Awareness on ARI among the

families in Sri Ram Nagar

Ashok kumar
Divya Babu B
N. Gayathri
S. Nischintha
V.G.Sai selvendra kumar
INTRODUCTION
Acute infection of any part of the
respiratory tract & related structures
< 30 days duration, middle ear < 14 days
Leading cause of morbidity & mortality in
children
4 million child deaths in the world annually
30-60% of paediateric outpatient & 20-
30% of hospital admission
NEED FOR STUDY
Neglected entity inspite of increased public
health importance
Lack of community based epidemiological
surveillance
Study formulated with the objective to
determine the effectiveness of health
education intervention & associated risk
factors
Will a health education intervention on
acute respiratory infections to 50
families in SRI RAM NAGAR increase the
awareness on ARI by 40% over a period
of 3 months
OBJECTIVES
Assess knowledge on ARI
Conduct health education programmes
Test effectiveness of the educational
intervention
Elicit the frequency of ARI among the
under fives and the risk factors
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
“ A survey in rural community”-BJ medical
college, Pune
“Perception of severity of acute ARI in under
fivesin rural India”, Newton Abbot,UK
“Association of vit D deficiency in under fives
with acute ARI”, Wayse, Yousafzai, UK
“ARI in children” ,longitudinal study in south
India
“ARI morbidity among under fives and
epidemiological factors associated with it”,
Niranjan kumar mitra
MATERIALS & METHODOLOGY

Study area : Sri Ram Nagar, Coimbatore

study population : 50 families
Study design : health education intervention study
Sampling method : purposive sampling
Questionnaire : semistructured
Statistical analysis : SPSS 10 software
Paired t test, chi square test
TIME LINE CHART
RESULTS
AGE-SEX DISTRIBUTION OF THE STUDY POPULATION
AGE GROUP MALE FEMALE

21-30 3 18

31-40 7 7

41-50 2 8

51-60 1 2

>60 1 1

TOTAL 14 36
AGE DISTRIBUTION OF UNDER FIVE CHILDREN

AGE GROUP NO. OF CHILDREN

0-1 7

1-2 4

2-3 7

3-4 7

4-5 8

TOTAL 25
SNo Question Number of Chi value Level of
correct Sig
Ans (%)
Pre post
1 vulnarable age group to ari 11 (22) 32(64) 17.99 <0.001
2 mode of transmission 9(18) 36(72) 29.45 <0.001
3 exception to symptoms of ari 13(26) 48(96) 51.49 <.001
4 causes of ari 12(24) 31(62) 14.73 <0.001
5 fuel with increased risk of ari 41(82) 48(96) 5.01 <0.01
6 incorrect location of kitchen 16(32) 26(52) 4.11 <0.05
7 risk factor for ari 21(42) 42(84) 18.92 <0.001
8 danger signs of pneumonia 10(20) 42(84) 41.03 <0.001
9 can pneumonia kill a child 30(60) 48(96) 18.88 <.001
10 indoor smoking increases the chance of ari 33(66) 50(100) 20.48 <0.001
11 stopage of breast feeding during an attack 32(64) 43(86) 6.45 <.01
12 home care measures 36(72) 43(86) 2.91 NS(0.08)
13 measures taken for pus in the ear 28(56) 44(88) 12.70 <0.001
14 action to be taken for a child with ari 45(90) 50(100) 5.26 <0.05
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RESULTS
50 POST TEST – PRE TEST COMPARISON
40
PRE
30
POST
20

10

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

S.NO PRE TEST POST TEST INCREASE

AVG % AVG% IN %

1 41.26 89.62 48.36

 PRESENCE OF OVER CROWDING
Sno Risk Critical ‘P’
factor ratio val YES
NO

1 Over 1.1105 ns
crowding LOCATION OF KITCHEN

IN

2 Kitchen OUT

location 1.35 ns
TYPE OF FUEL

3 Type of 1.18 ns GAS

fuel KEROSENE
COAL
WOOD
DISCUSSION
48.36% Increase in awareness
80% unaware of danger signs of pneumonia
76% had misconception on its cause
78% did not know that children are more prone
52% understood the importance of location of the
kitchen even after intervention
90% took the children to hospital
Significant link between the risk factors and ARI
could not be established – small sample size
RECOMMENDATIONS
Overall betterment of the entire population
People adequately informed & encouraged to take
necessary precautions
Education to mothers
LIMITATIONS
Cross sectional study
Based on the memory of the responder
Inability to understand certain questions
Small sample size