Volume : V, Issue : VII, July - 2015
Awareness about swine flu and perception regarding its prevention among medical students during current outbreak in Jhansi
Santosh Kumar Verma, Shubhanshu Gupta, Rashmi Yadav, Swati Singh
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Background– Swine flu is an infection caused by a virus. Current swine flu outeakrefers to an outeak of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 virusin India, which is still ongoing. Objectives–To study the awareness & assess the perception about preventive measure by medical students. Material and method– A cross sectional study was carried out among the students of MLB Medical College, Jhansi during Feuary–March 2015. Out of 100 students, 97 students (males=67, females=30) were selected. Data was analyzed statistically using percentages and chi square test. SPSS was used. Results–93% of males & 77% of females were aware of swine flu. Among the preventive measures adopted; personal protective equipments like N–95 masks & handkerchief found to be most commonly used. Conclusions–Awareness among medical students towards swine flu and the preventive measures adopted was enough but some wrong misconception were present.
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Santosh Kumar Verma, Shubhanshu Gupta, Rashmi Yadav, Swati Singh Awareness About Swine Flu and Perception
Regarding its Prevention Among Medical Students
During Current Outbreak in Jhansi Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 7 July 2015
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Santosh Kumar Verma, Shubhanshu Gupta, Rashmi Yadav, Swati Singh Awareness About Swine Flu and Perception Regarding its Prevention Among Medical Students During Current Outbreak in Jhansi Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 7 July 2015
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