Prevalence of self-medication practices among urban slum dwellers in Hyderabad, India

Prevalence of Self Medication Practices and its Associated Factors in Puducherry, India - A Cross Sectional Study

Introduction: Self-medication is a most important health issue in developing countries like India. Even though there is abundant healthcare access present. Still self-medication is being chosen by the patients. To estimate the prevalence of self-medication and the factors association to self-medication practices among urban fisherman population in Puducherry. Methods: Cross-Sectional Study con...

Socio Economic Conditions of Urban Slum Dwellers in Kannur Municipality

Improving quality of life in the slum is one of the development goals for new millennium. The existence of slums is essentially a manifestation of poverty, along with the economic and industrial development-slums will continue to exist and grow further. The experience of Kerala shows that the condition of the people can be improved even at low levels of economic development through appropriate ...

Cervical cancer awareness and preventive practices: a challenge for female urban slum dwellers in Lagos, Nigeria.

Cervical cancer is the commonest gynaecological cancer in Nigeria and women of low socio-economic status are at high risk of this condition. A study was conducted on the awareness of cervical cancer, attitude towards the disease and screening practice of women residing in two urban slums of Lagos, Nigeria. It also determined the prevalence of major risk factors for cervical cancer among the wom...

Integrating Adolescent Livelihood Activities within a Reproductive Health Programme for Urban Slum Dwellers in India

collaboration with CARE-India, tested the feasibility and impact of adding four livelihoods and life-skill components to a reproductive health programme for adolescent girls (both school-going and out-of-school) aged 14-19. Using a quasiexperimental preand post-test design that contrasted the experimental group with a comparison group of adolescents, the project investigated whether the interve...

Prevalence of Self-Medication among Population of Tehran, Iran