Background: In India adolescent anemia is a major public health problem. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched the Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) program to reduce the prevalence and severity of nutritional anemia in adolescent population. Weekly iron folic supplementation has fewer side effects and lower costs. Objectives: To assess compliance, side effects and the reasons for non-compliance to Iron and Folic Acid tablets among study participants. Materials and methods: This prospective study was undertaken in the rural field practice area of the JJM Medical College, Davangere for the period of one year. Total 175 adolescent girls aged 11-15 years were recruited for the study. Results: In the present study average compliance rate was 58.4%. In the first quarter of study period, nausea (7%), constipation (5%) and stomach pain (4%) were the most common side effects reported by study participants. The side effects were reduced from 22% to 11% at the end of the study period. Conclusion: In the current study, the compliance rate was good during school days but it was poor during school vacations. The main reasons for non-compliance was forgetfulness and fear of side effects to IFA tablets.
Background Studies about health care seeking behaviour and healthcare utilisation give a good insight about factors that may have programmatic and policy implications. In a developing country like India people spend a substantial proportion of their incomes on medical treatment. WHO estimates reveal that every year 25 million households are forced into poverty by illness and the struggle to pay for health care. We explore health care seeking behaviour and related out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure among urban slum households in Davangere, Karnataka. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted between March 1st and August 31st, 2015, in urban slums of Davangere. Among 38 slums in Davangere, 22 residential slums formed our sampling frame where a list of houses with under-fives was collected from the Anganwadi registers. In each slum 10 houses were selected through systematic random sampling; thus a total of 220 houses were studied. Data were collected on health care seeking behaviour and expenditure on under-five illnesses. To avoid recall bias, a one-month recall period for any under-five child morbidity was considered. Findings Among 160 under-fives studied, 30% reported illnesses in the past one month. The mean age of the mothers of the under-fives was 26±1.3 years. Majority (81 %) of the mothers belonged to class IV socio economic class (as per
Background: The use of smart phones is widely prevalent and becoming increasingly affordable. The level of smart phone use by medical students is increasing day by day. However, studies looking at the usage of health related smart phone applications among medical students are few. Thus, our study aimed to know the usage pattern of health related smart phone applications among the medical students. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out from May-July 2018 among undergraduate students in JJM Medical college, Davangere. A pretested semi-structured questionnaire was used for collecting the data. The study participants were asked about use of health related smart phone applications, their satisfaction and perceived benefits after using the health related smart phone applications. Self-reported health status of the students was also collected. Descriptive statistics was used for the analysis. Results: A Total of 62 participants participated in the study and were using health related apps. Majority of the participants who were using health apps were females. The most widely used application was nutrition apps which accounted to 56.4%. About 72.4% of the study participants were spending 30minutes to 01 hour using the health related apps. 19.35% of the study participants perceived the apps to be useful and minority of them were satisfied by the information provided by the health related applications. Conclusion: Study concludes that among the study participants' majority were females and they were using nutrition related applications. Majority of the users were not satisfied with the information provided by the health related applications.
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