Morbidity Profile and Health Seeking Behaviour Among Youth - A Cross-Sectional Study from a Slum in Mumbai
Background: Young people hold the key to society's future. Approximately around half of the population in developing and least developed countries is below the age of 25 with around 20 percent in the youth age group of 15 to 24 years. Given such age demographics, it is imperative that if the he...
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| description | Background: Young people hold the key to society's future. Approximately around half of the population in developing and least developed countries is below the age of 25 with around 20 percent in the youth age group of 15 to 24 years. Given such age demographics, it is imperative that if the health needs of young people are not addressed, the global health goals will not be met. Objective: The present study was conducted with an objective to study the prevailing morbidity patterns, its epidemiological determinants and health seeking behaviour for the observed morbidities in the youth population from a slum of Mumbai. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Malvani slum area of Mumbai among 540 youth between 15 to 24 years of age. Results: 321 participants (59.4%) had some or the other illness in the 15 days prior to interview. 128 participants (23.7%) had a single complaint while 193 (35.7%) had more than one complaint. Most common illness found in participants was fever (28.5%). Acute respiratory tract infections were found in 20.4%. 8% of the study participants had history of hospitalization in the last one year. The predictors for morbidity in study participants were religion and gender at P<0.01. Conclusion: Although youth is considered as a comparatively healthier age group 60% had some or other acute morbidity. The youths had risk-taking approach towards health with tendency to delay visiting the doctor or buying over-the-counter drugs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-30748a4209804098a8d67b3a35a9233e2022-12-21T23:20:16ZengLight House Polyclinic MangaloreOnline Journal of Health & Allied Sciences0972-59970972-59972017-10-01163Morbidity Profile and Health Seeking Behaviour Among Youth - A Cross-Sectional Study from a Slum in MumbaiAbhishek V. Raut0Abhijit P Pakhare1SR Suryawanshi2Associate Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, MGIMS, SewagramAssociate Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, AIIMS, BhopalProfessor and Head, Dept. of Preventive and Social Medicine, TNMC, MumbaiBackground: Young people hold the key to society's future. Approximately around half of the population in developing and least developed countries is below the age of 25 with around 20 percent in the youth age group of 15 to 24 years. Given such age demographics, it is imperative that if the health needs of young people are not addressed, the global health goals will not be met. Objective: The present study was conducted with an objective to study the prevailing morbidity patterns, its epidemiological determinants and health seeking behaviour for the observed morbidities in the youth population from a slum of Mumbai. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Malvani slum area of Mumbai among 540 youth between 15 to 24 years of age. Results: 321 participants (59.4%) had some or the other illness in the 15 days prior to interview. 128 participants (23.7%) had a single complaint while 193 (35.7%) had more than one complaint. Most common illness found in participants was fever (28.5%). Acute respiratory tract infections were found in 20.4%. 8% of the study participants had history of hospitalization in the last one year. The predictors for morbidity in study participants were religion and gender at P<0.01. Conclusion: Although youth is considered as a comparatively healthier age group 60% had some or other acute morbidity. The youths had risk-taking approach towards health with tendency to delay visiting the doctor or buying over-the-counter drugs.http://www.ojhas.org/issue63/2017-3-2.htmlYouthMorbidity patternHealth profile |
| spellingShingle | Abhishek V. Raut Abhijit P Pakhare SR Suryawanshi Morbidity Profile and Health Seeking Behaviour Among Youth - A Cross-Sectional Study from a Slum in Mumbai Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences Youth Morbidity pattern Health profile |
| title | Morbidity Profile and Health Seeking Behaviour Among Youth - A Cross-Sectional Study from a Slum in Mumbai |
| title_full | Morbidity Profile and Health Seeking Behaviour Among Youth - A Cross-Sectional Study from a Slum in Mumbai |
| title_fullStr | Morbidity Profile and Health Seeking Behaviour Among Youth - A Cross-Sectional Study from a Slum in Mumbai |
| title_full_unstemmed | Morbidity Profile and Health Seeking Behaviour Among Youth - A Cross-Sectional Study from a Slum in Mumbai |
| title_short | Morbidity Profile and Health Seeking Behaviour Among Youth - A Cross-Sectional Study from a Slum in Mumbai |
| title_sort | morbidity profile and health seeking behaviour among youth a cross sectional study from a slum in mumbai |
| topic | Youth Morbidity pattern Health profile |
| url | http://www.ojhas.org/issue63/2017-3-2.html |
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