Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Achievements and challenges of India’s sanitation campaign under clean India mission: A commentary

. Manas Ranjan Behera; . Himanshu Sekhar Pradhan; . Deepanjali Behera; . Damodar Jena; . Sudhir Kumar Satpathy

Volume 11, Issue 8 , September 2021, , Pages 1-7

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Universal access to safe sanitation is yet to be accomplished in India. Although Clean IndiaMission (named as “Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)” for rural India) claims that ... Read More

Health and environmental practices levels among female students of scientific and humanities academic majors

. Hala El Senousy; . Ayat ALsharoa

Volume 11, Issue 2 , February 2021, , Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: Courses’ resources is an important ingredient for building awareness, despite theavailability of health and environmental knowledge in some subjects, students’ ... Read More

Quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS attending antiretroviral clinic in the center of excellence in HIV care in India

. Trinath Sarkar; . Nabarun Karmakar; . Aparajita Dasgupta; . Bibhuti Saha

Volume 9, Issue 11 , November 2019, , Pages 1-8

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INTRODUCTION: HIV/AIDS is a serious challenge globally. A plethora of morbidities due to cripplingimmune system reduces quality of life (QOL). The advent of highly active antiretroviral ... Read More INTRODUCTION: HIV/AIDS is a serious challenge globally. A plethora of morbidities due to cripplingimmune system reduces quality of life (QOL). The advent of highly active antiretroviral treatmenthas changed this deadly disease to a chronic manageable illness with focus shifting from fightingvirus to ensuring a good QOL.OBJECTIVE: To assess the QOL among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) and factors influencing,if any in Indian setting.MATERIALS AND METHODS: An institutional‑based cross‑sectional study was carried out among220 PLHA (male >15 years) attending Anti‑Retroviral Therapy Centre of the center of excellencein HIV care in India (Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata) from May 2012 to April 2013.QOL was assessed using WHO‑QOL‑BREF questionnaire from January 2013 to December 2013.Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 16; multivariate logistic regression was computedwith adjusted odds ratio in 95% confidence interval; P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.RESULTS: In this study, all 220 PLHA men participated (response rate 96.5%) where more thanhalf (55.5%) participants rated their QOL as neither poor nor good; only 28.2% replied good.One‑third (38.6%) were dissatisfied while only one‑fifth (19.1%) satisfied and 41.4% mentioned neithersatisfied nor dissatisfied with their health. Mean score ± standard deviation on various domains andfacets of WHOQOL‑BREF were physical health score 56.2 ± 9.8, psychological health 63.1 ± 8.7,social relationship 48.9 ± 14.8, and environmental health 51.3 ± 13.7.CONCLUSION: PLHA had good QOL on psychological, physical, and environmental domain thatreflects better services provided at Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine (CSTM), Kolkata, but theyscored poorly in social relationship domain, which may be suggestive of ineffective social servicesnetwork. This study concludes that increase existing social and emotional support with innovationshould be implemented to improve their QOL.

Evaluation of the knowledge level of health violations in food production, distribution, sales centers and public places and their authorities investigating among the women of Bushehr city

. Hamidreza Rassafiani; . Mahtab Ghazanfari; . Masoumeh Ravanipour; . Niloofar Motamed; . Maryam Ravanipour; . Dariush Ranjbar Vakilabadi; . Sedigheh Zare

Volume 6, Issue 1 , 2016, , Pages 1-8

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Background: Women and mothers are the most important educational audience to conveyhealth teachings. This study was aimed to evaluate the knowledge level of different typesof health ... Read More

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Achievements and challenges of India’s sanitation campaign under clean India mission: A commentary

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Health and environmental practices levels among female students of scientific and humanities academic majors

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Quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS attending antiretroviral clinic in the center of excellence in HIV care in India

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Evaluation of the knowledge level of health violations in food production, distribution, sales centers and public places and their authorities investigating among the women of Bushehr city

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