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Binod Kumar Behera ¹, Ajay Tyagi ¹, Babita Rani ¹, Suraj Chawla ¹, Behera Joshil Kumar ², MC. Sahoo ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Community Medicine, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
2 Department of Physiology Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
3 Deputy Medical Superintendent, Department of Hospital Administration, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN

Abstract

More than 80% of deaths due to tobacco use occur in the developing countries. Each year 0.8-.09 million Indians die due to tobacco related disease. India has the highest number of oral cancer in the world and 90% of all oral cancers are related to tobacco use.Warning labels on tobacco products are an effective way of communicating the consequences of tobacco use and bring about behavioural changes like quitting and reducing the tobacco consumption.Present cross-sectional study was conducted to know the effectiveness of the pictorial warning on the tobacco product and people's attitude toward this warning in a tertiary care hospital setting using a pre tested semi structure interview schedule.A total of 308 adults were included in the study, of which 108 (35.06%) participant never consumed tobacco products.280 (90.90%) participants ever noticed a pictorial warning on the tobacco product,130(42.20%) participant said it does not have any impact on the habit.192 (96%) said tobacco uses have adverse effect on health and 164 (82 %) ever had thought to quit this habit, 28 (14%) participants said they thought to quit smoking due to warning on the pack and only 5(2.5%) of them could quit this habit because of that.

Keywords

Tobacco Consumption, Tobacco Product, Pictorial Warning, Tertiary Care Hospital.

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Avneet Singh ¹, Ramesh Verma ², Pardeep Khanna ², Suraj Chawla ², Shankar Prinja ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Community Medicine CMC, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN
2 Department of Community Medicine, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
3 School of Public Health PGIMER, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

Healthcare workers (HCWs) are potentially exposed to blood and body fluids (BBF) in the course of their work and therefore are at risk of infection with blood-borne pathogens, such as HIV, hepatitis B and C viruses. Worldwide, three million HCWs experience percutaneous exposure to blood-borne viruses each year (two million hepatitis B, 900,000 hepatitis C and 300,000 human immunodeficiency virus). Exposure to BBF can occur through: percutaneous injury (needle-stick injury, NSI) or mucocutaneous incident (BBF splash), to assess the knowledge, risk perception and compliance with universal precautions among health care functionaries. Cross sectional type. Rural block Ben of Jhajjar district. 118 government health functionaries. Government health functionaries. The study was a cross sectional type and earned out in a rural block Bert of Jhajjar district. The present study shows about one third (37.4%) health functionaries in health the centres were multipurpose health worker (female), while 14.7% were medical officers. The present study recorded maximum compliance with universal precautions was no needle recap among 90.5% doctors while same compliance among no needle recaps among 79.4% paramedical staffs. Although compliance with universal precautions for correct disposal among doctors was 80.9% while compliance with universal precautions for correct disposal was 35.4% among paramedical staffs. The study concluded that there should be education and training of health care personnel to develop awareness of the health, safety and environmental issues relating to health care waste and how these can affect employees in their daily work must become a routine and regular activity

Keywords

Knowledge, Risk Perception, Health, Functionaries.

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Avneet Singh ¹, Ramesh Verma ¹, Suraj Chawla ¹, Shankar Prinja ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Community Medicine, Pt.B.D.Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, IN
2 School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

Domestic cooking is an important duty of an average Indian housewife. On an average, an Indian woman spends about four to six hours daily for cooking. Mainly four different types of cooking fuels are used in this country: biomass fuel (Wood, Cow-dung cake, agricultural waste, coal etc.); liquefied petroleum gas (LPG); kerosene and a mixture of these.To assess the morbidity among female. Cross sectional type Rural block Ben of Jhajjar district. 500 female. Housewife. The study was a cross sectional type and carried out ma rural block Ben of jhajjar district. The present study shows that maximum female 272 (54.4%) were using mixture of LPG and biomass fuel followed by 178 (35.6%) using biomass fuels and 50 (10%) using stoves. The study revealed that the maximum female were 184 (36.8%) complaining of cough followed by difficulty in breathing 108 (21.6%), 13.6% female had GIT problems. There is a strong correlation between using biomass fuel and respiratory diseases, suggesting that the use of biomass fuel indeed be a culprit behind these high levels of respiratory diseases. The present study has confirmed that biomass fuel exposure is a principal risk factor in the causation of lung diseases among women. Better-ventilated kitchens, smokeless chimneys and use of alternate fuels like LPG should be emphasized as a measure to lessen the risk of respiratory diseases to lndian women.

Keywords

Indoor Pollution, Females, Rural Block.

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Binod Kumar Behera ¹, Ajay Tyagi ¹, Suraj Chawla ¹, Behera Joshil Kumar ², M. C. Sahoo ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Community Medicine, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
2 Department of Physiology, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, IN
3 Department of Hospital Administration, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD) are a major contributor to burden of disease in developed countries, and are increasing rapidly in developing countries such as India. Cardiovascular diseases & cancer accounted for 48% and 21% of NCD deaths respectively. There are several risk factors associated with cardiovascular diseases & cancer that are modifiable. This study was aimed to assess perception of selected risk factors for cancer and heart attack among visitors of a teaching hospital. This cross-sectional study was carried out during March-June 2011 in a teaching institution of northern India. Randomly 1690 ambulatory adult (>18 years) visitors (patients or attendants) of this hospital were included in the study. Nearly, 64.5% and 82.0% responded that tobacco consumption causes heart attack and cancer respectively while obesity was considered as a risk factor by 68.4% (heart attack) and 28.1% (cancer). Nearly 70.7% reported that diet rich in fat/oil could lead to heart attack but only 23.5% mentioned it for cancer. 54.2% believed cancer is treatable if detected early while 22.5% mentioned cancer cannot be treated at all. This study clearly highlights some of these selected factors and provides opportunity for initiating educational measures to enhance knowledge and remove myths/or misconception.

Keywords

Perception, Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cancer.

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