Community and Public Health Nursing

Umbilical cord is the vital direct interlink between mother and fetus which is always depicted as the relationship of an emotional bonding of motherhood which is a beautiful experience for a women. When mother gives birth the blood remains in the placenta and umbilical cord is referred as cord blood. Cord blood is the blood which remains in the umbilical cord and placenta post-delivery. Cord blood banking is the process of collecting the cord blood and extracting and cryogenically freezing its stem cells and other cells of the immune system for potential future medical use. Cord blood banking is a once in a life time opportunity to save our baby and the cord blood stem cells for potential medical uses like malignancies, bone marrow failure disorders, inherited metabolic and immunological disorder. A community based descriptive survey design study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge and attitude regarding umbilical cord blood banking among antenatal mothers. Materials and methods: The research approach used for this study was quantitative research approach and descriptive cross sectional survey design was adopted. By using purposive sampling technique 100 subjects were selected from primary health centre during antenatal clinic. Out of 100 subjects, 63 (63%) had inadequate level of knowledge and 66 (66%) of the subjects had positive level of attitude. There was a positive correlation between knowledge and attitude between the subjects towards umbilical cord blood banking. There was statistically significant association (p< 0.005 level). between the knowledge and attitude with selected demographic variables as type of family, monthly income, previous knowledge on umbilical cord blood banking. Conclusion: It was evident that antenatal mothers had positive attitude towards umbilical cord blood banking and inadequate knowledge about the umbilical cord blood banking. After data collection with ,the information booklet, the researcher created awareness to all the antenatal mothers and motivated to do the umbilical cord blood banking for the welfare of their children and they got positive feedback as most of the mothers registered for cord blood banking. This study enlightens the knowledge of the parents about umbilical cord blood banking and generate a strong voice for the children future all around the world.

COVID 19 is a newly emerged disease affecting the respiratory system and resembling the SARS disease. It has become a pandemic not less than 3 months from its first case reported in China. The study was carried out with the objectives to assess the knowledge on COVID 19 among adults in urban area of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The study was conducted using quantitative approach with descriptive study design. 100 Adult men and women between 18 – 59 years of age willing to participate in the study were included using non probability convenient sampling. 65% of the participants were women, 49% were graduate and 46% of the participants were employed. Results of the study showed that about 55% of the participants had adequate knowledge and none of the demographic variables were associated with the levelofknowledgeonCOVID19atp≤0.05

Diabetic mellitus is the third leading cause of death by diseases. People with diabetics are prone to foot problem because the disease can cause damage to the blood vessels and nerve. This is in turn may result in decreased ability to sense trauma or pressure on the foot, so it is important to create awareness about foot care among diabetic patients. The present study was a comparative study to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice between urban and rural people towards foot care among patients with diabetes mellitus in selected areas of Puducherry. Materials and methods: The research approach used for this study was quantitative research approach and descriptive research design was adopted. By using purposive sampling technique 60 samples (urban = 30 & rural = 30) were selected. The researchers used structured questionnaire to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice on foot are among the urban and rural people. Results: According to the knowledge on foot care, more number of subjects 10(33.33%) are from urban area had adequate knowledge towards foot care when compared to the rural. According to the attitude towards foot care, more number of subjects 22(73.33%) are from urban area had positive attitude towards foot care when compared to rural. According to the practice towards foot care, more number of subjects 20(66.66%) are from urban area had adequate practice towards foot care when compared to rural area. Conclusion: The major findings revealed that the subjects in urban area have adequate knowledge, attitude and practice towards foot care than the subjects in rural area.