Prevalence and health-seeking behavior of reproductive tract infection/sexually transmitted infections symptomatics: A cross-sectional study of a rural community in the Hooghly district of West Bengal.
| dc.contributor.author | Samanta, Amrita | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ghosh, Santanu | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mukherjee, Shuvankar | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-07-06T09:13:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-07-06T09:13:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A community-based, descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in Purushottampur village of the Singur block, Hooghly, using a pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire, to find out the prevalence of RTI / STI symptomatics among the general population aged 15 to 49 years, and to assess their profiles and health-seeking behaviors. Prevalence of (Reproductive tract infection) RTI / STI (Sexually transmitted infections) symptoms in the last 12 months was found to be 13.9 and 13.6% among males and females, respectively. The most common symptom was dysuria and vaginal discharge among males and females, respectively. Almost half of the STI symptomatics (52% male, 50% female) did nothing for their symptoms. Better health-seeking behavior was observed among females. About 9.4% of the males and 47% of the females sought advice from the clinic / hospital / health workers. Strengthening of activities of the existing national program among the general population is needed to build a positive health-seeking behavior that will ensure success of the syndromic management of RTI / STI. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Samanta Amrita, Ghosh Santanu, Mukherjee Shuvankar. Prevalence and health-seeking behavior of reproductive tract infection/sexually transmitted infections symptomatics: A cross-sectional study of a rural community in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2011 Jan-Mar; 55(1): 38-41. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/139321 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.source.uri | https://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2011;volume=55;issue=1;spage=38;epage=41;aulast=Samanta | en_US |
| dc.subject | Behavioural survelliance survey | en_US |
| dc.subject | National AIDS Control Program | en_US |
| dc.subject | RTI / STI | en_US |
| dc.subject | Syndromic management | en_US |
| dc.title | Prevalence and health-seeking behavior of reproductive tract infection/sexually transmitted infections symptomatics: A cross-sectional study of a rural community in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |