Epidemiological Survey About Socio-Economic Characteristic Of Mpindweni Location, South Africa

A. R. Del Rio; H. Foyaca-Sibat; LdeF Ibanez-Valdes

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The study was conducted at Mpindweni community at the outskirts of Umtata for purpose of identifying disease causation, pattern and prevention as well as to create insight about research. In the study about 86 households were interviewed. The data was collected by a group of twelve students using a questionnaire designed by the department of community medicine at the University of Transkei. The data was analysed through the use of Microsoft office. The results indicated that the community has shortage water and there is no constant and reliable safe water supply. The study also indicates that there is an increased rate of unemployment and the majority of those employed have income less than R500 (76 USD) per month. Very high consumption of alcohol and tobacco use is cause of consent. Introduction The Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Transkei has committed itself on the vision of becoming the leading group in Africa, in Problem Based Learning (PBL), Community Based Education and community partnership in order to improve the quality of life of all people it serves. This vision has led to the Faculty of Health Sciences committing itself to excellence and local responsiveness though the integration of community service into its learning programmes that involves teaching and research with special emphasis on sustainable rural development and in partnership with communities and service providers.It is against this background that the department of community medicine has seen it fit to engage students on activities that will help them to acquire skills that will help them engage and work in partnership with communities around them. The communities involved are the Primary Health clinic staff and the community leaders served by the health centre. Students once a work have to engage themselves in clinical practices with the help of their tutors in the mornings, and in the afternoon they have to work with the community leaders in evaluating and assessing the health profile of the community. Significance Of The Study The present study was conducted in the King Sabatha Dalindyebo municipality area in the former Transkei of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. This area is characterised by many problems such as poverty and illiteracy which may bring about many social problems. Most part of this is said to be rural and there are very few hospitals and clinics and the available health care facilities are poorly resourced1 According to this study health care facilities in this region are poor in terms of human resources, availability of drugs, medical equipments and other primary health care facilities. This study showed that only 56% of the approved posts on nursing staff were filled. It also showed that only 25%of the clinics had drugs such as measles vaccines, benzanthine penicillin, cotrimoxazole, iron tablets and latex gloves. Less than 33% of the health care facilities did not have ciprofloxacin which is a drug mostly directed for sexually transmitted illness. Most of the clinics had no refrigerators, 44% had two-way radiophones and only 38% had access to emergency communication. In an emergency situation only 31% use an ambulance as means of transport. The above study clearly indicates that many problems faced by our communities concerning health and health facilities remain unsolved. It is therefore important from time to time to evaluate progress in health status and health facilities in our communities.Successful community approaches have been the results of good collaboration between general services and the community, good education about common disease and how they can be prevented, and how to take care of those patients2.An emphasis on the good training of community supporters by the community health care services should be provided. Other study performed by Mutume3 in 2004 about availability of water in rural South Africa also show similar results and he discovered that nearly ten million had access to clean-

机译：这项研究是在Umtata郊区的Mpindweni社区进行的，目的是确定疾病的原因，模式和预防措施，并获得有关研究的见识。在这项研究中，约有86户家庭接受了采访。数据由一组十二名学生使用特兰斯凯大学社区医学系设计的问卷收集。通过使用Microsoft Office对数据进行了分析。结果表明，该社区缺水，没有持续可靠的安全供水。该研究还表明，失业率上升，大多数就业者的收入低于每月500兰特（76美元）。大量饮酒和吸烟是引起同意的原因。简介特兰斯凯大学卫生科学学院致力于在基于问题的学习（PBL），基于社区的教育和社区伙伴关系方面成为非洲领导小组，以改善所有人的生活质量。它服务。通过将社区服务整合到其学习计划中，该愿景使卫生科学学院致力于卓越和本地响应，该计划涉及特别注重可持续农村发展的教学和研究，并与社区和服务提供商合作。在这种背景下，社区医学系认为适合让学生参与一些活动，这些活动将帮助他们获得技能，从而帮助他们参与并与周围社区合作。所涉及的社区是初级保健诊所的工作人员，而由保健中心服务的社区负责人。学生一旦完成一项工作，就必须在早晨的导师帮助下参与临床实践，而在下午，他们必须与社区领导者一起评估和评估社区的健康状况。研究的意义本研究在南非东开普省前特兰斯凯的Sabatha Dalindyebo国王市区进行。该地区的特点是贫穷和文盲等许多问题，可能带来许多社会问题。据说其中大部分是农村地区，医院和诊所很少，可用的卫生保健设施资源匮乏1。根据这项研究，该地区的卫生保健设施在人力资源，药品供应，医疗设备方面均较差和其他初级卫生保健设施。这项研究表明，只有56％的批准的护理人员职位被填补。研究还表明，只有25％的诊所使用麻疹疫苗，苯并青霉素，青霉唑，铁片和乳胶手套等药物。不到33％的医疗保健机构没有环丙沙星，这是一种主要用于治疗性传播疾病的药物。大多数诊所没有冰箱，44％的人使用双向电话，只有38％的人可以使用紧急通讯。在紧急情况下，只有31％的人使用救护车作为交通工具。上述研究清楚地表明，我们社区在卫生和保健设施方面面临的许多问题仍未解决。因此，不时评估我们社区的健康状况和卫生设施的进展非常重要。成功的社区方法是一般服务机构与社区之间良好合作，对常见疾病及其预防方法的良好教育的结果，应当强调社区保健服务对社区支持者的良好培训。 Mutume3在2004年进行的另一项有关南非农村地区水供应的研究也显示了类似的结果，他发现近一千万人拥有清洁的饮用水，

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