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Awareness Regarding First Aid Management of Sports Injury among Primary School Teacher

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First aid management of sports injury means during the time of any sports activity injury occur in children that time what type of first aid management is given to resolve the wound or any injury and to prevent complication. So, that the basic knowledge of first aid is required in primary school teacher.

Objective: 1.to assess the knowledge regarding first aid management of sports injury among primary school teachers 2. To the effectiveness of health education regarding first aid management of sports injury among primary school teachers 3. To associate the knowledge with selected demographic variable.

Research approach: Quantitative research approach.

Research design: Experimental design

Participation: 40 primary school teacher.

Tool: Questionnaire was used to assess the level of knowledge among primary school teacher.

Results: The comparison of mean and standard deviation of pre – test and post – test level of knowledge regarding management of sports injury among primary school teacher. The mean score was increased from 10.55 to 16 which showed a marked deference of 5.45 respectively and the standard deviation was 0.300 to 0.42 after the administration of health education. ‘T’ test value is 11.94. This value is significant at p < 0.05 level. It indicate the effectiveness of health education on increasing the level of knowledge regarding first aid management of sports injury among primary school teacher. Hence the hypothesis was accepted.

Conclusion: Teachers had increase level of knowledge.

Study to assess the Prevalence of Hypertension in Baznagar, Lucknow

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Introduction:- Hypertension is a major public health problem and important area of research due to its high prevalence and being major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and other complications. Hypertension to have many deleterious effects on the body that puts people at a higher risk of developing other illnesses and diseases, such as obesity and diabetes. High blood pressure is the single largest risk factor for disease burden worldwide.
Objectives:- To assess the prevalence of hypertension and its associated factors.
Materials and Methods:- A cross-sectional study was undertaken in a rural area of Baznagar, Lucknow. Data was collected by face to face interview technique after verbal informed consent. Convenient sampling technique was used to select the study participants. A total 100 study subjects aged 20-45 years was used. Socio-demographic sheet and B.P. Record sheet were used to collect data.
Results:- Out of 100 participants 36% were found to be hypertensive and 64% were non hypertensive. Majority (52.8%) males were hypertensive and (47.2%) females were hypertensive. There is significant relationship between hypertension and gender among subject (P=0.005). Majority of subject were found hypertensive in the age group of 20-28 years but there is no significance relationship between hypertension and age (P=0.143)
Conclusion:- Around one –third of the subjects were hypertensive (36%) and half of the study subjects were non-hypertensive (64%) in this area.