Epidemiology of childhood diseases in an urban resettlement colony in Delhi

Kadirvelu, Udhayabashkaran; Sharma, Nandini; Velu, Maneksha; Kohli, Charu

doi:10.1016/j.cegh.2016.05.001

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“…ARI was less prevalent in our study unlike other studies done in Delhi and Gujarat where maximum morbidities were due to ARI. 22,24 The difference in our result is due to the endemicity of malaria in this region. Another study done at Vellore, Tamil Nadu, showed respiratory illness to be most frequent about 87.8% followed by gastrointestinal (52.9%…”

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“…In a similar study by Kadirvelu et al, done in urban settlement in Delhi, percentage of illiterate mothers were much lower almost 14.4%. 22 While another study done in Aligarh showed completely different result showing 80% illiteracy among mothers. 23 The huge variance in the results among all the three studies may be attributed to the higher literacy in Delhi as compared to Jharkhand as well as other parts of the country.…”

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Epidemiological study on admission of infectious diseases in pediatrics department of a tertiary care hospital, Jharkhand, India

Murmu¹,

Pushpa²,

Kujur³

et al. 2020

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Infectious diseases have a major contribution in the mortality and morbidity among children in India. The aim of our study was to assess the infectious diseases and the sociodemographic characteristics along with the assessment of awareness on mode of transmission of these diseases among the family members.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study done in Department of Pediatrics, RIMS, Ranchi, for a period of 6 months by consecutive sampling. Pre-tested, semi structured questionnaire was used for data collection and analysed in SPSS version 20.Results: A total of 220 children were included in the study. Majority of patients (60%) comprised of under 5 age group with male predominance (55%), with 84.1% children fully immunized, among which 54.1% were institutional deliveries and approx. 85.9% children were breast fed for more than 6 months. Malaria, being an endemic disease of Jharkhand affected maximum children (38.2%). Sanitation, (toilet facilities) was about 27% and hand hygiene was only 5% in the family members of the patients admitted. Thus lack of awareness and poor hand hygiene was an important finding in our result.Conclusions: Health education among the community should be the prime concern for the reduction of the diseases.

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Epidemiological study on admission of infectious diseases in pediatrics department of a tertiary care hospital, Jharkhand, India

Murmu¹,

Pushpa²,

Kujur³

et al. 2020

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…The number of Central Sulawesi people with acute respiratory infection (ARI) was increased significantly (46.1%) during 2012 to 2016 (28). Prevalence of ARI was significantly less in exclusively breastfed children compared to not exclusively breastfed children (p=0.002) (29). Children are generally more susceptible to diseases.…”

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Medicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers for the Treatment of Various Diseases in Ondae Sub-ethnic of Poso District in Indonesia

Rahmawati¹,

Widiyastuti²,

Purwanto³

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Health Research (ISHR 2019)

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Exploration and inventory of medicinal plants and their use in the community based on local wisdom need to be conducted. This ethno-pharmacological study was undertaken to documenting the medicinal plants and herbal formula utilized by traditional healers in prevention as well as treatment of various diseases in Ondae sub-ethnic of Central Sulawesi of Indonesia. The research was conducted in five selected villages located in Poso District of Central Sulawesi. Traditional healers were selected using purposive sampling based on many inclusion criteria. Data collection was done by direct interviews with traditional healers using a structured questionnaire, observation, and medicinal plants specimen collection. Totally, there are 66 medicinal plant species distributed among 34 plants family used by traditional healers in Onda'e sub-ethnic whereas Euphorbiaceae is the most widespread family used. As of 146 herbal formula are determined among 5 selected traditional healers to prevent and cure ailments. Leaf (34.6%) is recognized as the most common plant part used followed by herbaceous plant parts (21.5%), while flower (0.6%) is the least plant parts utilized in Ondae sub-ethnic. A tumor (cancer) and child healthcare are the most general disease handled by traditional healers in Onda'e sub-ethnic. Traditional knowledge of medicinal plants utilization both for preventing and healing diseases still exist in fifth selected villages among Onda'e sub-ethnic of Central Sulawesi especially by traditional healers. Good documentation on the database is expected to be one of the ways to prevent the loss of this local knowledge. Recommendation: Further investigation of laboratory experimental research needs to be conducted to provide scientific data on the safety and efficacy of medicinal plants utilized by traditional healers.

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Epidemiology of childhood diseases in an urban resettlement colony in Delhi

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Epidemiological study on admission of infectious diseases in pediatrics department of a tertiary care hospital, Jharkhand, India

Epidemiological study on admission of infectious diseases in pediatrics department of a tertiary care hospital, Jharkhand, India

Medicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers for the Treatment of Various Diseases in Ondae Sub-ethnic of Poso District in Indonesia

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