Knowledge of Swine Flu among Health Care Workers and General Population of Haryana, India during 2009 Pandemic

Kumar, Naresh; Sood, Sushma; Singh, Manjeet; Kumar, Mukesh; Makkar, Beena; Singh, Manusha

doi:10.4066/amj.2010.314

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“…In the same study >80% of the subjects thought that touching nose and mouth without washing hands and other poor hygienic practices can transmit the disease compared to 7.5% in the present study. [8] In viveki et al, 64% of subjects had heard from Newspaper which is almost similar to present study, nearly 61% had heard from TV which is much less than the present study and nearly 44% from public hoardings which is much higher than the present study. [9] In the present study nearly 33% of the subjects knew about the major signs & symptoms of the disease which is higher than V Chaudhary et al where 20% of males & 16% of females knew about coryza & other major signs & symptoms.…”

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“…[9] In the present study nearly 33% of the subjects knew about the major signs & symptoms of the disease which is higher than V Chaudhary et al where 20% of males & 16% of females knew about coryza & other major signs & symptoms. [8] In Kumar et al it was seen that 70% knew that mask can prevent the spread of the infection (40% in the present study). In the above study almost 40% of the subjects used to wash their hands regularly which was <2% in present study.…”

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A study of the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding H1N1 among the residents of Surendranagar city

Mahyavanshi¹,

Nagar²,

Nagar³

et al. 2013

Int J Med Sci Public Health

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Background: H1N1 virus has caused a major pandemic worldwide creating a global havoc. The Infection till now has claimed over 14,000 lives. Even after the declaration of the end of pandemic there are still epidemics & sporadic cases reported from many parts of India, which shows that the lacunae left in the awareness among the people. Aims & Objective: (1) To find out the awareness regarding H1N1 influenza among urban population of Surendranagar. (2) To elucidate the correlation of the awareness with the socio demographic characteristics. Material and Methods: Sample selection was by simple random technique & size of the sample was 742. A cross sectional house to house survey was carried out. The obtained data was analyzed using SPSS for windows. Results: Out of the 742 subjects, 272 were males and 470 females with mean age of 37.31 ± 17.58. Out of the total no. of subjects, only 430 (57.95%) had heard of swine flu. Majority of the families (70.88%) were from Social Class 1 (Modified Prasad's Classification). Out of those who had heard of swine flu, 43.48% of the individuals knew that the disease transmission was through Coughing, sneezing and airborne. About 42.99% of subjects knew about the major symptoms like fever, coryza and dyspnoea. Conclusion: There was a large no. of individuals in the population who had not heard of swine flu, indicating that in spite of the health education; there has been some loophole in conveying the knowledge regarding the disease to the people, showing an urgent need of more large scale IEC activities.

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A study of the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding H1N1 among the residents of Surendranagar city

Mahyavanshi¹,

Nagar²,

Nagar³

et al. 2013

Int J Med Sci Public Health

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“…Also more than 50% of subjects in two studies and 100% of subjects in the other study were of the opinion that frequent hand washing and use of sanitizer are one of the effective methods to prevent swine flu in a systematic review conducted by Ramandeep SG et al among dental professionals in India [13] . 95% of the participants in the current study believed that wearing masks could prevent infection while 70% of respondents in a study conducted by Naresh Kumar et al in Haryanan thought that use of masks prevent the disease [14] . In a study conducted by Omer Evirgen et al in Turkey 57.1% participants thought that masks could prevent infection [12] .…”

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Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices regarding H1N1 pandemic influenza among the health care providers working at a tertiary care hospital in Kashmir: A cross sectional study

Ahmed¹,

Ali²

2019

Int. J. Adv. Community Med.

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Background: Health care professionals are a high risk group for H1N1 and it is important for them to have correct knowledge about the disease in order to be able to prevent themselves from the disease. Objectives: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding H1N1 pandemic influenza among the health care providers working at a tertiary care hospital. Methodology: Data was collected from 279 health care providers who were selected by convenience sampling. Results: Overall the participants had some/sufficient knowledge about the disease. 44.8% of the study participants had received training on hand hygiene while only 24% had received training on the use of personal protective equipment. Only 54.8 % of the study participants were vaccinated against H1N1. Conclusion: It was seen that there were some gaps in the knowledge about the disease. Educational and training programmes for health care providers should be conducted regularly.

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“…This finding was very low compared to previous studies Kumar (98%) in Delhi. 9 A Korean study showed that females washed hands more frequently at the time of the peak pandemic period of A/H1N1. This variation could be due to the difference in living standards of the study population.…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practice study on swine flu (H1N1) among adolescent school children in Kolhapur district in Maharashtra

Yadav

Shete

2020

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Swine flu (H1N1) is very infectious respiratory disease occurring in different parts of world showing pandemicity from time to time. Thorough knowledge about its epidemiology and clinical symptoms, attitude towards disease and practices to prevent its occurrence and spread are essential in all age groups especially in school children. To assess the awareness, practices, their attitude and myths regarding swine flu among adolescent school going children in Kolhapur district Maharashtra.Methods: A pre-tested questionnaire was designed emphasized on the demographic profile, knowledge and misconceptions about cause, transmission, prevention and cure of swine flu (H1N1) and social responsibility of every student about spreading awareness. The questionnaires were distributed to school students of 9th& 10th standard only. Maximum 15 minutes were allotted to participants. A power point presentation regarding swine flu was delivered to participants and staff members.Results: Total 210 study participants were included. 80.47% students knew cause of swine flu is viral and 69.04% knew it spreads through airborne route. 73.33% students correctly knew about symptoms of swine flu. 71.90% mentioned all the correct preventive methods as wearing face mask of appropriate size, vaccination against swine flu and maintaining hand hygiene. In reality only 32.38% students exclusively practicing hand hygiene.Conclusions: Although the term was well known, better recognition of pandemic influenza cases is needed. Children were not aware about certain important treatment and prevention aspects of the disease.

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Knowledge of Swine Flu among Health Care Workers and General Population of Haryana, India during 2009 Pandemic

Cited by 6 publications

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A study of the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding H1N1 among the residents of Surendranagar city

A study of the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding H1N1 among the residents of Surendranagar city

Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices regarding H1N1 pandemic influenza among the health care providers working at a tertiary care hospital in Kashmir: A cross sectional study

Knowledge, attitude and practice study on swine flu (H1N1) among adolescent school children in Kolhapur district in Maharashtra

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