Community and Public Health Nursing

 A study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude of mothers regarding care of under five children in selected area of Byahatti PHC. Totally 25 mothers were selected by non probability convenient sampling technique. The knowledge was assessed by using structured interview schedule and attitude by using attitude scale. The results reveals that majority of the mothers 17 (68%) had average knowledge, 05 (20%) had good knowledge and 03 (12%) had poor knowledge. And majority of mothers 12 (48%) had negative attitude, 09 (36%) had favorable attitude and 04 (16%) had positive attitude towards care of under five children. Calculated value of Karl pearson’s coefficient of correlation value r = 0.575 is greater than table value (0.396),  Hence there is correlation between Knowledge and attitude of the mothers. The ÷2 value revealed that the gain in knowledge and socio demographic variables is independent. The study findings concluded that, the mothers of Byahatti village are having average knowledge (68%) and negative attitude (48%) regarding care of under- five children.

 A study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of self instructional module on knowledge of automobile mechanics regarding occupational safety at selected workshops in Hubballi. Totally 50 automobile mechanics were selected by non probability purposive sampling technique. The Knowledge was assessed by using structured knowledge questionnaire. The study results reveal that during pre test, 38(76%) mechanics had inadequate knowledge, 12 (24%) had moderate knowledge regarding occupational safety. After introduction of Self Instructional Module all automobile mechanics (100%) had adequate knowledge. The paired‘t’ test value revealed that the gain in the knowledge is statistically significant at 5% level. The ÷2 value revealed that the gain in knowledge and socio demographic variables is independent. The study findings concluded that Self Instructional Module on occupational safety is effective in improving knowledge of automobile mechanics.

The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge regarding personal hygiene, environmental hygiene and food hygiene of male food handlers in selected restaurants at Ernakulam and to find the association between knowledge among male food handlers and selected variables such as age, experience and education. 98% of participants had average and 2% had below average knowledge score on personal hygiene. 37% of the participants had a score below average, 43% of the participant had an average and 20% of the participants had an above average score on environmental hygiene. All participants had average knowledge scores on food hygiene. Only the age of the participants is found to be associated with environmental hygiene.

It is well known that the course of family life is not always smooth. The present study is a descriptive study to identify the high risk families in terms of health and assess their coping strategies in a selected community of Kashmir. Objectives: To identify the high risk families in terms of health in a selected community, to assess the coping strategies of the families and to establish relationship between coping strategies and risk status of families. Methods: Descriptive cross sectional survey design was adopted with a sample of 100 families. The data was collected through systematic random sampling. A structured interview schedule on internal and external environment for identifying high risk families, Aggarwal, O.P. et al, a standardized tool for identifying socio-economic status of the families, Rating scale for assessing coping strategies of families and Pro forma for Anthropometric observation and haemoglobin estimation for identifying obesity, malnutrition and anaemia was used. Result: The findings revealed that 38% of the families were high risk and 62% were in the category of low risk. Majority of the families i.e., 83% had adequate coping strategies and 17% of families had inadequate coping strategies. There was a significant relationship between risk status of families and their coping strategies as obtained by Chi-square at 0.05 level of significance.

Introduction: A study to assess the level of knowledge on Biomedical waste management among IV Year B.Sc .Nursing Students,  studying in College of Nursing, Madurai Medical College, Madurai. Objectives: To assess the level of knowledge on Biomedical waste management among IV Year B.Sc. Nursing Students, studying in College of Nursing, Madurai Medical College, Madurai. To associate the level of knowledge on Biomedical waste management among IV Year B.Sc. nursing students with their selected demographic variables. Conceptual framework: The conceptual framework based on Health Belief Model,  this model was created by Becker. Research approach: Quantitative approach. Design: Descriptive study design was adopted. Setting of the study: The study was conducted College of nursing, Madurai Medical College Madurai. Subjects: There were 45 subjects included in the study. Sampling technique: Purposive sampling technique was used. Findings: This study revealed that there is significant association between Residence, Education of the students, Education of the father, Education of the Mother, Occupation of the father and the level of knowledge among IV Year B.Sc. nursing students regarding biomedical waste management with their selected demographic variables. Conclusion: The study shows that the IV Year B.Sc. nursing students had adequate knowledge regarding Bio-medical waste management.

Disaster Preparedness, whether it’s in anticipation of potential weather-related incidents or terrorist incidents requires a skill for that someone has to be trained for.  It is almost impossible to prevent the occurrence of natural disasters and their damage. However, it is possible to reduce the impact of disasters by adopting suitable disaster mitigation strategies and disaster preparedness. A study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme (STP) regarding knowledge on disaster preparedness at household level among the housewives in Sonipat City of Haryana. A sample of 80 housewives was selected using simple random sampling technique. The tools used for the data collection was structured interview Schedule to assess the knowledge regarding knowledge on disaster preparedness at household level in context of  earthquake, flood , bomb blast, fire incidental measures and risk reduction strategy and  disaster preparedness kit. The finding of the study indicated that the mean post test knowledge score was higher than the mean pre test knowledge score respectively. The chi square values calculated indicated that there was significant association of the knowledge score with the educational status, previous experience of disaster, family income and source of knowledge. finally the study has revealed that the structured teaching programme (STP) was effective in enhancing the knowledge of  housewives regarding disaster preparedness at household level. 

Quasi-Experimental study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of educational session on premenstrual syndrome among reproductive age women in selected rural areas, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.  Data was collected from 50 women living in Peruru Village, Tirupati.  Significance findings in the pretest revealed that a majority (84%) has inadequate knowledge and (10%) has moderate knowledge and (6%) had adequate knowledge on various aspects of PMS. After providing education significant knowledge was gained which reveals 82% of women gained adequate knowledge while 14% of women gained moderate knowledge and 4% of women gained inadequate knowledge on PMS.  The t-value is 28.706, which is statistically significant at 0.01 levels.  The conclusion suggests that the education when imparted to women on premenstrual syndrome can bring improvement in their knowledge and lead to the adoption of preventive practices against premenstrual syndrome.   

Introduction: A study to assess the knowledge on legal and ethical issues in nursing among B.Sc. (Nursing) III year students, College of nursing, Madurai medical college, Madurai. Objectives:  (1)To assess the knowledge on legal and ethical issues in nursing among B.Sc. (N) III year students, (2) To find out the association of knowledge on legal and ethical issues in nursing among B.Sc (N) III-year students with selected demographic variable. Design: The design used for the study was descriptive study design. Subjects: Third year B.Sc. nursing students studying in college of nursing, Madurai medical college, Madurai and who fulfills the inclusion criteria. Sample size: The total sample size is 42 Third year B.Sc. nursing students of college of nursing, Madurai medical college, Madurai. Data collection tool: The tool used to measure the knowledge level was knowledge structured questionnaire. Conceptual framework: The conceptual frame work for this study based on modified health belief model by Rosen Stock and Kegels in 1950. Results: The knowledge on legal and ethical issues in nursing among B.Sc. (Nursing) III-year students shows that out of 42 students, 71% had moderate knowledge and 29% had adequate knowledge. Conclusion: There is a significant  association(p>0.05) between the religion, students education, education of father, occupation of the mother, family income, source of information about legal and ethical issues, reason for doing B.Sc. (N) and the  knowledge on Legal and ethical issues in nursing among B.sc(Nursing)-III year students.

The  Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR)  is substantially high in India. One of the major reasons for MMR is unsafe abortion. The people are not well aware about the emergency contraception especially the college girls. They usually get married at an age of 18 to 20 years and continue their education at in-laws house. There is a real need to impart information on emergency contraception among college girls so that they can decide when to have a child and how to plan pregnancy. The objectives of the study were to develop an information booklet on emergency contraception for under graduate college girls, to asses the knowledge of college girls before and after the administration of information booklet, to seek relationship between post test knowledge scores of college girls and selected variables like subject, background subjects, educational status of parents and previous exposure to any educational program  and to determine the utility and acceptability of the information booklet by the college girls. An evaluative research approach with one group pretest and post test design was used in the study. The population comprised of under graduate college girls studying at Govt. Degree College Handwara, Kashmir University. Purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample of 100 under graduate college girls.The findings of the study revealed that Mean post-test knowledge scores (38.58) of college girls were found to be significantly higher than their mean pre-test knowledge scores (14.1).The information booklet was found to be effective in enhancing the knowledge of college girls on emergency contraception.The information booklet had high acceptability and utility among college girls.

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