Awareness and utilization of Geriatric Welfare Schemes among urban elderly population of District Gautam Budh Nagar

Abstract

Background: India has 8.6% elderly population which is going to increase to 12% by 2025. Government of India is providing for the elderly through various social security and welfare schemes as well as legislations. But various studies, mostly in rural areas have shown that the awareness regarding these schemes was poor and incomplete. Utilization of schemes by the beneficiaries was even poorer. Very few studies have assessed the same in urban areas. Aims & Objectives: To assess the awareness and utilization of geriatric welfare schemes and factors associated with them among urban elderly. Material & Methods: The study was conducted in urban field practice area of Dept of Community Medicine, SMS&R, Greater Noida. 402 elderly living in slums of Bhangel, Noida, were interviewed using semi structured questionnaire assuming 50% awareness levels in the urban area with 10% relative precision and 95% confidence interval. Results: Awareness regarding any one scheme was 31.6%, of whom only one fourth subjects knew about more than one scheme. Among those who knew about the schemes, only 40% were utilizing them. The awareness as well as utilization was found to be significantly associated with religion, caste and educational status of the subject. Conclusion: The study shows poor awareness and even poorer utilization of geriatric welfare schemes among elderly people of urban slums. Further studies are required for judging the influencing factors.

Evaluation of teachers’ self-efficacy on integration of eye health education and promotion at basic schools in Solukhumbu district, Nepal: A cross-sectional study

“…The study concludes that teaching experience and training exposure were not significant capabilities to conduct eye health activities in the school. Agrawal et al, (2018) showed that a teacher's confidence in eye health education and promotional activities was low in different socio-demographic characteristics. This study shows the qualification-wise differences proved that most masters and the above-level teachers were more competent than other qualificationlevel teachers (Fry, Ketteridge, and Marshall, 2009).…”

Development and validation of a novel questionnaire regarding vision screening among preschool teachers in Malaysia

“…Even though the number of preschool teachers that completed the test the second time around was only 37% (60 teachers), the amount was still acceptable as the estimated number for test-retest to be carried out was 55, considering a significant level of 0.05, 80% of study power and expected ICC of 0.8 [34] . The psychometric properties of the KAP-VST questionnaire could not be compared to other studies because of the limited information in the development and validation process of these KAP studies [35][36][37] .…”