INTRODUCTION:Mothers and children constitute the major proportion of our population. At the same time these two groups are very vulnerable and require special attention in health care. 1 In spite of progress in health care delivery, there are variations in utilization of the health services in urban slums, rural and tribal areas. Therefore in this context, an attempt was made to compare the health care practices of mothers in tribal area and urban slums. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study is a community based cross sectional study conducted among mothers with living infants residing in tribal area and urban slums. After the survey and collection, from 606 mothers, comprising 305 from tribal area and 301 from urban slums through self administered questionnaire which covered socio-demographic profile, antenatal care, postnatal care and family planning methods, the data was analyzed using SPSS, 12. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: In urban slums 42% of women are approaching private practitioners for antenatal care whereas 87% of tribal women are depending on government health centers for antenatal care. With regards to intranatal care, 70% of women in tribal areas delivered at their homes where as 80% of deliveries in urban slums were also home deliveries. Spacing is less than a year in 61% of tribal and 37% of urban population. The antenatal care is being provided mainly by private institutions and government hospitals in urban areas. In tribal areas women are approaching health centers for antenatal care. Most of the deliveries in the study population are home deliveries . Utilization of family planning services is very low in both the groups.
''Sarvendriya nam nayanam pradhanam" Of all the organs in the body, eyes are the most important. The blindness or defect in vision decreases the productivity of the nation in addition to increased dependability. The refractive errors in the school children throw them in to defective future. Nutrition deficiency, mental strain, wrong reading habits etc are some of the causes for this defect in these children. Vision is essential for all the children, for the academic and overall development of the now children who are the future Indian Citizens. An attempt was made to study the prevalence of refractive errors in school children. The Lions clubs International has come forward to present the spectacles to all the needy children to correct the refractive errors. MATERIALS & METHODS: By Quantitative method--History taking from all the students by questionnaire method using a preformed structural format and all the visual acuity was clinically examined thoroughly using Snellen's chart, pinhole occlude for all the students. Colour vision was also tested using Ishihara chart.500 students participated in cross sectional study. The results were analyzed using Microsoft excel. 21.4% eat carrot daily, 15.9% eat weekly one, 20.2% eat weekly twice, 27.1% eat monthly once, 23.8% eat monthly twice, and 26.4% do not eat carrot at all. Defective vision is more prevalent in children eating carrot once in a month. 6.7% eat green leafy vegetables daily, 21% eat weekly once, 21.9% eat weekly twice, 13.6% eat monthly once, 27.3% eat monthly twice, and 33.3% do not eat at all. Defective vision is more common in children who do not eat green leafy vegetables at all.19.9% eat fruits daily, 24.9% eat weekly once, 21.3% eat weekly twice, 20% eat monthly once, 6.7% eat monthly twice and the remaining 50% do not eat fruits at all. Defective vision is more common in children who do not eat fruits at all. All the students with refractive errors were provided with appropriate suitable prescribed glasses by Lions Vice Governer Ln Upendra Mulpori.
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