Objectives: Assess the knowledge and attitude on prevention of Needle Stick Injuries among students. Evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge and attitude regarding prevention of Needle Stick Injuries. Determine the association between knowledge and attitude scores of nursing students on prevention of Needle Stick Injuries. Methods: The study was conducted in a selected nursing college at Coimbatore and the research method adopted was quasi experimental, time series design. As per the inclusion criteria 185 samples were selected. The pre-test score of knowledge and attitude was assessed by the structured questionnaire. A structured teaching program on prevention of Needle Stick Injuries (duration 30-45 minutes) was given and the post-test assessment was done on the 8th day using the same tool. Post-test-II was done on the 22nd day using the same tool. Results: The study revealed an increase in the knowledge and attitude level following the structured teaching program. In this study the statistical analysis showed that there was a significant improvement (t=1.64, p< 0.05), in the level of knowledge and attitude after implementation of structured teaching programme and significant association (χ2=3.84, p<0.05) between pre-test score of knowledge and attitude on prevention of Needle Stick Injuries with gender, year of studying, past history of Needle Stick Injuries. Conclusion: Structured Teaching Programme was helpful in improving knowledge and attitude among students regarding prevention of Needle Stick Injuries.
The study aimed to assess the adequacy of information and satisfaction among antenatal mothers attending nurse-led antenatal clinic in a tertiary care hospital and to determine the relationship between these two variables. A descriptive cross-sectional design was adopted and 154 antenatal mothers were recruited using purposive sampling. Eligible participants were those above 38 weeks of gestation with at least four antenatal visits at the nurse led clinic. Data were collected using a researcher-developed, content-validated questionnaire consisting of demographic variables, an adequacy of information scale and a satisfaction scale, both rated on a Likert format. Participants completed the self-administered questionnaire during their routine antenatal visits after providing informed consent. Data were analyzed using SPSS. The mean age of the participants was 24.59 ± 3.59 years, with the majority being graduates (56.5%), rural residents (65.6%) and housewives (85.7%). More than half were primigravida (51.3%) and most had no previous experience with the nurse-led clinic (74%). Satisfaction scores ranged from 4.76 to 4.91, indicating very high satisfaction with nurse led clinic (NLC) services, particularly regarding respect, communication and trust. Adequacy of information scores were similarly high, ranging from 4.66 to 4.90, with a total mean score of 47.78 ± 4.06, reflecting strong agreement that essential antenatal information was well communicated. A statistically significant positive correlation was found between adequacy of information and satisfaction (r = 0.22, p = 0.006), supporting the study hypothesis. The findings highlight the effectiveness of nurse-led antenatal clinics in delivering comprehensive health education and fostering high satisfaction, underscoring their crucial role in enhancing maternal healthcare quality.
Joubert syndrome (JS) is an unusual neurodevelopmental disorder. Its trait of hypotonia, ataxia, and delayed developmental milestones. It affects multi system such as respiratory, neurological, renal, ocular, liver, limb. Many genes involved, problems occur in the site of cilium where it joins with the plasma membrane1. It is also called ciliopathy. Patient had feeding problems, hearing and vision problems. Confirmed the diagnosis by molar tooth sign on magnetic resonance imaging and Genetic testing. The patient will be managed by supportive treatment2 with the help of multi team members. Many patients need rehabilitation and genetic counselling.
Background: The transition emerging in the society due to economic growth and new lifestyle choices has led to the change in food consumption and dietary patterns. The healthier food like fruits, vegetables, pulses is replaced by junk food like French fries, burgers, pizza and donuts. Objectives: To assess the knowledge of ill effect of junk food among adolescents and to find out the association between selected demographic variables with knowledge scores of adolescents. With a view to develop and distribute information guide sheet on ill effects of junk foods. Methods: The study was conducted at Government PU College, R.T. Nagar, Bangalore-45. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study. Samples of 30 were collected using simple random sampling technique. Data were collected, analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: It shows that 55% Adolescents have inadequate knowledge. Thus, the adolescents should be educated regarding the ill effects of junk foods. There was no association found between the knowledge of the adolescents to selected demographic variables. Conclusion: The researcher concluded that the majority of the adolescence studying in PU college had inadequate knowledge regarding ill effects of junk food. Hence, the information guide sheet teaching was given to the adolescents to enhance their knowledge regarding meaning, causes, types, complications, ill effects and measurement o control the ill effects of junk food.
The World Health Organization defined adolescent as persons between 10 -19years of age and were characterized by significant physiological, psychological and social changes that put them at high risk for Reproductive health problem. Globally, most people become sexually active during adolescence. The concern about adolescent sexual and reproductive health had grown following reports that sexual activity, early pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections including human immune deficiency virus infection rates were increasing at unprecedented rates among adolescents. The objectives of this study are; To determine the awareness level of adolescents of sexual and reproductive health services, to find out whether students of selected secondary schools utilize adolescent sexual and reproductive health services, to identify factors affecting utilization of adolescent sexual and reproductive health services and to determine the relationship between knowledge and utilization of adolescent sexual and reproductive health services among secondary school students in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa state. A cross sectional descriptive study design was used for the study. Sample size was 320 senior secondary school students from two schools. A multistage simple random sampling technique was used to arrive at the study sample. A self-structured, self-administered questionnaire consists of five sections and 14 items was used for data collection. Data collected were entered into SPSS version 24 statistical package and analysed using simple descriptive statistics like frequency table, percentages and mean. Pearson correlation was used to test relationship between knowledge and utilization of adolescent sexual and reproductive health services. Results of the study revealed the mean age of respondents as 15±1 years and majority 213(68.9%) were within the age of 15-18 years, female 160(51.8%), and in senior secondary level 1 35.9%. Findings also revealed that 275(89%) of respondents have inadequate knowledge of adolescent sexual and reproductive health services and 291(94.2%) have inadequate utilization of reproductive health services. The major factors affecting utilization of reproductive health services among adolescents from the study includes little or no knowledge of reproductive health services, attitude of clinic staff and cost of services. There was a weak positive but significant correlation (r=0.158; P = 0.006) between knowledge and utilization of adolescent sexual and reproductive health services. It can be concluded that there adolescents in the study have both poor knowledge and utilization of adolescent sexual and reproductive health services. It is recommended that sexual and reproductive health education should be included in formal education curriculum; authorities should strengthen Adolescent sexual and reproductive health services and make it available across all levels of healthcare system at subsidized rate. Above all stakeholders should organize enlightenment programs to educate adolescents, parents and the public on the benefits of adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health services.
