Assessment and Comparison of Perception of Female Foeticide among the Medical and Nursing Students: A Cross-sectional Study from the Uttarakhand State
Journal Title: Healthline - Year 2019, Vol 10, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Gender discrimination is an important social context and it starts in the nuptial stage of female foetus death before its arrival in the outside world. Thus, awareness level assessment of health functionaries is must so as to curb female foeticide. Objective: To assess and compare the percept of medical and nursing students about female foeticide. Method: The total medical (n=279) and nursing students (n=438) were studied in the present study and information was collected using predesigned pretested questionnaire. Results: Overall, more than 90% students were aware about female foeticide and television was the greatest source of information in 83.7% (medical) and 67.5% (nursing). Conclusion: Gender, age, type of nursing course and different semesters of MBBS students does not effect/influence the awareness of female foeticide.
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Mehar Bano, Anupama Arya, Sadhana Awasthi, CMS Rawat
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