Awareness On Ari

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Awareness on ARI among the families in Sri Ram Nagar Ashok kumar Divya Babu B N. Gayathri S. Nischintha V.G.Sai selvendra kumar

INTRODUCTION Acute infection of any part of the respiratory tract & related structures < 30 days duration, middle ear < 14 days Leading cause of morbidity & mortality in children 4 million child deaths in the world annually 30-60% of paediateric outpatient & 2030% of hospital admission

NEED FOR STUDY Neglected entity inspite of increased public health importance Lack of community based epidemiological surveillance Study formulated with the objective to determine the effectiveness of health education intervention & associated risk factors

Will a health education intervention on acute respiratory infections to 50 families in SRI RAM NAGAR increase the awareness on ARI by 40% over a period of 3 months

OBJECTIVES Assess knowledge on ARI Conduct health education programmes Test effectiveness of the educational intervention Elicit the frequency of ARI among the under fives and the risk factors

REVIEW OF LITERATURE “ A survey in rural community”-BJ medical college, Pune “Perception of severity of acute ARI in under fivesin rural India”, Newton Abbot,UK “Association of vit D deficiency in under fives with acute ARI”, Wayse, Yousafzai, UK “ARI in children” ,longitudinal study in south India “ARI morbidity among under fives and epidemiological factors associated with it”, Niranjan kumar mitra

MATERIALS & METHODOLOGY Study area : Sri Ram Nagar, Coimbatore study population : 50 families Study design : health education intervention study Sampling method : purposive sampling Questionnaire : semistructured Statistical analysis : SPSS 10 software Paired t test, chi square test

TIME LINE CHART

RESULTS

AGE-SEX DISTRIBUTION OF THE STUDY POPULATION AGE GROUP

MALE

FEMALE

21-30

3

18

31-40

7

7

41-50

2

8

51-60

1

2

>60

1

1

TOTAL

14

36

AGE DISTRIBUTION OF UNDER FIVE CHILDREN AGE GROUP

NO. OF CHILDREN

0-1

7

1-2

4

2-3

7

3-4

7

4-5

8

TOTAL

25

SNo

Question

Number of correct Ans (%) Pre

post

Chi value

Level of Sig

1

vulnarable age group to ari

11 (22)

32(64)

17.99

<0.001

2

mode of transmission

9(18)

36(72)

29.45

<0.001

3

exception to symptoms of ari

13(26)

48(96)

51.49

<.001

4

causes of ari

12(24)

31(62)

14.73

<0.001

5

fuel with increased risk of ari

41(82)

48(96)

5.01

<0.01

6

incorrect location of kitchen

16(32)

26(52)

4.11

<0.05

7

risk factor for ari

21(42)

42(84)

18.92

<0.001

8

danger signs of pneumonia

10(20)

42(84)

41.03

<0.001

9

can pneumonia kill a child

30(60)

48(96)

18.88

<.001

10

indoor smoking increases the chance of ari

33(66)

50(100)

20.48

<0.001

11

stopage of breast feeding during an attack

32(64)

43(86)

6.45

<.01

12

home care measures

36(72)

43(86)

2.91

NS(0.08)

13

measures taken for pus in the ear

28(56)

44(88)

12.70

<0.001

14

action to be taken for a child with ari

45(90)

50(100)

5.26

<0.05

60

POST TEST – PRE TEST COMPARISON RESULTS

50 40

PRE POST

30 20 10 0 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14

S.NO

PRE TEST AVG %

POST TEST AVG%

INCREASE IN %

1

41.26

89.62

48.36

Sno Risk factor

Critical ‘P’ ratio val

PRESENCE OF OVER CROWDING

YES NO

1

2

Over crowding Kitchen location

1.1105

ns LOCATION OF KITCHEN

IN OUT

1.35

ns TYPE OF FUEL

3

Type of fuel

1.18

ns

GAS KEROSENE COAL WOOD

DISCUSSION 48.36% Increase in awareness 80% unaware of danger signs of pneumonia 76% had misconception on its cause 78% did not know that children are more prone 52% understood the importance of location of the kitchen even after intervention 90% took the children to hospital Significant link between the risk factors and ARI could not be established – small sample size

RECOMMENDATIONS Overall betterment of the entire population People adequately informed & encouraged to take necessary precautions Education to mothers

LIMITATIONS

Cross sectional study Based on the memory of the responder Inability to understand certain questions Small sample size

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