A report on
HEALTH AND MEDICAL AWARNESS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE
EDAPALAYAM VILLAGE
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the project of
Role of Media in Environmental Studies
&
Media Ethics
By
PREM KUMAR.M
17BAM0023
B.Sc. Multimedia & Animation
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SCHOOL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING
WINTER SEMESTER, 2018
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Students are expected to do a survey for the chosen topic, going personally to the specific area of study. They are expected to do research and collect relevant data with regard to the problems that they have defined in their data collection and finally submit a statistical analysis of the same along with the questionnaire and justify the solution for their problems.
LIST OF THINGS TO DO TO COMPLE THE PROJECT:
1. Collect relevant data from various sources of Information regarding to the topic (Target Audience, Subject Experts, Government Officials).
2. All the collected data should be written in their own narration for at least 2 pages at 12pt Font size; One line spacing and Time New Roman font style.
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3. Student should define the problem statement which is relevant to their specific target audience.
4. All the problem statements along with the questionnaire should be approved before going for collection of data.
5. The minimum no. of complete and valid samples should not be less than 25 Nos. /Person.
6. The statistical analysis of the collected data should be done individually by the student and submitted as a report for approval by the faculty before being uploaded.
7. Student should also mention from where the specific data has been collected with links and references.
8. The maximum no. of web references should not exceed 2 per person.
9. The minimum no. of relevant research article should be minimum 3 per person.
10. Student must do the research under ethical methods and maintain the privacy of data collection users if it is needed.
MY TOPIC
My objective is to research the problem in Edapalayam village regarding with medical Issues. The main focus of this project is to evaluate the health status in
Tamil Nadu as well as in Edapalayam village.
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CONTENTS
SI.No. DESCRIPTION Pg. No.
1 INTRODUCTION 5
2 PROBLEM STATEMENT 8
3 LITERATURE REVIEW 9
4 CURRENT SCENARIO 13
5 REASONS FOR THE PROBLEM 16
6 SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND 17
7 RESEARCH GAP 17
8 HYPOTHESIS 17
9 RESEARCH PLAN 18
10 POSSIBLE OUTCOMES 18
11 QUESTIONNAIRE 19
12 DATA COLLECTION (FIELD SURVEY) 24
13 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 43
14 FINDINGS AND SOLUTIONS 65
15 CONCLUSION 66
16 REFERENCES 67
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INTRODUCTION
“THE ART OF MEDICINE CONSISTS IN AMUSING THE PATIENT WHILE NATURE
CURES THE DISEASE”
My objective is to research the problem in Edapalayam village regarding medical
Issues. The main focus of this project is to evaluate the health status in Tamil Nadu as well as in Edapalayam village.
VILLAGE DETAILS
Map link: click the link to visit in map
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Village general information:
About Edapalayam village:
Edapalayam is a small Village/hamlet in Sholinghur Block in Vellore District of Tamil Nadu State, India. It comes under Vellam Panchayath. It is located 34 KM towards East from District headquarters Vellore. 113 KM from State capital Chennai.
Edapalayam is surrounded by R.K. Pet Block towards North, Walajapet Block towards South, Kaveripakkam Block towards East, Palasamudram Block towards North.
Sholinghur, Arcot, Vellore, Tiruttani are the nearby Cities to Edapalayam.
This Place is in the border of the Vellore District and Tiruvallur District. Tiruvallur District R.K.pet is North towards this place. Also, it is in the Border of another district Chittoor. It is near to the Andhra Pradesh State Border.
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BEGINNING OF MEDICAL SERVICE IN INDIA
The object of hospital services organised in India during the early years of British rule was to cater mainly to the needs of the British army and the British Civilian population. Indian Medical Department was organised on a regular basis in 1786. In the year 1875 a Medical Rule was set up and Department of Sanitation and Vaccination was brought under the Control of Medical Department. In 1919 the post of Director of Public Health has been created and the department has been bifurcated (Central and state). In 1922 Public Health and Medical Services were separated at all levels (examples: all states Government had their own way of medical services). The Public Health Department was formed in the year 1923 for the prevention and control of communicable diseases and for the improvement of General Health Conditions in the State. After the year 1947 the post of Surgeon General who was fully in charge of Indian Medical Department was redesignated as Director of Medical Services for Madras State. The ESI (Employees State Insurance) Scheme was framed in according with the provision of the ESI act 1948 and was first inaugurated in Tamil Nadu in 1955(examples: health schemes for the Government servants). In 1966 a new department was created to attend Medical.
MEDICAL SERVICES IN TAMIL NADU
The Government General Hospital was started on 16 November 1664 as a small hospital to treat the sick soldiers of the BEIC (British East India Company). It was the untiring inspiring efforts of Sir Edward who was the agent of the company that materialized in the first British Hospital at Madras. In its early days, the Hospital was housed at the Fort St. George and in the next 25 years, it grew into a formal medical facility. Then in 1902 a huge private hospital was built in Vellore called CMC (Christian medical college). It was started by Ida Sophia scudder. Then Government political parties were taking the care of Government hospitals by the idea of board organizations.
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PROBLEM STATEMENT
MY ASSUMPTIONS
• I think medical facilities for children are insufficient in Edapalayam village.
• There is no medical camp in Edapalayam village.
• I think there is no Government and private hospital in Edapalayam village.
• There is no separate department for child health care.
• Edapalayam people completely depends its native village (Ranipet).
• Department of health care is not operating properly in Edapalayam village.
• There are no medical shops in Edapalayam village.
• There is lack of frequency polio camp visits Edapalayam village.
• There is no proper vaccine for children’s emergency health issues.
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LITERATURE REVIEW
MEDICAL FACILITY AND PLANS IN TAMIL NADU
State Rural Health Mission was launched in Tamil Nadu on 12.4.2005 with the view to bring architectural correction of the health system to enable it to effectively handle increased allocations and promote policies that strengthen public health management and service delivery as prescribed under the NRHM of India. The programme is for the period of 2005-2012. The programme is funded by Government of India.
STATE HEALTH MISSION
To achieve the objectives of NRHM, the Tamil Nadu State Health Mission was constituted and Tamil Nadu State Health Society was registered under Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act 1975 with Registration No.47/2006. State Health Society is constituted merging the health societies for leprosy, tuberculosis, blindness control and integrated disease control programme except Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society. All the National Health Programmes at the State and District level are brought under one umbrella and it will function through the individual sub committees. This will help to pool all resources available in implementation of the programme.
OBJECTIVE
NRHM – aims to improve the health status of the people especially those who live in the villages.
Reduction of infant mortality and maternal mortality. Universal access to public health services / women’s health, child health, drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, nutrition and universal immunization. Prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Population stabilization-Gender and demographic factors. Access to integrated comprehensive primary health care. Revitalizing local health traditions and mainstreaming ISM. Promotion of healthy life styles.
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MISSION AND VISION
The vision is to provide universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care services which is accountable at the same time responding to the needs of the people.
SOURCE OF DATA FROM: http://www.nrhmtn.gov.in/
SANITIZATION IMAPCT IN VELLORE AT CMC:
“Sanitation is not only about drains and sewage system but also washing hands, which makes the deepest and widest impact on the health of the people, Director of Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, Suranjan Bhattacharjee has said”
Dr. Bhattacharjee said that in a recent survey conducted by the British Medical Journal among doctors, sanitation was voted as the medical intervention, which made the greatest impact on the health of the people. Medicine could be much more collaborative with greater awareness of health issues among patients. “The doctor continues to be a friend of the patient. Friends can work together,” he said.
ARTICLE FROM: www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-Tamil Nadu/ldquoSanitation-makesbig-impact- on-healthrdquo/article15254542.ece
A RESEARCH IN VELLORE
M. Rajasekar is a Reporter from Vellore. He made a research in Yerumuttinapalli (Krishnagiri) village. In his research he clearly had the survey about the people of village, what we are going to do in future. Krishnagiri is one of the poorer districts of Tamil Nadu. A large number of families, many of whom are Adivasi, depend on the subsidised food rations provided by the state’s public distribution system. Most of what Ramakrishnan’s family eats comes from the ration shop – 35 kilos of grain, a
10 litre of cooking oil, a kilo of lentils. Her family supplements the meagre diet with ragi muddle (coarse cereal dumplings). It was a weak diet for the underage mother. She was underweighted and anaemic when she conceived – she weighed 36 kilos at the time and her haemoglobin count stood at 9.5 as opposed to the normal range of 12.5. Her baby delivered at the primary health centre in An Chetty was underweight and sickly. It weighed 1.7 kilos – the norm is 2.5 kilos. And also, the researcher has taken the interview from Sowmya (Yerumuttinapalli). Till ten years ago, the state was known for strong public healthcare systems. I think this is the current scenario of the whole Dalit and Adivasi people living all over Tamil Nadu.
PROBLEM IN THAT VILLAGE
In Yerumuttinapalli, a village in Krishnagiri’s Kotayoor panchayat, watery dal and rice was all that an Adivasi girl, who looked about 10 years old, sat eating for lunch. In the same village, a 17year-old boy
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ARTICLE FROM: https://scroll.in/article/820861/part-1-tamil-nadus-healthcare-numbers-look-good-but-its-peoplearent- getting-healthier
MEDICAL HEALTH INVESTMENT FOR TAMIL NADU:
In Government website they updated the statics for only the period of 2003-2004. The provision for Health and Family Welfare Department under Demand No.18 for 2003-2004 is Rs.1380.29 crores as detailed below:
In crores
In Lakhs
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Funds towards Civil Works undertaken by Public Works Department have been provided to the tune of Rs.28.33 crores and have been included under the respective Directorates. Provision towards ESI Hospitals for Rs.84.44 crores have been provided in Labour and Employment Demand No.31. Funds for Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society have been included under Directorate of Medical Education.
Current Health Minister of Tamil Nadu is Vijaya Baskar (2018).
WHAT I AM PLANNING TO DO:
Above discussed plans are published by Government. But some villages there are problems to reach the medical facilities in it. Example: which the Yerumuttinapalli had. So many volunteers had survey about this problem in their selected villages. I selected the Edapalayam village. And I am planning to research whether Edapalayam village had the good medical facilities or not. They are receiving the proper medical services or not.
CURRENT SCENARIO
Health system
Health system strengthening
Important issues that the health systems must confront are lack of financial and material resources, health workforce issues and the stewardship challenge of implementing pro-equity health policies in a pluralistic environment. The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) launched by the Government of India is a leap forward in establishing effective integration and convergence of health services and affecting architectural correction in the health care delivery system in India.
Health information system
The Integrated Disease Surveillance Project was set up to establish a dedicated highway of information relating to disease occurrence required for prevention and containment at the community
13 level, but the slow pace of implementation is due to poor efforts in involving critical actors outside the public sector. Health profiles published by the government should be used to help communities prioritize their health problems and to inform local decision making. Public health laboratories have a good capacity to support the government's diagnostic and research activities on health risks and threats, but are not being utilized efficiently. Mechanisms to monitor epidemiological challenges like mental health, occupational health and other environment risks are yet to be put in place.
Health research system
There is a need for strengthening research infrastructure in the departments of community medicine in various institutes and to foster their partnerships with state health services.
Regulation and enforcement in public health
A good system of regulation is fundamental to successful public health outcomes. It reduces exposure to disease through enforcement of sanitary codes, e.g., water quality monitoring, slaughterhouse hygiene and food safety. Wide gaps exist in the enforcement, monitoring and evaluation, resulting in a weak public health system. This is partly due to poor financing for public health, lack of leadership and commitment of public health functionaries and lack of community involvement. Revival of public health regulation through concerted efforts by the government is possible through updating and implementation of public health laws, consulting stakeholders and increasing public awareness of existing laws and their enforcement procedures.
Health promotion
Stopping the spread of STDs and HIV/AIDS, helping youth recognize the dangers of tobacco smoking and promoting physical activity. These are a few examples of behaviour change communication that focus on ways that encourage people to make healthy choices. Development of community-wide education programs and other health promotion activities need to be strengthened. Much can be done to improve the effectiveness of health promotion by extending it to rural areas as well; observing days like “Diabetes day” and “Heart day” even in villages will help create awareness at the grassroot level.
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Human resource development and capacity building
There are several shortfalls that need to be addressed in the development of human resources for public health services. There is a dire need to establish training facilities for public health specialists along with identifying the scope for their contribution in the field. The Public Health Foundation of India is a positive step to redress the limited institutional capacity in India by strengthening training, research and policy development in public health. Preservice training is essential to train the medical workforce in public health leadership and to impart skills required for the practice of public health. Changes in the undergraduate curriculum are vital for capacity building in emerging issues like geriatric care, adolescent health and mental health. In-service training for medical officers is essential for imparting management skills and leadership qualities. Equally important is the need to increase the number of paramedical workers and training institutes in India.
Public health policy
Identification of health objectives and targets is one of the more visible strategies to direct the activities of the health sector, e.g., in the United States, the “Healthy People 2010” offers a simple but powerful idea by providing health objectives in a format that enables diverse groups to combine their efforts and work as a team.
Similarly, in India, we need a road map to “better health for all” that can be used by states, communities, professional organizations and all sectors. It will also facilitate changes in resource allocation for public health interventions and a platform for concerted intersectoral action, thereby enabling policy coherence.
Scope for further action in the health sector
School health, mental health, referral system and urban health remain as weak links in India's health system, despite featuring in the national health policy. School health programs have become almost defunct because of administrative, managerial and logistic problems. Mental health has remained elusive even after implementing the National Mental Health Program.
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On a positive note, innovative schemes through public-private partnerships are being tried in various parts of the country in promoting referrals. Similarly, the much-awaited National Urban Health Mission might offer solutions with regards to urban health.
REASONS FOR THE PROBLEM
• First problem and most primary problem is people did not aware of medical and health issues.
• There is no private clinics or hospital in this village.
• Medical awareness camp never visited their village.
• In this village only Government role for medical awareness is 50% (for only mother and child category)
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SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND
The scientific background of the health and medical awareness, in 19th century there are many diseases have spread in the villages. There are many incurable diseases are there like chicken pox, and many diseases have spread. the medical facilities are not much more in the 19th century. But in this 21st century there are more medical facilities and medicines are researched with many technologies are made in this century. Middle class men might live, on average, to 45. The average lives of workmen and labourers spanned just half that time. Children were lucky to survive their fifth birthdays. (The current life expectancy is around 80, and rising.) so the life expectancy is compared with the 19th and 21st century.
So, from this above information we came to knows that in every state the India average of the life expectancy is the 66.8 yrs.
RESEARCH GAP
From this research we came to know about the peoples wish is to construct a hospital and separate health departments for child in the village for welfare of the child because there are many children were died because of no proper medical facilities, chicken pox, small pox, etc. Because they don’t know about the diseases, they think it’s like a fever and not taking medical treatment so they are died many of them. Because a mother’s responsibility is to take care the child health.
HYPOTHESIS
The medical facilities and medical awareness program conducted by the Government so the people got awarded about this topic. From this I knows that this is complex hypothesis. Because I think 0% of stuff is offered by government in that village. At last Government made 50% of health services for this village (Child only). And also, I don’t know about another category. If other person gone and do survey at the same place details may or may not be change.
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RESEARCH PLAN
Date & month Year Researches.
Jan 25th 2018 Chosen the topic for the assignment
Jan 30th 2018 Started to do this project
Feb 5th 2018 Introduction and literature review of this topic
Feb 15th 2018 Created the questionnaire for survey
Feb 28th 2018 Went to survey in
Edapalayam to know brief about this problem
March 5th 2018 Questionnaire and statistical analysis about this topic
April 5th 2018 The findings and solutions, possible outcomes and conclusion of this topic
**In between days I met professor for approvals.
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QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Generally, your village have best medical services from?
A. Private hospital B. Government hospital
C. Personal clinics D. Others
2. How was your village sanitation?
A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
3. Child health departments, doctors, nurses in your village are?
A. Sufficient B. Insufficient C. Expecting more D. No departments
4. How was an ambulance facility in your village?
A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
5. At what frequency medical awareness camp visited your village? A. Once a month B. Once a 3month C. More than 1year
PERSONAL QUESTIONS
6. At what schedule did you go for check-up during your pregnancy? A. Once a month B. Once a 3month C. More than 6months
7. How was your pregnancy medicine?
A. Increased health B. Caused side-effects
8. For your first check-up, are you visited government hospital or private hospital?
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A. Government B. Private
9. Your delivery was?
A. Normal
B. Scissoring
10. At what frequency pregnancy check-up nurse visit your village?
A. Once a month B. Once a 3month C. More than 6months
11. Your baby born in private or government hospital? A. Government B. Private name of the hospital:
12. How was the support of doctor during your delivery?
A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
13. How much the weight of your baby when it born? ------kgs.
14. Did your baby birth with any following problems?
A. Asthma
B. Cancer
C. Diabetes
15. How was your baby physical strength?
A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
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16. How was the polio facility in your village?
A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
17. Pick out the health mix drink give to your child?
A. Horlicks B. Boost C. Complain D. Others
18. How was your baby feeding?
A. Bad B. Normal C. Well good
19. How was your child immunity?
A. Bad B. Ok C. Good D. Excellent
20. Your child spoked?
A. After 6months
B. After 1year
C. After 1year 6months
MEDICAL AWARENESS
21. At what schedule did you take your baby for regular check-up?
A. Once a month B. 3months once C. 6months once
22. If your child had any viral fever or wounds you prefer first? A. Government hospital B. Private hospital
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23. How was the polio facility in your village?
A. Bad B. Ok C. Good D. Excellent when it comes how would you know it?
A. By people
B. By autorickshaw
C. By poster
D. By your self-visit
24. How was the vaccine facility in your village?
A. Bad B. Ok C. Good D. Excellent
when it comes how would you know it?
A. By people
B. By autorickshaw
C. By poster
D. By your self-visit
25. If you compare your health of child at the same age of another child, how is your child health activities? A. Bad B. Ok C. Good D. Excellent
26. Did you give any traditional medicine for your children? A. Yes B. No why you were not visited any hospital? A. cost B. Timeout C. Not effective D. Waste of treatment
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27. How was your children sanitation?
A. Bad B. Ok C. Good D. Excellent
GOVERNMENT FACILITY
28. What is the level of government takes care the health of your village children’s? A. Bad B. Ok C. Good D. Excellent
29. What is the condition of food providing from the government school?
A. Healthy food B. Low quality food C. Others
30. How many percent did you get the government offerings for your baby? A. 0% B. 25% C. 50% D. 75%
31. How was the government hospital medical service?
A. bad B. Ok C. Good D. Excellent
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COLLECTED ANSWERS FOR QUESTIONNARIES
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STATISTICAL ANALYSIS:
1. Generally, your village have best medical services from?
A. Private hospital B. Government hospital
C. Personal clinics D. Others
Generally, your village have best medical services from? 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 A. Government B. Private Hospital C. Personal Clinics D. Ayurveda shops Hospital
Seres1 Series2 Series3
This chart shows the result of a survey in which around 96% of Edapalayam people mostly refer the Government hospital. Only 4% of people prefer the Private hospital. And no personal clinics and Ayurveda shop are used.
2. How was your village sanitation?
A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
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How was your village sanitization? 0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0 A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
12% of people says their village sanitation are excellent. 52% of people says their village sanitation are good. 36% of people says their village sanitation are ok. But no one says about bad.
3. Child health departments, doctors, nurses in your village are?
A. Sufficient B. Insufficient C. Expecting more D. No departments
Child health departments, doctors, nurses in your village are? 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 A. Sufficient B. Insufficient C. Expecting More D. No departments
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Only 4% of people says their child health departments are sufficient. But 16% of people says Insufficient. 4% of people says their expecting more. Even though 76% of people says no departments.
4. How was an ambulance facility in your village?
A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
How was an ambulance facility in your village?
0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
8% of people says ambulance services facility of their village are excellent. 52% of people says good and 28% of people says ok. But 12% of people says Bad.
5. At what frequency medical awareness camp visited your village? A. Once a month B. Once a 3month C. More than 1year
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At what frequency medical awareness camp visited your 0.35 village? 0.3 0.25 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.05 0 3 months 6 months an 1Year A. Once a month B. Once a 3m onth C. Once a 6month D. More than 1Year
28% of people said once a month medical awareness camp visit to their village. 20% of people said once a 3months and 32% of people says once a 6months. But 20% of people
said once a year.
personal questions
6. At what schedule did you go for check-up during your pregnancy? A. Once a month B. Once a 3month C. More than 6months
At what schedule did you go for 0.8 check - up during your pregnancy? 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 A. Once a month B. Once a 3month C. Once a 6month D. More than 6 Months
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A huge 68% of pregnancy women in dapple gone pregnancy check-up Once a month. 30% of pregnancy women gone once a 3months. And 2% of Pregnancy woman gone for once a month. No women more than 6months.
7. How was your pregnancy medicine?
A. Increased health B. Caused side-effects
How was your pregnancy 1.01 medicine? 1
0.99
0.98
0.97 1 2 3 4
A. Increased health B. Caused side-effects C. Not worth D. I used ayurveda Medicine
It increased health for 98% and caused side effects for only 2%. But no not worth and uses of Ayurveda medicine.
8. For your first check-up you visited government hospital or private hospital? A. Government B. Private
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For your first check-up you visited government hospital or 0.8 private hospital? 0.6
0.4
0.2
0 A. Government B. Private C. Personal clinic D. Others
68% of pregnancy women were visited first and mostly Government hospital. 32% of pregnancy women were visited private hospital and no personal Clinics and Ayurveda
shops.
9. Your delivery was?
B. Normal
C. Scissoring
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80 % Your delivery was? 70 % 60 % 50 % 40 % 30 % 20 % 10 % 0 % 1 2
A. Normal B. Cesarian
68% of pregnancy women delivery was normal and 32% of pregnancy women delivery was caesarean.
10. At what frequency pregnancy check-up nurse visit your village?
A. Once a month B. Once a 3month C. More than 6months
At what frequency pregnancy
0.9 check - up nurse visits your village? 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 A. Once a 15day B. Once a month C. Once a 3month D. More than 6 months
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Mostly 80% of people said pregnancy check-up nurse visit their village once a 15days and 18% of people says once a month. And also 2% of people said once a 3 month. But no people said more than 6months how was his medical support?
11. How was their medical support?
A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
0.6 How was their medical support?
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0 A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
20% of people says excellent and mostly 52% of people says good. 12% of people says ok. But 16% of people says bad.
12. Your baby born in private or government hospital? A. Government B. Private
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Your baby born in private or
0.7 government hospital?
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0 A. Government B. Private C. Others
64% of their baby born in government hospital and 36% of baby born in private hospital. name the hospital: Mostly Lalapetai GH.
13. How the support of doctor during your delivery?
A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
How was the support of doctor
0.8 during your delivery?
0.6
0.4
0.2
0 A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
Series1 Series2
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24% of people says excellent and mostly 72% of people says good. 2% of people says ok. But 0% of people says bad.
14. How much the weight of your baby when it born? ------kgs.
How much is the weight of your
0.6 baby when it born?
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0 A. 1-2kg B. 2-2.5kg C. 2.5-3.5kg D. 3.5-4.5kg
There is no baby born at 1-2kg. But 28% of babies were born at 2-2.5kg. 48% of babies were born at 2.5-3.5kg. At last, 24% of babies were born at 3.5-4.5kg.
15. Did your baby birth with any following problems?
D. Asthma
E. Cancer
F. Diabetes
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Did your baby born with any following problems?
100 % 80 % 60 % 40 % 20 % 0 % A. Asthma B. Cancer C. Diabetes D. Skin deseases
Series1 Series2 Series3
No one replied
16. How was your baby physical strength?
A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
How was your baby physical
0.7 strength?
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0 A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
24% of people said their children physical health are excellent. 60% of people said good. 16% very less people said ok. But no one said bad.
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17. Pick out the health mix drink give to your child?
A. Horlicks B. Boost C. Complain D. Others
Pick out the health mix drink give to your child 0.7
0.6 0.5
0.4
0.3 0.2
0.1 0 A. Horlicks B. Boost C. Complan D. Others
8% of mother prefer Horlicks for his child. 12% of people said boost. 16% of people said complain. But more than all 64% of people said other drinks. Others drinks are like hand made health mixes.
18. How was your baby feeding?
A. Bad B. Normal C. Well good
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How was your baby feeding?
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0 A. Bad B. Normal C. Good D. Expected level
8% of their baby feeding are bad. 20% of baby feeding normal. More than that 56% of babies are feeding good. And also 16% of babies were feeding at expected level.
19. How was your child immunity?
A. Bad B. Ok C. Good D. Excellent
How was your child immunity?
0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 A. Bad B. Ok C. Good D. Expected level
8% of their child immunity are bad. 20% of child immunity is ok. More than that 64% of child immunity are good. And also 8% of child immunity are at expected level.
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20. Your child spoked after?
D. After 6months
E. After 1year
F. After 1year 6months
Your child spoked? 0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0 A. After 6months B. After 1Year C. After 1Year D. More than 2Years 6 months
No child spoked after 6months well. Only 12% of child spoked well at after one year. 52% of child spoked well at after 1year 6months. 36% of child were spoked more than 2years.
medical awareness
21. At what schedule did you take your baby for regular check-up?
A. Once a month B. 3months once
C. 6 months once
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At what schedule did you take your baby for regular check -up?
0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 A. Once a month B. Once a 3months C. 6Months once D. More than 6 months
60% of mother took their baby for regular check-up once a month. 40% of Mother took their baby once a 3months. No babies were taking at the range of 6months once and more than 6months.
22. If your child had any viral fever or wounds you prefer first? A. Government hospital B. Private hospital
If your child had any viral fever or wounds you prefer first?
0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 A. Government B. Private Hospitals C. Personal clinics D. Ayurveda medicine Hospitals
56% of people prefer government hospital for viral fever or wounds.
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36% of people prefer private hospital for viral fever or wounds Only or equally 4% for personal clinics and Ayurveda medicine.
23. How was the polio facility in your village?
A. Bad B. Ok C. Good D. Excellent
How was the polio facility in your village? 1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0 A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
Series1 Series2
8% of people said, polio facility for their village is excellent. But mostly 88% of people feel good about it. But no one said ok. 4% of people said bad.
when it comes how would you know?
E. By people
F. By autorickshaw
G. By poster
H. By your self-visit
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When it comes how would you know it? 1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0 A. By people B. By autorickshaw C. By poster D. By self visit
When polio comes to their village, 92% of people notified by the people. But no people noticed by the help of autorickshaw and self-visit. 8% of people were notified by posters.
24. How was the vaccine facility in your village?
A. Bad B. Ok C. Good D. Excellent
How was the vaccine facility in your village? 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
28% of people said, vaccine facility for their village is excellent. But mostly 60% of people feel good about it. But 8% of people said ok. 4% of people said bad.
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when it comes how would you know it?
E. by people
F. by autorickshaw
G. by poster
H. by your self-visit
When it comes how would you know it?
0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 A. By people B. By autorickshow C. By poster D. By your self-visit
When vaccine vehicles come to their village, 80% of people notified by the people. But no people noticed by the help of autorickshaw and self-visit. 20% of people Were notified by posters.
25. If you compare your health of child at the same age of another child, how is your child health activities? A. Bad B. Ok C. Good D. Excellent
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If you compare your health of child at the same age of another child, how is your child health activities? 0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0 A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
28% of child health is excellent compares the health of same age at others child. 64% of child health is good compares the health of same age at others child. 8% of child health is ok compares the health of same age at others child. But no bad health comments.
26. Did you give any traditional medicine for your children? A. Yes B. No
Did you give any traditional medicine for your children?
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0 A. Yes B. No C. I don’t know about D. Available at low of that cost
44% of people said yes and mostly dengue kasha yam. 20% said no only
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Medicines. 36% of people said They don’t know about it. But no one feels It available at low cost.
27. How was your children sanitation?
A. Bad B. Ok C. Good D. Excellent
How were your children sanitation?
0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
8% of people feel their child sanitation knowledge is excellent. 68% of people feel good. 20% of people feel ok acceptable. But 4% of people feel bad about their knowledge of sanitation.
GOVERNMENT FACILITIES
28. What is the level of government takes care the health of your village children’s? A. Bad B. Ok C. Good D. Excellent
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What is the level of Government takes care the health of your
0.7 village children’s? 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
12% of people say government takes the care the health of our children village Very excellent. 60% of people says good about it. 24% of people says ok About it. But only 4% of people says bad about it.
29. What is the condition of food providing from the government school?
A. Healthy food B. Low quality food C. Others
What is the condition of food providing from the government school?
0.3 0.25 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.05 0 A. Healthy food B. Low quality food C. Acceptable D. It depends upon time
8% of people support the government for providing healthy food. 16% of people
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Feel government providing low quality food. 28% of people feel it is only acceptable quality. 16% of people feel it depends upon time.
30. How many percent did you get the government offerings for your baby? A. 0% B. 25% C. 50% D. 75%
How many percent did you get the government offerings for your baby?
0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 A. 0% B. 25% C. 50% D. 75%
16% of people did not got any government offerings, because their baby born at private hospitals. 8% of people Got only 25% of offerings. 24% of people got only 50% of offerings. But 52% of people go 75% of offerings.
31. How was the government hospital medical service?
A. bad B. Ok C. Good D. Excellent
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How was the government hospital medical service?
0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 A. Excellent B. Good C. Ok D. Bad
Only 4% of people says government medical services are excellent. 72% of people feel good about it. 16% of people feel just acceptable condition. 8% of People feel bad about it.
FINDINGS AND SOLUTIONS
I find many things from survey in the Edapalayam village about the health and medical awareness of the people in the Edapalayam village.
• There are some fewer medical facilities in this village. If Government had given medical
facilities to this village no diseases have spread for children in this village. • Medical awareness programs are conducted in this village randomly. So, people can’t able to
aware of it. • And also, food providing from the Government school is unhealthy and it create some health
problems for their child.
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POSSIBLE OUTCOMES
The possible outcome from this topic is the people feels that in our village medical awareness program conducted randomly with no info’s and no medical facilities are made in that village. But 50% of facility for children. Once the people got suffer by any fever or cold, they should go 3km to 5km (no public transport facility) from the house to reach govt hospital in Lalapet. So, their request is to build the medical hospitals and medical shops in the Edapalayam village.
CONCLUSIONS:
My topic that I have chosen is the “HEALTH AND MEDICAL AWARNESS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE EDAPALAYAM VILLAGE” (for children 0-10age) from this topic I came to conclusion that the even mother and child both are not awarded by the government. And no medical facilities are there in the Edapalayam village. But good thing regularly pregnancy check-up nurse visits their hospital. And randomly medical check-up camp visits their village. But their village had more negatives when it comes to medical and health awareness. I think this problem are only applicable to this place only. But
I am not sure.
REFERENCE
• http://nhm.gov.in/
• www.gramvaani.org
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REFERENCE ARTICLES
http://www.tnhealth.org/dms/mrhs.php www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-Tamil Nadu/ldquoSanitation- makes-big-impact-on-healthrdquo/article15254542.ece https://scroll.in/article/820861/part-1-tamil-nadus-healthcare-numbers-look-good-but-itspeople-arent- getting-healthier http://www.tn.gov.in/department/11
Research done by PREM KUMAR M with the support of prof. MAHADEVAN R
“Communities and countries and ultimately the world are only as strong as the health of their women.”
- — Michelle Obama
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