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Challenges Faced by Working Population During Lockdown in Response to Corona Virus Outbreak 1 Sonopant G Joshi, Sheetal Barde2 , Ranjana Chavan2 , Deepali Dumbre3 , Tejashree Ligade3 , Roma Sh
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented social and health challenges on the working-classpopulation in India and across the globe. To mitigate the spread of the virus all the state and centralgovernment in India imposed lockdown in the society over the weeks or, in some cases months. Thislockdown has made a severe impact on the physical, psychological, financial, and social conditions of thepeople. The aim of this study is to understand the impact of lockdown amongst people on their personal life,work life and health conditions. Independent survey was conducted to collect the descriptive statistics from120 participants. Majority of the participants expressed that their life become difficult in lockdown. Thereis big challenge observed for women to manage children under 10 years of age. Work from home patternwas found favourable for those who are using computer and internet. Many participants were stressful andfearful as their job is at stake due to heavy financial loss to their employing organization. We have appliedchi square test to find out association and it was found that age and gender is not significantly associated withfacing challenges while other demographic factors are significantly associated.
Assess the Knowledge Regarding Food and Vegetable Sanitation among Housewives in Selected Areas of Pune City Stephina Fernandes1 , Sharadha Ramesh2 , Jennifer. Anthony1 , Poonam Yadav1
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In order to preserve our health and remain healthy, it is of upmost importance to maintain the quality offood we intake and avoid contamination. To achieve this, proper sanitation of the food and vegetables weingest is required. The poor knowledge of food sanitation causes several food-borne disease and varioushealth issues and in turn puts extra strain on our Health Sector. Hence, it is important to prevent the foodfrom getting contaminated with microbes or toxic chemicals, and follow healthy food sanitation practices.To achieve this, food safety at the household level and knowledge regarding handling food is essential.The aim of this study was to gain and scrutinize the knowledge related to food and vegetable sanitationamong housewives who cook the food at home. Objective: 1) To assess knowledge regarding foodsanitation among housewives in selected areas of Pune city. 2) To assess knowledge regarding vegetablesanitation among housewives in the selected areas of Pune city. Result: The analysis shows that 7.94%of housewives have excellent knowledge regarding cleaning of vegetables and fruits, 23% of housewiveshave very good knowledge, 23% of housewives have good knowledge while 44.4% of housewives haveaverage knowledge. Also 15.87% of housewives have excellent knowledge regarding separation (keepapart) of food & vegetables, 7.6% of housewives have very good knowledge, 28.57% housewives have goodknowledge while, 47.6% of housewives have average knowledge. Also 7.94% of housewives have excellentknowledge regarding cooking at safe temperatures, 15.87% of housewives have very good knowledge,25.39% housewives have good knowledge while, 50% of housewives have average knowledge. And 6.35%of housewives have excellent knowledge regarding chilling i.e refrigerating the food items and vegetables,15.87% of housewives have very good knowledge, 31.7% housewives have good knowledge while, 46.0% ofhousewives have average knowledge. Conclusion: The housewives have satisfactory knowledge regardingseparation and cleaning of food and vegetables, also they have less knowledge regarding cooking at safetemperature and the refrigerating of the food and vegetables. Hence, they need to be motivated to followgood food and vegetable practices in order to prevent contamination of food as well as to reduce the rate offood-borne illnesses.
“Social Impact of Pandemic disease (COVID-19) in General Population Stephina Fernandes1 , Sharadha Ramesh2 , Merlin Suji1, Poonam Yadav1
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Abstract:The COVID-19 pandemic has swept the entire world off its feet by its deadly outcomes andIndia is no exception to it. The pandemic has affected our country in many different terms that has causeddifferent issues for the general public and rendering many jobless. There were many problems cause likeeconomic loss, loss of life, business, jobs etc2. Considering this current situation, this research is be basedon highlighting the social impact of the pandemic disease on the general population. Methodology: ANon-Experimental Descriptive Research Approach “Quantitative research which involves the collectionand collation of numerical information under considerable control.” The study was conducted among thegeneral population of Pune City. The selection of sample was based on easy geographical accessibility,willingness of the samples and availability of samples. The sample size for study was 100, selected by usingNon Probability Convenience Sampling Technique from various residents living in Pune City who metthe inclusion criteria. A structured modified questionnaire was developed based on the research problem,to get the information from the samples. Objective: 1) To assess the effect of lockdown on social life ingeneral population in selected area of Pune city. 2) To assess the obstacles faced by general public during theCovid-19 pandemic. 3) To associate the demographic variables with the lockdown effect and obstacles inselected areas of Pune City. Result: The analysis shows that the family relations of 28.6% population wereseverely affected by the pandemic situation and 69.84% of population were less affected by it. The socialrelations and recreation of 76.19% population were severely affected by the pandemic situation and 15.9%of population were less affected by it. The 74.6% population were severely affected psychologically due tothe pandemic situation and 14% of population were less affected psychologically. Also 79.37% populationwere faced severely difficulties in getting the basic necessities during the pandemic situation while 12.7%of population faced less problems in procuring the basic necessities. Also 36.51% population faced severobstacles related to work while 52.4% of population faced less obstacles by it. Since all the p-valuescorresponding to gender is less (less than 0.05). Hence gender is to have significant association with thelockdown effect and obstacles. Conclusion: This research concludes that COVID-19 has had a great effecton social relations, psychological aspect
Study to Evaluate Level of Job Satisfaction among Health Care Personnel Suruchi Pandey1 , Jasneet Kaur2
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Health care Industry has been getting growing significance in economy development and overall wellbeingof nation. This segment has government, public owned and private operators working to cater to the needs ofthe society. Health care and hospitals are considered to be very critical and stress associated functions unlikeother work or business. The reasons are obvious the life and death scenario, patients treatment and recoveryprocess, complex instruments, relatives and friends stress , sometimes lack of medicines or treatment andadd to it emergency situations. The employees working in this industry are doing noble job and have noblereasons to make them feel special about contribution they give to organisation.The purpose of the study was to evaluate the level of job satisfaction among the health personnel of Hospitaland to describe variables related to their job satisfaction. The opinions of health personnel regardingsatisfaction with their jobs were studied using a Job Satisfaction questionnaire. Two levels of analyses werecarried out. Job satisfaction item and a four items construct called nature of job satisfaction were selected asdependent variables. Pearson correlations were used to determine whether the independent variables weresignificantly correlated with job satisfaction.The key results were that overall job satisfaction was moderately high (2.23 on a scale of 3); however thereare differences in satisfaction models between categories of personnel. In addition, there are significantdifferences in the correlations between job satisfaction and the independent variables among the groups ofpersonnel.
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Effectiveness of Selected Yogasanas on Practice of Coping Strategies among Women with Premenopausal Symptoms Residing in Rural area of Pune Dhanamma P Pujari1, Seeta Devi2 , Ranjana Chavan2
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Background Study: The premenopause is experienced by 1.5 million women each year and often involvessymptoms and it divided in to three categories somatic and vasomotor , psychological , and urogenital sexualsymptoms. In the rural area women are not aware about those symptoms and coping strategies to minimizethe symptoms by practicing of Yogasanas.Methodology: In the present study quantitative research approach used and one group pretest post-test Preexperimental research design was executed. Total sample was 50; they were selected using non probabilitypurposive sampling technique. The setting of the study was rural area of the Pune. The questionnaireand observational checklist was used in this study to collect the data. The independent variables werePremenopausal symptoms while the dependent variables were practice of selected Yogasanas on copingstrategies. The group was taught about Yogasanas and explained them how to adopt coping strategies withpremenopausal symptoms. The researchers have supervised and follow up was done for 20 days afterintervention. In order to establish the reliability of the tool inter rated method was used. The scores werecalculated and the reliability was established by Cohen’s Kappa 0.86.Result: In this study paired t-test was used to check the significance between pretest and post test results,and statistical significant result was p-value is less than 0.05, it suggests that women with premenopausalsymptoms are minimized after the practice of Yoga asana on coping strategies.Conclusion: It is concluded that practice of selected Yogasanas on coping strategies are effective and helpsto minimize the premenopausal symptoms.
Effectiveness of Video-Assisted Teaching Program Regarding Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Diseases on Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice among IT Professionals Kiran E. Jadhav1 , Seeta Devi2
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Background: Hypertension is one of the primarily responsible factions for causing cardiovascular diseases,significantly, which results in heart diseases such as stroke, myocardial infarction, and finally leads to death.Objective: To assess the effectiveness of video-assisted intervention regarding risk factors of cardiovasculardiseases on knowledge, attitude and practice among IT professionalsMethodology: A quantitative research approach was executed in the current study. The preexperimental,one group pretest posttest design was used in the study. Experts of medical surgical nursing and physician’sopinion were obtained for the content validity of the tool and interventions. The effectiveness was evaluatedby a self-structured questionnaire for knowledge, attitude, and practice before and after the intervention.Data was compiled and analysis was done by using inferential and descriptive statistics.Results: In the pretest, no participant had good knowledge, whereas 92 % of the participants had gained wellin posttest regarding risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. In the pretest, 88% of participants had a poorattitude and it stooped down to 12 % in posttest regarding CVD. In the pretest, none of the participants hadgood practices in view to prevent cardiovascular diseases.Conclusion: The results show that educational interventions with video were significantly effective inrefining the awareness, attitude, and practices about risk factors of cardiovascular diseases.
Impact of Transformational Leadership on Patient Safety & Outcome– A Systematic Review Manisha Vikrant Mistry1 , A. Seeta Devi1 , Merlin Suji2 , Poonam Yadav2
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Background: Patient safety in healthcare is a worldwide issue. A lot of studies have depicted that nursingleadership has significant impact on patient safety exclusively in the developed world. Leadershipand Management in healthcare profession are very important. A good leader can bring about surprisingdevelopment in the way patient care is rendered. Nursing leaders’ amplified focus on their own roles inhealthcare system as well as on nursing conditions could decrease adverse patient outcomes and improvepatient safety. This study was conducted to understand the Impact of Transformational Leadership on safetyof patients.Methodology: A systematic review using the (PRISMA) Published Guidelines for Reporting SystematicReviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines was conducted. 121 research articles were reviewed using the keywords. They were thoroughly read and understood for being eligible to be included in the systematic review.Finally after a series of review, 06 articles were analyzed, paraphrased and results were reported.Results: The studies depicted that there was a very strong relationship between workplace implementationand patient safety. Transformational leadership was positively related to nursing unit organization.Conclusion: Leadership styles play a very important role in enhancing quality in patient safety.
Knowledge and Attitude Towards First Aid Management in School Teachers Jennifer W. Anthony1 , Sharadha Ramesh2 , Mangesh Jabade13 , Merlin Suji1
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First aid comes in the picture because it gives us first and foremost action required to prevent any complication.Compared to all other age group the school going children in a country are exposed to various kinds ofhealth related incidents like, bleeding, Fracture, skin cuts, burn, Heatstroke, etc. which may contribute tohigher mortality rate if not treated or not handled initially with appropriate care. Most of these incidentsoccur when the child is in school, hence it is essential for all the primary school teaches to be trained tohandle emergencies in school to prevent further various kinds of life threatening complications. Presentstudy aims to assess the level of knowledge regarding First Aid Management among selected school teachersof Pune City; to assess the Attitude regarding First Aid Management among selected school teachers of PuneCity; to find out association between Knowledge score and selected demographic variables and to find outassociation between Attitude score and selected demographic variables.1Methodology: A Non-Experimental Descriptive Research Approach was conducted among various schoolsof Pune City. The selection of sample was based on easy geographical accessibility, cooperation, andavailability of samples. The sample size for study was 60, selected by using Non Probability ConvenienceSampling Technique from various school of Pune City who met the inclusion criteria.Result: The analysis asserts that 82.66% of the school teachers shows Good knowledge regarding First AidManagement and 13.33% of the school teachers shows average knowledge regarding First Management.About 6.66% of total school teachers were found to have positive attitude towards First aid Management,whereas 88.33% of school teachers shown neutral reaction towards First Aid Management and 5% of theteachers were found to have Negative attitude towards First Aid Management.Conclusion: Knowledge related to First Aid Management among school teachers is found to be good andAttitude towards the same is Neutral. However the study proposes that First Aid Management trainingshould be given to all the school teachers to make school a safer place for children and prevent all the lifethreatening complication.
Effectiveness of Education Program on Knowledge Regarding Gestational Diabetes among Nurses Seeta Devi1 , Sheela Upendra2 , Shital Waghmare1 ,
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Background: India has got highest number of the cases with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), In India,prevalence of GDM is about 16.55%, common among young girls.Objectives: The main objective of this study was to assess the effect of education programme on gestationaldiabetes among nurses by assessing the nurse’s knowledge before and after educational programme.Methods and materials: One group pre and pre experimental one group pre and post-test research designwas developed and implemented. Setting of the study was municipal corporate and private hospitals ofPune city was randomly selected. The total sample size was 160 nurses, they were selected by using simplerandom sampling technique. A self-administered structured on knowledge regarding gestational diabeteswas developed and administered.Results: Mean values of pre-test regarding GDM among nurses was 14 and the score was enhanced to 15.4in post-test. In this study, t-value was 3.1 with 159 degrees of freedom. P-value matching to this evaluationwas 0.00, it was less than 0.05. The awareness program on GDM was proved to be meaningfully effectivein refining the awareness of nurses regarding gestational diabetes.