A Study on the Domestic Environmental Conditions and Its Im-pact on the Prevalent Morbidities
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 12
Abstract
Background: Man is responsible for the pollution of his environment through urbanization, industriali-zation and other human activities. The success of any health policy or health care intervention depends upon a correct understanding of so-cio-economic, environmental and cultural factors which determine the occurrence of diseases and deaths. Objectives: the study was conduct-ed to study the Environmental Con-ditions of the population residing in the given settings and also to study the impact of these environmental condition on the Morbidities pre-vailing in the Population. Methods: A community based cross sectional study was done in Sankheda Taluka of Chhotaudaipur district. A total of 250 families in the village including 1452 subjects were enrolled in the study. Results: The housing and environ-mental conditions were assessed and given scores and categorized as Good, Average and Poor. These scores were then associated with the presence of morbidities like Respira-tory Disease ,Vector borne Disease, Skin Disease , Ophthalmic Disease, Gastrointestinal Disease, ENT Dis-ease and it was seen that they were significantly associated with pre-vailing environmental risk factors in the population. Conclusion: The housing and envi-ronmental conditions play a signifi-cant role and are associated with occurrence of diseases involving various systems, hence these condi-tions must be given due attention so that it shall significantly lower the disease burden in any community.
Authors and Affiliations
Shashwat Nagar, Hirenkumar B Patel, Niraj Pandit
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