iosr-JNHS   Volume-3 ~ Issue-4 ~ July-August 2014

Abstract: Context: The old age is a crucial phase where the physiological, psychological and socio-cultural changes in elderly contribute to the development of stress. 236 elderly people per ten thousand suffer from mental illness mainly due to stress, heart disease, stroke and cancer. Practice of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) is the simplest and effective method to decrease muscle tension, reduce the stress and to lower blood pressure. Aims: This study aimed to assess the level of stress and blood pressure among elderly with hypertension, evaluate the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation technique on stress and blood pressure among elderly with hypertension, identify the relationship between the stress level and blood pressure level among elderly with hypertension and associate the stress and blood pressure with the demographic variables among elderly with hypertension. Materials and methods: Research design adopted for the study was an experimental pretest posttest control group design. The study was conducted in selected villages of rural health and training centre of SRMC & RI at vayalanallur. Sixty elderly with hypertension in the age group of 60-70 years who are having mild and moderate level of stress and blood pressure. Background variables were collected. Stress level was assessed by perceived stress scale (PSS) and blood pressure was measured by sphygmomanometer. The study group (n=30) demonstrated the progressive muscle relaxation technique for 20 minutes for 21 days. Control group followed routine activities. The data were collected at four phases: The survey (pretest), demonstration of PMR, practice of PMR for 21 days, posttest on the 22ndday after intervention. During posttest the stress and blood pressure were measured.

Keywords: Progressive muscle relaxation technique, stress and blood pressure

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Abstract: I am an expert in Dermatoglyphics i.e. study of fingerprints. In this discipline, I have an experience of 28 years. My research work is on the formation of patterns on the first phalange of all the hand fingers and also on the skin of palms. By authenticating the finger impressions and its nature of forming ridge characteristics (ridges as well as its patterns), I have understood that each finger impression is working as an index to an organ which in turn leads to the analysis of organ development and its condition. For declaring this statement, I have verified thousands of finger impressions formed at first phalange of fingers.

Key words: Fingerprint, Health by Birth, Friction Skin, Analyzing, Human Organs, Child Status of Health.

[1]. Right and Left thumb related and linked with Brain.
[2]. Right and Left index related and linked with Bladder/Sex Organs.
[3]. Right and Left middle related and linked with Kidneys.
[4]. Right and Left ring related and linked with Pancreas.
[5]. Right and Left little related and linked with Heart.

Abstract: A public screening of diabetes associated glucosuria in urine was the focus of this study. The population was randomly selected from five different communities namely Igwe Ebong, Ebenta, Ochekpo, Igwe Oke, and Ikwoku communities of Uwokwu district of Oju Local government area. A total of 800 people age between 10 and 75 years were screened. 406 were males and 394 were females. Random urine glucose analysis (urinalysis) was by use of qualitative visual reading technique to detect urine glucose. Glucosuria was detected in urine of two subjects between ages 41 and 50 among the males, the age known for adult on set of type 2 diabetes representing 0.49% of the total males while none were found in the females. This presumed undiagnosed diabetes found in the two subjects of the study population may be an indication of a gradual emergence of the disease. It was concluded from this study that there was a low prevalence of diabetes associated glucosuria 0.25% of the total population making up the communities with a need for people of the area to undergo regular screening of their urine as a preventive and early diagnosis of diabetes and other associated diseases.

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Abstract: The South and South-East Asia region has very high prevalence of STI. In India, Arunachal Pradesh, the only state bordering China, Bhutan and Myanmar has recorded national highest in Syphillis amongst ANC attendees in HIV Sentinel Surveillance of 2010-11. An effort is made through informal conversational method and by analyzing available public data to explore the factors behind high prevalence of STIs in this geographically and culturally diverse state towards designing appropriate control measures. Interaction with service providers and local people revealed various vulnerability factors for increased prevalence of STIs in the state. Sensitive international borders of 13 districts and construction of hydro-electric power projects mobilize huge number of uniformed personnel and migrant workers into the state. STI prevalence and contributing factors in the districts are described under three categories on the basis of controlled, increasing and alarming increase. Prevailing myths, cultural and behavioral factors among the indigenous people contribute to risky sexual practices and increased STIs. Preventive measures should be made available for general population considering the specific local issues related to risky sexual practices. Interventions need to be customized for every client. Motivation of the service providers is essential to ensure good compliance.

Keywords: Opium, Polygynae, syndromic, migrant, counseling.

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Abstract: This study examined the knowledge and practice of daily exercises for the prevention and control of heart diseases among nurses in Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria. Three research questions guided the study. Related literatures were reviewed. By purpose based classification scheme, descriptive survey research design was used. The study population consisted ofone hundred and forty three nurses met on duty in different wards during the period of data collection. The instrument used for data collection was self-developed, structured, validated and reliable questionnaire which was administered on a face-to-face basis to the respondents. Data collected were analyzed using tables and percentages. The result revealed that the nurses have basic knowledge of the different types of exercises that will assist in the prevention of heart diseases but levels of implementation of exercises among the nurses as a measure to prevent heart diseases differs. It was recommended that persons of all ages should include physical activity in a comprehensive programme of health promotion and disease prevention and should increase their habitual physical activity to a level appropriate to their capacities, needs and interest.

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Abstract: Background: Improvement in the performance of health care workers is an important aspect of infection control in the health care settings. Nursing students are more exposed to infections during clinical experience so they need to improve their performance related to infection control measures. Aim: This study was conducted to assess of knowledge, practice and attitude of internship nursing students related to infection control and its measures and explore the effect of nursing guidelines regarding infection control and its measures on their knowledge, performance and attitude of internship nursing students. Setting and Subjects: The study was carried out in King Khalid Hospital at Hafer Al-Batin city in Kingdom Saudi Arabia on all available internship nursing students (33 students) of College of Applied medical Science, Dammam University. Tools: collected data were divided into three parts related to sociodemographic data; assessment of knowledge, practice and attitude toward infection control and its measures. Results: After demonstration of guidelines regarding infection control and its measures, there were significant improvement in the level of knowledge, performance and attitude of internship nursing students. Recommendation: The periodic refresher in-service training courses should be provided to nursing students in order to keep them of updating knowledge and practice regarding infection control measures.

Key words: infection control, nursing guidelines, health care

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Abstract: While much work has been devoted to understanding the causes and broad economic consequences of labour migration, much less has characterized labour migration as a cause of socio-economic inequalities in health. Child malnutrition is one of the most important causes of infant and child mortality in developing countries, with preschool children being particularly vulnerable. It has been estimated that in the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the number of underweight children has increased by 8.2 million over the last decade. Traditionally, the remittances migrants return to sending communities are considered an important mechanism for improvements in children's access to education, nutrition and health care. However, migration introduces other constraints to households by allocating most other household responsibilities, including child care and home maintenance, to the remaining parent. The transfer of responsibility and burden may translate directly into a lower level of health inputs provided for children. For this reason, it is not a priori clear that parental labour migration should improve child health. Measuring socio-economic inequalities in a population's health is important because national averages often mask differences within and across sub-groups. For policy purposes it is especially relevant to understand why unfair and avoidable inequalities (or inequities) exist and what actions may be taken to improve equity. Furthermore, such analysis can serve as input to aid in the development of evidence-based policies, and can help programmes to identify the most appropriate mixture of child nutrition interventions. The aim of this paper is to compare the nutritional outcomes of the children of labour migrants, and the children of non-migrants, based on height-for-age measurements. A cross-sectional analytic study design was conducted using data from the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey of 2003. Child health outcomes selected were those that specifically require parental mobility,

Keywords: Comparison, Nutritional Outcomes, Children, Labour Migrants, Non-Migrants, Height, Age Measurements, Kenya

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Abstract: Abstract: Background: One of the major health problems in our country is unsanitary conditions especially poor hand hygiene leads to a rigorous public health hazard to children in the school. Children are not aware of important of hand hygiene at school level. Health education is considered necessary for better knowledge. Materials and Methods: Quantitative quasi experimental randomized one group pretest and posttest design study was carried out to find out the effectiveness of hand hygiene teaching on knowledge, compliance and to correlate the level of hand hygiene knowledge with compliance of hand washing among the students. The knowledge was assessed by questionnaire and compliance was assessed by sterile hand swab collection to do bacteriological culture test in the microbiology laboratory. Among six primary schools in the Mugallivakkam village at Kancheepuram District one primary school was selected using simple lottery method. Five students from 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th standard were selected using simple random sampling. The total sample size was 20. The period of data collection was from 16-6-2012 to 13-7-2012. The 20 primary school students were split into four subgroups of each consisting of five school children. Then teaching programme on hand hygiene was given using laptop. Posttest was conducted on knowledge and compliance after three weeks. Results: The mean value of knowledge between the pretest and posttest showed a vast statistically significant difference at p<0.001 level and there was a extremely important difference in the mean score of the various pathogens in the hand flora which was estimated to assess the compliance indicators to hand hygiene between the pretest and posttest at p<0.001 level. Conclusion: This study imposes importance of suitable health teaching intervention through proper structure to the school children, for enhancement concerning hand hygiene among them, all over the country.

Keywords: Handwashing, Prevalence of bacteria, Health Education, School Children, compliance

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