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Health Information Needs, Sources Avalibility and their use by Eldelry People in South India: A Case Study of Kalagi, A Gram Panchayat in Chittapur Taluk of Gulbarga District, India

机译:印度南部老年人的健康信息需求,资源可得性及其使用:以印度古尔巴加区奇塔普尔塔卢克的克兰潘恰雅特(Kalagi)为例

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The study explores the health information needs, information sources availability and their use by elderly people living in a rural place situated in South India. Data was collected using structured interview schedule. Majority of the respondents were male, aged above 60 years and belonged to schedule caste and schedule tribes. Most frequently mentioned health information needs are that of typhoid fever (94.55%), HIV/AIDS (93.64%), cholera (91.82%) and asthma (90.91%). 89.09 percent of respondents need health information about malaria and pox. Community health centers (93.64%), Anganwadi centers (98.18%) and Doctors (95.45%) were the sources available for getting health information followed by nurses (87.27%), Panchayat libraries (81.82%) and neighbors. Medical stores, family members and posters were used by more than 60 percent of the respondents. The present study is of exploratory nature; further research is required to know the health information seeking behavior of elderly in rural setting.
机译:该研究探讨了居住在印度南部农村地区的老年人的健康信息需求,信息来源的可用性及其使用情况。使用结构化面试时间表收集数据。大部分受访者是男性,年龄在60岁以上,属于附表种姓和附表部落。最经常提到的健康信息需求是伤寒(94.55%),艾滋病毒/艾滋病(93.64%),霍乱(91.82%)和哮喘(90.91%)。 89.09%的受访者需要有关疟疾和痘的健康信息。社区保健中心(93.64%),安加瓦迪中心(98.18%)和医生(95.45%)是获得健康信息的来源,其次是护士(87.27%),潘恰亚特图书馆(81.82%)和邻居。超过60%的受访者使用了医疗用品店,家庭成员和海报。本研究具有探索性。需要进一步的研究以了解寻求农村地区老年人健康信息的行为。

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