Community and Public Health Nursing

Depression is a potentially preventable disease if appropriate screening and prophylactic strategies are employed. However, lack of knowledge and awareness can result in underutilization of the preventive strategies. We assessed the knowledge among men and women in selected old age home of surat district. We conducted a comparative study on men and women of selected area. Data were collected using a survey method and self-administered questionnaire related to geriatric depression scale. Data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Data from 60 participants were included in the final analysis. Difference between men and women was 3.7, the median difference between men and women was 4.1, the mode difference between men and women was 2, the standard deviation difference between men and women was 0.54. That is indicate men have more depression rather than women. Conclusions: Our study population showed depression of men and women. Preventive interventions including education for individuals with chronic illness, behavioural activation, cognitive restructuring, problem solving skills training, group support, and life review have also received support.
 

Effectiveness of planned teaching on knowledge regarding psychiatric emergencies and its management among staff nurses in selected hospital” Objectives of the study: To assess the existing knowledge regarding psychiatric emergencies and its management among staff nurses before planned teaching. To assess the effectiveness of planned teaching regarding psychiatric emergencies and its management after teaching planned teaching. To determine the association between knowledge regarding psychiatric emergencies and its management among staff nurses with their selected demographic variables. This study was based on quantitative approach. Sample: The population was staff nurses in selected hospitals. The sample consisted of 30 staff nurses. The inclusion criteria were: (a) Staff nurses working in the hospitals, (b) Staff nurses willing to participate in the study, (c) Staff nurses who could understand and speak Marathi, Hindi, and English. The tool was self-structured knowledge questionnaire. Based on the objectives and the hypothesis the data were analyzed and by using various statistical tests i.e. percentage, mean, chi square and standard deviations’ test. The level of significance set for testing the hypothesis was at 0.05. Results: The findings show that the calculated ‘t’ value was 10.19 for knowledge regarding study psychiatric emergencies. The calculated ‘t’ value was much higher than the tabulated value. Hence, it was strongly interpreted that the planned teaching regarding psychiatric emergencies was effective. So, the H1 was accepted.
 

Cancer is when cells in the body change and grow out of control. Your body is made up of tiny building blocks called cells. Normal cells grow when your body needs them, and die when your body does not need them any longer. Cancer is made up of abnormal cell that grow even though your body doesn’t need them. In most type of cancer, abnormal cell grow to form a lump or mass called a tumor. Oral cancer is cancer that starts in the mouth or throat. Oral cancer is fairly common and curable if found and treated at an early stage.1 The low income groups in India are affected most due to a wide exposure to risk factors such as tobacco chewing and insufficient exposure to newly diagnostic aids, resulting in a delay in reporting of oral cancer.2

Oral cancer is the most common cancer in Indian males. It accounts for 50% to 70% of total cancer mortality. The incidence is nearly 11% in male and 5% in female. It is more common in men (male to female ratio of 2:1). Mortality rate have been decreasing since the early 1980s. The survival rate for all stages of cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx combine is 53%, and 10 year ratio.3 Tobacco consumer in India. A study showed that in India 34.6% (29,66,24,682) people consume tobacco out of which 5.7% (4,88,65,916) smoked cigarettes, 9.2% (7,88,71,303) were bidi smokers and 25.9% (22,20,39,863) used tobacco in other forms (smokeless) disease cause by tobacco include buccal mucosa at first position followed by tongue, larynx, hypopharynx, oropharynx and floor of mouth cancers.4 This study was based on quantitative evaluative research approach A probability simple random sampling. Quasi experimental one group pretest and post-test research design. In this study included 30 samples. Based on the objectives and the hypothesis the data were analyzed by using various statistical tests. Analysis of data showed that there is significant difference between the pre test and post test. The calculated‘t’test values are much higher than the tabulated values. Hence it is statistically interpreted that the self instructional module on prevention of oral cancer at selected college. In this study SIM on prevention of oral cancer was very effective.
 

Background of the Study: Birth and death are the two natural phenomena that all of us have to accept. When a child is born we are happy because a new person is added to our company, whereas, when someone dies, we grieve because he/she is no more with us. Death can occur at any cause. However death in certain instances can be prevented. For instance death due to cardiac arrest can be prevented by giving Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in time. Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation is a technique used in a cardiac arrest to establish heart and lung function until more Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is available.