Health Conducive Behavioural Intervention Needs of Rural and Urban Communities.
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2007-04
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The study reports the prevalence of non-conducive behavioural practices in the area
of “health care” prevalent in 1134 families of Northern India. Sample consisted of
563 families from rural and 571 families from urban area of Barabanki (Centre),
Muzaffarnagar (North) & Gorakhpur (East) district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Behaviour correlates in the area of health care were mapped on a pre-prepared
schedule, “Proforma for mapping of Behaviour correlates”. Percentage, hypothesis
testing for difference between proportions and rank-order correlation was used for
statistical analysis of data. Findings suggest that significantly more families from
rural areas were involved in non-health conducive behavioral practices in all the
studied constituent elements of self care except ‘carefulness about oral hygiene’.
Urban families were more frequently involved in regular daily routine, carefulness
about personal hygiene, appropriate use of personal & leisure time activities, elderly
& child care than rural area. The study highlights the need for behavioural
intervention both in urban as well as rural families in day to day living.
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Health care, Health Conducive Behaviour, Behavioural Intervention Needs
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Tiwari Sarvada Chandra, Chowdhury Alok Kumar, Tripathi Rakesh Kumar, Kumar Aditya , Najeeb Safia. Health Conducive Behavioural Intervention Needs of Rural and Urban Communities. Delhi Psychiatry Journal. 2007 Apr : 10 (1): 46-52.