Community and Public Health Nursing

Vitamin a deficiency is considered as one of the main public health problems in developing countries. Where it is one of the main cause of high morbidity and mortality. Vitamin A deficiency is importance for several functions including vision, reproduction, growth, immunity maintenance of epithelial and regulation of cell proliferation and proliferation. Vitamin A effects are critical during periods of rapid cellular growth and differentiation, such as during pregnancy, when it is supplied by the mother to the fetus. Methodology: A quantitative research design and cross sectional descriptive survey research design was used. A total number of 60 samples were selected by using convenient sampling technique. The data was collected using a structured questionnaires. It consist of 20 question developed by the researcher. Result: The findings reveals that out of 60 mothers of under five children the knowledge regarding vitamin A deficiency 36(72%) of them had inadequate knowledge, 8(16%) of them had moderate knowledge and 6(12%) of them had adequate knowledge.
 

Adolescents age 10–19 years are such groups which can utilize their valuable times in study or simply engage time in social media for chatting or playing games in mobile which make them addicted to mobile. Context: Mobile addiction is still the mysterious problem. We must respond to this problem seriously. I want to investigate: • What are the main reasons behind mobile game addiction? • Who are at risk for mobile game addiction? Aims: • To gather primary information of mobile game users. • To assess the duration of use of mobile to play game among adolescents. Settings and Design: In this study, I have queried various self developed questionnaires to 400 students of age 10–19 yrs. Methods and Material: Questionnaire technique is used to collect relevant data from adolescents. Statistical analysis used: Parameters against which questionnaire was examined are as follows: • Importance of mobile for adolescents. • Time spent on Mobile. • Time spend by parents with their children. Results: • Besides communication, 90% Adolescents like mobile to play games, 7.5% to watch videos, and 2.5 % to attend online classes. • 64 % Adolescents spend 1–2 hours per day, 16% spend <1 hour per day, 10.5 % Adolescents spend 2–3 hours per day, 5.75 % Adolescents spend 3–4 hours per day and 3% spend >4 hours per day. • Both Father and mother are the earning members in 72–7% of adolescents while father of only 27% are the earning member of family. Conclusions: • Easy accessibility and affordability of Mobiles play an important role in mobile addiction. • Less availability of time spend by parents with their children and involvement of both parents are the main reasons behind mobile addiction.
 

Introduction: Obesity has emerged as the most prevalent serious public health problem. It is a complex disorder, which is a determinant to good health and well being. It is the most common nutritional disorder among the higher socio economic group in developing and developed countries. Obesity is becoming most prevalence health problem worldwide in most of the populations, affecting children, adolescents, adults and specially housewives or women. Methodology: A quantitative research approach and cross sectional descriptive survey was used. A total number of 60 samples were selected by the purposive sampling technique. The data was collected using structured questionnaires developed by the researcher. Results: The results found that out of 60 subjects, 24 (40%) had over weight level of obesity and in respect of their level of knowledge, 43(71.7%) of them were adequate level of knowledge. There was statistically (p< 0.05 ) significant association between the level of obesity with associative factors as sleeping hours in night time and performing exercise daily and highly significant (p< 0.001)with physical activity. There was statistically significant association between the level of obesity with demographic variables as educational status (p< 0.05), and highly significant (p< 0.001) with economic status and number of children. Conclusion: Obesity is one of the risk factors for the non communicable diseases. Creating awareness regarding the complications of obesity decreases the mortality due to non communicable diseases. Therefore the findings of the study revealed that the prevalence of obesity among housewives and increasing the level of knowledge among housewives regarding the obesity reduce the risk of complications of obesity.

Background: Type 2 diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) common form of DM characterized by hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, and relative insulin deficiency. Interaction between genetic, environmental and behavioral risk factors, more vulnerable to complications, leading to their premature death. Insidious onset and late recognition, leads to increased morbidity and mortality especially in poor resource developing countries. Methods: The Randomized pilot clinical trial was conducted to check the effectiveness of Amla juice and okra juice (lady’s finger) in controlling blood sugar level among T2DM adults aged between 40–60 yrs in rural areas of Puducherry. The 3 villages were selected by cluster sampling method, subjects were selected from 3 villages by simple random sampling method and they were divided into three groups. Five T2DM subjects were recruited from each village. The data were collected on general information, background information, clinical information, anthropometry along with fasting blood sugar, and glycosylated haemoglobin. The group I of 5 subjects were given a medium sized fresh Amla juice (50 g) on a daily basis in empty stomach for 3 months. The group II of 5 subjects were given a medium sized overnight soaked okra’s mucilage (50 g) on a daily basis in empty stomach for 3 months. Results: There was a significant difference exist between before and after intervention in group I and II. The Amla and Okra juice was effective in reducing the FBS level. Conclusion: The study found that Amla juice and okra’s juice therapy confers good glycaemic control in group I and II.