Background: Prevention and management of obesity is largely depends on motivation and education of people about obesity, in turn this can be greatly facilitated by adequate baseline data on the knowledge, attitude and practise (KAP) of people. The aim of this study was to assess the KAP on obesity among obese people of an urban slum of Mumbai. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in randomly selected sample from Shivaji Nagar urban slum area of Mumbai. Structured questionnaire were used to test their knowledge, attitude and practises regarding obesity. Results: 350 adults of age more than 18 years were analysed. 56% were male and 81.1% were of Muslim community. Prevalence of obesity and overweight was found to be 8.6% and 32.3% respectively as per body mass index (BMI). 42.0% subject’s thought that they are slim, 43.4% thought that they are fit and only 14.6% subjects considered hat they have weight more than normal. Only 46.9% said that they are frequently teased about their weight or physical appearance and only 28.6% said that teasing affected them mentally. 70.9% subjects know that there are health consequences of being obese and only 7.7% have made any effort to reduce weight. 88.3% subjects think diet control and 79.3% think exercise and 11.7% consider medication as a treatment modality for obesity. Conclusions: There appears to be lack of knowledge about obesity and its effects on health, as well as the methods for reducing weight. An IEC program can be developed in this context.
Background: Biomedical wastes generated from hospital settings are a potent source of various infections and diseases like AIDS, Hepatitis and other bacterial diseases causing serious threat to health. Health care workers which include class IV workers are at greater risk of various morbidities due to their job profile, including transport and disposal of biomedical waste. The study aims to find out the work related injuries among class IV workers involved in handling and disposal of biomedical wastes. The objective of the study was to assess the epidemiological factors and describe the work related injuries among class IV workers in a tertiary teaching hospital of Nagpur. Methods: A cross-sectional study amongst 100 class IV workers was conducted using a structured questionnaire mentioning the socio-demographic profile and injury details at the work place. Results: Of the 100 subjects, majority (37%) fall into the age group of 40-49 years. There were 77 females and 23 males. 58% were educated till high school and there were 4 illiterates among the workers. On enquiring about the details of injury in past 6 months, 45 workers were injured during their working hour of which maximum was by needle. There were 3 workers who in spite of being injured, didn’t report to higher authority. Conclusions: Injuries at work place are fairly common and this holds truth for the class IV workers handling and disposing biomedical wastes. Proper disposal of sharps and other biomedical wastes correctly can minimize the risk of hazard.
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