Organ Donation awareness among farmers of selected rural area of Andhra Pradesh

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dc.contributor.authorPanda, Manishaen_US
dc.contributor.authorV., Rajlaxmien_US
dc.contributor.authorRaju, Venkareddyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-09T09:32:50Z
dc.date.available2025-05-09T09:32:50Z
dc.date.issued2024-12
dc.description.abstractThe study designed to analyze the knowledge and attitudes toward organ donation among farmers and laborers in Andhra Pradesh. Health care workers play an important role in educating and raising awareness about organ donation in a community. In our research of 465 individuals, 136 were female and 329 were male. This cross-sectional survey successfully assessed the knowledge, attitudes, and desire to donate organs. We checked Attitude and the willingness of organ donation by the question Whom would you like to donate to farmers in responded Family member 119 (39.66%) and Laborers 75 (45.45%) and the organ donation to 揂ny Religion�, farmers responded 50 (16.66%) and Laborers 33 (20%). As an Indian citizen with a social obligation to society to assist better people's lives, I checked this criterion using the question Should organ donation be promoted? Farmers opted YES 269 (89.66%), while laborers voted NO 132 (80%). In question: Have you ever donated blood? Farmers 190 (63.33%) chose yes, while laborers 74 (44.84%) chose no. Response to the question "Do you think it's important to bury my body "whole"? 179 (59.66%) farmers and 119 (72.12) laborers said YES. Organizing campaigns and activities to raise awareness about organ donation can assist farmers and laborers improve their knowledge and attitudes.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsFaculty of General Medicine, NRI Medical College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsFaculty of General Surgery, NRI Medical College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsThe Department of Psychiatry, Maharajah抯 Institute of Medical Sciences, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationPanda Manisha, V. Rajlaxmi, Raju Venkareddy . Organ Donation awareness among farmers of selected rural area of Andhra Pradesh . International Journal of Advances in Health Sciences. 2024 Dec; 11(6): 9-17en_US
dc.identifier.issn2349-7033
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/244767
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherIJHS medical Associationen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber6en_US
dc.relation.volume11en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14525089en_US
dc.subjectOrgan Donationen_US
dc.subjectAwarenessen_US
dc.subjectfarmersen_US
dc.subjectlaborersen_US
dc.subjectknowledge and attitudesen_US
dc.titleOrgan Donation awareness among farmers of selected rural area of Andhra Pradeshen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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