Awarness of Tuberculosis in a Rural Area of South West Andhra Pradesh
Swarupananda Mukherjee*, Yoganand S., Sruthi T, K. Kiranmmai, Vinay Dutt and Amit Kumar DasKrupanidhi College of Pharmacy, Chikkabelandur, Karmaleram, Bangalore - 560 035 India.
Abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infection, primarily in the lungs (a pneumonia), caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is spread usually from person to person by breathing infected air during close contact. In the urban area where awareness about TB is more as people are regularly in touch with TB related propaganda, advertisement, information through Television, Cinema etc. Again, literacy is more in urban area than in rural area. Therefore, in order to assess the extent of awareness about TB, a survey was undertaken in rural of south Andhra Pradesh. For the experimental work a questionnaire was prepared and according to the data obtained they are categorized into three categories - Category- I, completely aware about TB (C-I), Category – II, Partially aware about TB (C-II), Category – III, completely unaware about TB (C-III). Again, extent of awareness about TB amongst different age groups was studied. The number of population (233) selected randomly in rural places of south Andhra and survey was performed with the help of carefully designed questionnaire. According to age group, it has been found that the extent of awareness about TB was more in the age group between 25 to 40 years than any other age group.
Keywords: Tuberculosis; Category; Awareness; Propaganda Back to TOC