Current Issue : January - March Volume : 2020 Issue Number : 1 Articles : 6 Articles
The amruthum nutrimix is a health supplement provided by ICDS to satisfy nutritional requirements of the children of Kerala between the age group of 6 months to 3 years. Under nutrition in children is a wide spread health problem in our country. ICDS address the problem of malnutrition has been unsuccessful even after three decades of implementation. Amruthum nutrimix given to underfive children is not utilized due to tedious mode of preparation and unlikable taste. During the period of community health nursing posting, the researcher visited an anganwadi in Pallithottam where majority of the student children will come to anganwadi at morning with pre processed food packets like bingo, lays and kurkure though each student was the benefactor of amruthum nutrimix. Many parents do not have enough knowledge concerning the nutritive value of it. They use them as poultry feed or wasting the product without knowing its utility. So researcher felt the need to provide awareness regarding the proper use amruthum nutrimix. Quantitative research approach, pre experimental one group pretest posttest design was used in research. The results of the study showed that, the mean pretest score of experimental group is 6.15±1.90 and posttest score of experimental group is 12.73±2.01. And calculated â??tâ?? value 23.87 is greater than table value at 0.05 level of significance. There was no significant association between levels of knowledge and demographic variables such as age of mother, religion, occupation, education, type of family and annual income. Since the tabulated values were more than calculated value at 0.05 level of significance. The study concluded that, the calculated â??tâ?? value 23.87 is greater than table value at 0.05 level of significance. So there is a significant difference in posttest knowledge scores before and after intervention. This shows that the interventional programme is effective in improving knowledge regarding use of amruthum nutrimix among mothers of under five children in selected urban anganwadis. There was no significant association between levels of knowledge and demographic variables such as age of mother, religion, occupation, education, type of family and annual income. Since the tabulated values were more than calculated value at 0.05 level of significance....
Brazil is a low-and-middle income country (LMIC) that, despite having a large population and continental dimensions,\nhas been able to successfully fight HIV/AIDS through a number of governmental and societal measures.\nThese included an early response to the epidemic, the development of a universal and free public health system,\nincisive discussions with pharmaceutical companies to reduce antiretroviral (ARV) drug prices, investments towards\nthe development of generic drugs and compulsory licensing of ARVs. Through such measures, Brazil is among the\nleading LMIC towards achieving the 90-90-90 UNAIDS goals in the years to come. In this review, we analyze Brazilâ??s\nprogress throughout the HIV/AIDS epidemic to achieve state-of-the-art ARV treatment and to reduce AIDS mortality\nin the country. The top-quality HIV/AIDS research in Brazil towards HIV prophylactic and functional cure, the next step\ntowards the economic sustainability of the battle against HIV, is also discussed....
Despite notable increase in HIV testing among Ugandaâ??s women from 25% in 2006 to 71% in 2011, HIV testing among\nadolescent women remains very low at 45.5%. This study assesses differences in HIV testing and receipt of results\n(HTR) between adolescent and non-adolescent women in Uganda. The differences were decomposed into components\nattributed to variation in characteristics and variation in effects of characteristics in the two groups. The assessment\nwas based on data sourced from 2011 Uganda Demographic Health Survey. Statistical analysis was done using\na Non-linear Oaxacaâ?? Blinder Multivariate Decomposition of the logistic regression. In the results, the difference in HIV\ntesting and receipt of result between adolescent and non-adolescent women was significantly (P < 0.05) attributed to\nboth variation in characteristics (57.2%) and variation in the effects of characteristics/coefficients (42.8%). In particular,\nthe gap in HTR was mainly attributed to variation in characteristics such as ever had sex (34.7%) and ever given birth\n(31.6%) and variation in effects of characteristics such as education level (-68.8%) and marital status (- 12.6%). Based\non the findings of the study, government and other development partners need to scale up HIV testing programs targeting\nadolescents through tackling stigma, increasing on community outreach services and expanding adolescent\nfriendly HIV services center....
A cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study was conducted from January\nto August 2015 at the Brazzaville Ambulatory Treatment Center and at\nthe National Blood Transfusion Center. The objective was to contribute to improving\nthe care of people living with HIV under antiretroviral therapy by assessing\ntheir global cardiovascular risk (CVR). The variables studied focused on\nthe epidemiological, clinical and biological aspects. The global CVR was assessed\nby the Framingham and WHO/ISH scores. There were 135 HIV-positive subjects,\nincluding 64 treated patients and 71 untreated HIV+ subjects. The subjects\nwere divided into 83 men (61.5%) and 52 women (38.5%), with an average\nage of������....
Introduction: The South African public health system plays an important role in the delivery of HIV testing and treatment\nservices. The health system is also an important conduit for targeted behaviour change communication with\nthe expectation that clients who undergo counselling from health personnel, adopt safer sexual practices. Literature\nremains mixed on the impact these HIV services have on risky sexual behaviour. This analysis examines the sexual\nbehaviour of clients following the utilisation of HIV testing and treatment services in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.\nMethods: Data were used from two consecutive cross-sectional household surveys undertaken from June 2014 to\nJune 2015 (2014/2015 survey) and from July 2015 to June 2016 (2015/2016 survey) in the uMgungundlovu District\nof KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Collectively, 20,048 randomly selected individuals aged 15 to 49 years old were\ninterviewed across the two surveys. Utilisation of HIV testing and treatment services were used as independent\nvariables and three sexual risk behaviours were used as dependent variables. Multiple regression models assessed\nthe impact HIV testing and treatment services had on sexual risk behaviour while controlling for socio-demographic\ncharacteristics.\nResults: Having tested for HIV had no association with any of the three sexual risk behaviours. However, receiving\nan HIV positive diagnosis reduced the likelihood of using condoms inconsistently with the respondentsâ?? most recent\npartner (AOR: 0.64; 95% CI 0.54-0.77). Antiretroviral use was negatively associated with inconsistent condom use\n(AOR: 0.45; 95% CI 0.35-0.58) and number of sexual partners in the previous year (AOR: 0.61; 95% CI 0.46-0.81).\nConclusions: Results indicate that HIV testing and treatment services and the assumed exposure of clients to behaviour\nchange communication, had a limited effect in reducing risky sexual behaviour. Data suggests that the engagement\nbetween health personnel and individuals accessing HIV testing and treatment services does not necessarily\ntranslate into the adoption of safer sexual practices, with the exception of individuals testing positive for HIV and\nthose on ARV treatment, who had adopted safer sexual practices....
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of HPV-HR genotypes\nin the population of sexually active women in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina\nFaso. Methods: This study took place at Souro Sanou Teaching Hospital\nin Bobo-Dioulasso from September to June 2017. A total of 234 women in the\ngynecological period and also sexually active were enrolled after they gave an\nindividual consent. Swabbing of the endocervical canal was done. From the\nsample stored at -20DegreeC, the viral DNA was extracted using the\nâ??DNA-Sorb-Aâ? kit from SACACEâ?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦....
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