Sub-Himalayan Journal of Health Research
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Executive Editor: Dr Parveen Sharma
ISSN: 2349-106X
Frequency: Half yearly
Language: English
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Item A Cross Sectional Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices towards Hepatitis B among Undergraduate Medical Students of a Medical College in rural area.(2014-01) Minhas, Akshay; Sood, Abhilash; Raina, S K; Bansal, P; Bhardwaj, Ashok KumarIntroduction: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the most common blood borne viral infection in the world. It is a major potentially life threatening, global health problem. About 6,00,000 people die every year due to the acute or chronic consequences of hepatitis B. Health care workers including medical students are at risk of acquiring the infection while at work. Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of hepatitis B infection among Undergraduate (MBBS) medical students of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra at Tanda. Materials and Methods: Knowledge, attitude, and practises towards Hepatitis B was assessed by using a pre validated questionnaire in a cross sectional descriptive study. Mean scores for knowledge, attitudes and practices were calculated using the Epilnfo software version 7. Results: Four hundred fifty questionnaires were distributed among the students.387 responded, a response rate of 86%. Mean age of female students was 21.5 ± 1.59 yrs and mean age for male students was 21.9 ± 1.69 yr. Mean scores for Knowledge, Attitude, and Practises were 15.87 ± 1.57 (Maximum score 19) , 2.00 ± 0.63 (Maximum Score 3) and 4.6 ± 0.97 (Maximum Score 6) respectively. This study also demonstrates some important shortcomings in the knowledge, attitude, and practises of medical students. Conclusion: Results of the study suggest good Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Hepatitis B among the students. Though, overall knowledge and attitude to HBV infection is good, there is a need to develop guidelines to ensure that medical students are not only fully vaccinated against HBV but adequate practice of standard precautions is also adhered to.Item Understanding pattern and trends in use of tobacco in India.(2014-01) Bhardwaj, Ashok Kumar; Raina, Sunil KumarTobacco smoking has been in vogue for hundreds of years. With the spread of tobacco to Europe and other parts of the world from the sixteenth century, tobacco smoking soon gained popularity in India. Tobacco consumption is responsible for half of all the cancers in men and a quarter of all cancers in women in India.' This is in addition to being a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.2 3 India also has one of the highest rates of oral cancer in the world, partly attributed to high preva lence of tobacco chewing.4-7The World Health Organization predicts that tobacco deaths in India may exceed I .5 million annually by 2020. 8 It has been observed that a signi6cant rural-urban-slum-urban gradient for tobacco use among men as well as women exists in India. There are different, and opposing, trends for use of smoked tobacco (more in rural areas) and smokeless tobacco (more in urban area) among men. However it has been observed that among women, the consumption of smokeless tobacco does not vary significantly.Item Use of social networking sites among medical undergraduates of a medical college in north-west India.(2014-01) Singh, Mitasha; Kaistha, Madhvi; Sood, Abbi|ash; Raina, S K; Bansal, P; Bhardwaj, Ashok KumarIntroduction: Use of Internet for communication has become a very important part of young people's life. Social networking sites are virtual communities that allow users to create a profile and interact with friends. One area of interest in this field is regarding the activities of medical students on social networking sites and how these activities affect their academic performances. Objective: To assess the use of social networking sites and its impact on academic performance among medical undergraduates of a rural medical College. Methodology: It was a cross sectional study conducted over a period of three weeks in December 2013 among undergraduate students of Dr RPGMC Kangra at Tanda. A self-administered questionnaire was used to conduct the study. Data was entered in Microsoft excel sheet and analysed.Result: A total of 150 participants were enrolled of which only 141 agreed to participate. Among these 74 (52%) were males and 68 (48%) females. The mean age of the subjects was 20.2 ± 1.5 years. Majority 123 (87.2 %) used multiple networking sites, 45 % (60/123) had joined communities related to medicine. More than half 52.7 % (65/123) of subjects used these multiple sites to remain connected with their friends.81.7% (49/60) visited medical communities daily and 93.9% (46/49) among them said that these communities has helped increase their knowledge. Average time spent per session was 10-30 minutes among 26.8 % (33/ 123) participants.Conclusion: The results of the study showed that role of social networking sites among undergraduate students pursuing a professional course is important while communicating with friends and people of their own field. It helps them in broadening their knowledge and they feel it has helped them positively in their academic performance.