TY  - JOUR
A1  - Limaye, Dnyanesh
A1  - Mehta, Drashty
A1  - Singh, Shakshi
A1  - Pardeshi, Apurva
A1  - Patil, Tanvi
A1  - Sydymanov, Arlan
A1  - Limaye, Vaidehi
A1  - Pitani, Ravi Shankar
A1  - Sathe, Sushama
A1  - Kapadi, Atul
A1  - Fortwengel, Gerhard
T1  - Knowledge, and attitude towards human papilloma virus infection among pharmacy students in Mumbai, India
JF  - International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology
N2  - Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) that may cause cervical cancer and other malignancies including those of the vulva, anus, vagina, penis, head and neck. In most Asian countries including India, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women. Awareness about HPV and cervical cancer, use of vaccines can be very helpful in prevention, control and early diagnosis of cervical cancer. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among students from Mumbai University, India during May - June 2017. Two hundred students were approached to participate in the study of which 142 were selected to participate (males: 54; females: 88). Pretested questionnaire was distributed and collected data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 23. Results: Participants had fair knowledge (61% average) about HPV, whereas knowledge about symptoms, prevention and spread of HPV was very poor i.e. 18%. Knowledge about HPV vaccine was 50% and 78% participants had positive attitude for HPV vaccine. Conclusions: This study showed the lacunas in the pharmacy curriculum and urgent need to create awareness of HPV among bachelor of pharmacy students from Mumbai University.
KW  - HPV
KW  - India
KW  - Mumbai
KW  - Pharmacy
KW  - Students
KW  - Humanes Papillomavirus
KW  - Indien
KW  - Impfstoff
KW  - Vaccine
KW  - Pharmaziestudent
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-13388
SN  - 2320-1789
VL  - 2018
IS  - 7(7)
SP  - 2532
EP  - 2536
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Limaye, Dnyanesh
A1  - Naik, Pooja
A1  - Varekar, Tejal
A1  - Salunkhe, Priyanka
A1  - Shah, Chaitali
A1  - Sydymanov, Arlan
A1  - Limaye, Vaidehi
A1  - Pitani, Ravi Shankar
A1  - Sathe, Sushama
A1  - Kapadi, Atul
A1  - Fortwengel, Gerhard
T1  - Knowledge and attitude towards voluntary blood donation among students from Mumbai University
JF  - International Journal of Scientific Reports
N2  - Background: Blood is scarce; its demand far outweighs the supply. In addition to limited supply, the issue of safety especially with regard to the risk of transfusion transmissible infection is also an issue of utmost concern especially in the developing countries. Blood transfusion services in India have gained special significance in recent years and forms a vital part of national health care system. Voluntary Non-Remunerated Blood Donation (VNRBD) is the safest of all types of blood donations. One of the potential sources that can be tapped for blood donation is the young and physically fit students from educational institutions across India. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among students from Mumbai University, India during May–June 2017. Two hundred and fifty students were approached to participate in the study of which 201 agreed to participate (males: 104; females: 97). Pretested questionnaire was distributed and collected data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 23. Results: High number of participants agreed about encouraging general public about voluntary blood donation (96%; 193/201), lack of awareness about VBD in general public (82%; 164/201). But not a single participant was able to respond to the knowledge part of the questionnaire with 100% accuracy. Almost all the participants had correct knowledge about blood groups (98%; 196/201) and blood matching need (195/201; 97%). Conclusions: Participants showed good attitude but demonstrated poor knowledge about voluntary blood donation. Details about blood donation should be incorporated in the undergraduate curriculum and periodic awareness programs should be organized for students.
KW  - Voluntary blood donation
KW  - University students
KW  - Knowledge
KW  - Attitude
KW  - Mumbai
KW  - Blutspende
KW  - Wissen
KW  - Einstellung
KW  - Student
KW  - Indien
KW  - India
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-13413
SN  - 2454-2164
VL  - 2018
IS  - 4(6)
SP  - 142
EP  - 146
ER  -