Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2020
Experience with free-of-cost health camps conducted in urban slums
Vrushali V. Kulkarni, Sundaram Kartikeyan
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This cross–sectional descriptive study, using the complete enumeration technique, was conducted during 13 health camps held between April 2018 and December 2018 in various slum areas. Out of the 4,747 patients who attended these camps, 2,168 (45.67%) were males and 2,579 (54.33%) were females. Though the number of female patients attending the camps exceeded that of males, the gender difference was not statistically significant. While 13.67% reported at the camp with ailments that could be examined and treated by a non–specialist doctor, 17.04% patients needed examination by ophthalmologists, 14.79% by orthopaedic specialists and 10.26% by dermatologists. 381 out of 2,579 (14.77%) women attended the health camps for gynaecological ailments. Out of 4,747 persons who attended the camps, only 149 (3.10%) were children. Periodic health camps, with provision for services of specialist doctors, can be an effective means of delivering specific community–based educational and health interventions in the underserved areas.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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EXPERIENCE WITH FREE-OF-COST HEALTH CAMPS CONDUCTED IN URBAN SLUMS, Vrushali V. Kulkarni, Sundaram Kartikeyan INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-8 | August-2020
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EXPERIENCE WITH FREE-OF-COST HEALTH CAMPS CONDUCTED IN URBAN SLUMS, Vrushali V. Kulkarni, Sundaram Kartikeyan INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-8 | August-2020
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