UNAIDS estimates, there are 33.3 million people living with HIV in which 30.8 millions are adult (15.5 millions are women) and around 2.5 millions are children. During 2009 some 2.6 million people newly infected with HIV and an estimated 1.5 million people died from AIDS. So HIV today is a threat to men, women and children of all continents. Due to frequent and prolonged contact with the patients, nursing students are being identified as a potential high risk group for the HIV/AIDS spread so keeping this thing in mind we have selected the nursing students for the study to assess their level of knowledge&awareness regarding HIV/AIDS.

Research Question: What is the level of knowledge and awareness among Nursing students regarding various aspects of HIV/AIDS?

Objective: To assess the level of knowledge and their awareness regarding HIV/AID

Study Design: Cross Sectional Study

Setting and Participants: All Nursing Students of SVS Nursing College, Mahabubnagar.

Methodology: After the ethical clearance, the Present study was carried out in the last week of November 2011,with the aim to assess the status of knowledge and awareness regarding HIV/AIDS among 2nd, 3rd & final year nursing students of SVS college of nursing, Mahabubnagar A.P. For collection of data a pre designed, pre tested questionnaire were given to all the participants to fill up during the class in the lecture gallery who were present on that day. The data was collected and analyzed in descriptive statistical method.

Results: Out of total 190 nursing students, 168 (88.42%) students participated in this study, in which 83% were female & 17% were male. Most of the students (96%) were in the age group of 18-24 years. The full form of HIV and AIDS were not known to 48% & 17% participants respectively. Around 83% participants said that sexual route is the most common route for HIV transmission. Around 3.58% participants were having the misconception that HIV transmission is possible through hugging, sharing toilet seats, towels, utensils, shaking hands with HIV infected patients. Most of students (95.23%) were aware regarding the various preventive measures for HIV/AIDS. Around 86.90% participants were aware that most commonly immune System is affected by HIV. Some 14.88% participants said that Vaccine is available for HIV/AIDS&15.47% said that it is curable. Around 31% participants were afraid of cross infection in giving nursing care to HIV/AIDS. Around 44.50% participants said that ART in PEP for HIV/AIDS is not useful.

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Background: The Society for Elimination of rural poverty (SERP) was established by the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh (GOAP) as a sensitive support structure to facilitate poverty reduction through social mobilization and improvement of livelihoods of rural poor in A.P. The District Rural Development Agency (DRDA)- Indira kranthi patham (IKP) insurance scheme for rural landless people enable every poor family in rural Andhra Pradesh to come out of poverty and stay out of poverty. The investigation of causes of death is very important for planning of preventive measures. Verbal autopsy is the one of the best scientific method to investigate the causes of death.DRDA- IKP insurance scheme for rural landless people resister the deaths and its possible cause with help of grass ischolar_main level worker (BIMA MITRA).

Research Question: What are the causes of death among rural landless insured people of mahabubnagar disst.AP.?

Objective of Study: To investigate and verify the causes of deaths among rural landless insured Persons under DRDA-IKP scheme.

Study Design: Obvrtvational study

Setting and Participants: Community based ,rural area, close relatives of 300 insured people under DRDA-IKP scheme.

Methodology: The DRDA-IKP Mahabubnagar district entrusted the SVS Medical College, Department of Community Medicine, to investigate and verify the causes of deaths of insured landless members during the years 2012 to 2013. Out of the 64 mandals 30 were selected on the basis of 30 cluster sampling technique. Effective sample size turned out to be 300 (275 deaths under AABY and 25 deaths under ABH). Verbal autopsy tool was designed in the form of a Pre-designed, pre tested questionnaire. A responsible adult person preferably 1st degree relative in the household of the diseased was interviewed to answer the questionnaire. Collected data were analyzed in descriptive statistical method.

Results: Out of total 300 insured persons74% were male and 26% were female.The highest numbers of deaths 21% were reported in the age group 50-54 , & Lowest 1% were in the group 15-19 yrs.Around 37% insured persons died below the age of 40years which shows high mortality in much younger age grouup and 90.33% deaths occurred in the economically productive age groups between 31 to 59 years.Around 174 persons (58%) used to consume alcohol , 147(49%) of them were smokers and 45 (15%) were addicted to tobacco chewing .the major causes of deaths were infectious & parasitic diseases(23.66%) and circulatory diseases (23.66%),followed by external causes like accidents (14.66%),diseases of digestive system(10%) and neoplasm (7%),respiratory diseases (6.33%) etc.

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