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        <description>Population and Health InfoShare : Newest 15 Documents by Population Research Centre, Patna (India). Sharing Knowledge to Improve Public Health Worldwide</description>
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            <title>Poverty and Demographic Indicators in Bihar: An Evidence from RCH Results</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/5320_Paper_on_Poverty_and_Demographic_Indicators_in_Bihar_2007.doc</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Abstract
Reduction of poverty has been the most important goal in all development efforts in the recent past. Even though there is a general understanding of what poverty is, its extent has always been a challenge. Complexity arises in determining which approach one should adopt and what indicators to use in measuring poverty. The type of poverty measures and indicators to be used depends on the purpose of measurement. Policy-makers quite often look for the number of people below the poverty line to evaluate the success or failure of policies. Programme managers at the grassroots level look for easily measurable proxy indicators, which are useful to identify the poor and bring them under the coverage of different programmes and also to measure changes.
In the recent past, attempts have been made to use household assets to classify households into various groups of socioeconomic status in a relative sense. Whether direct or indirect measures and indicators are used, it is important to know how well they are consistent in identifying the poor. This paper based on the outcome of kachha houses used for assessing level of achievement of various demographic indicators at a rural setting in the state of Bihar.]]></description>
            <author>kumardilip5@rediffmail.com (Population Research Centre, Patna (India))</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:19:42 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Evaluating the Impact of Family Planning on Fertility in India: Based on NFHS Data</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/5231_Evaluating_the_Impact_of_Family_Planning_on_Fertility_India_.doc</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Abstract
An attempt has been made to know the impact of family planning on fertility in India through the Prevalence Model. If prevalence levels of both programme and non-programme contraception are known, this technique permits the estimation of gross natural and potential fertility for assessing births averted. With the emergence of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) to monitor family planning and health activities, this method becomes a useful tool. Of special, interest is the ability of the procedure to yield estimates by age group as well as by type of contraceptive method used.
In the study, the standard method-specific use-effectiveness levels weight observed use and prevalence level by method are observed. Of the total births averted in India by programme contraception 87 percent of births were averted by sterilization users in 1998-99 while the spacing methods users contributed to only 13 per cent of the birth prevention. The birth prevention by spacing methods in urban areas is more than two folds of the birth prevention by spacing methods in rural areas (10 percent). The spacing methods need to be strengthen for the greater use. With regard to the births averted by non-programme contraception, the main contribution was made by the users of periodic abstinence of 56 percent, which was followed by the users of withdrawal of 37 percent and by the other methods of 7 percent. Of the total birth averted in India, the contribution of programme contraception and non-programme contraception is about 89 percent and 11 percent in 1998-99. The programme contraception has dominance role to control fertility however the non-programme contraception use should also be enhanced at the places where accessibility of programme contraception is poor.]]></description>
            <author>kumardilip5@rediffmail.com (Population Research Centre, Patna (India))</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:12:13 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>To Assess the Role of Family Planning on Fertility in Bihar: Based on NFHS Data</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/4108_To_Assess_the_Role_of_Family_Planning_on_Fertility_in_Bihar_2_.doc</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Abstract

In the present study an attempt has been made to assess the role of family planning on fertility in Bihar through the Prevalence Model. If prevalence levels of both programme and non-programme contraception are known, this technique permits the estimation of gross natural and potential fertility for assessing births averted. With the emergence of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) to monitor family planning and health activities, this method becomes a useful tool. Of special, interest is the ability of the procedure to yield estimates by age group as well as by type of contraceptive method used.

In the study, the standard method-specific use-effectiveness levels weight observed use and prevalence level by method. Of the total births averted in Bihar by programme contraception 91.6 percent of births were averted by sterilization users in 1998-99 while the spacing methods users contributed to only 8.4 per cent of the birth prevention.   The spacing methods need to be strengthening for the greater use. With regard to the births averted by non-programme contraception, the main contribution was made by the users of periodic abstinence of 42.8 percent, which was followed by the users of withdrawal of 33.3 percent and by the other methods of 23.9 percent. Of the total birth averted in Bihar, the contribution of programme contraception and non-programme contraception is about 93 percent and 7 percent in 1998-99. The programme contraception has the dominance role to control fertility however the non-programme contraception use should also be enhanced at the places where accessibility of programme contraception is poor.]]></description>
            <author>kumardilip5@rediffmail.com (Population Research Centre, Patna (India))</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:09:25 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>A Socio-Medical Assessment of the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents in Bihar</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/4107_Paper_on_socio_medico_teenage_pregnancy_in_Bihar_.doc</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood. The period of adolescence extends from 10 to 19 years. Almost one fourth of India's population comprises of girls below 20 years of age and adolescent pregnancies constitute 10-15 percent of total pregnancies. This figure may be still higher in some States of our country. This is largely attributed to early marriages, a cultural widely prevalent in the whole of the Indian subcontinent. In India and other developing countries, early marriages and early pregnancies are socially acceptable. 
The current study was carried out to determine the socio-medical problems of teenage mothers. It has been widely reported that there is an increased rate of complications seen during pregnancy and delivery particularly in unregistered teenage mothers; henceforth purview of ‘High Risk’ pregnancy requiring constant and regular supervision. There is need to discourage teenage pregnancies by imparting sex education and knowledge about contraception to teenagers as an integral part of health education.
Introduction
The term "adolescence" has been defined as including those aged between 10 and 19 years. Adolescence has multifaceted dimensions. Adolescents account for one fifth of the world’s population and have been on an increasing trend. In India they account for 23 percent of the population. This implies that about 230 million Indians are adolescents in the age group of 10 to 19 years. The term adolescent means ‘to emerge’ or ‘achieve identity.’ Adolescence is defined as a phase of life characterized by rapid physical growth
and development, physical, social and psychological changes and maturity, sexual maturity,  experimentation, development of  adult mental  processes and a move  from the]]></description>
            <author>kumardilip5@rediffmail.com (Population Research Centre, Patna (India))</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:00:40 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Study on the Awareness of RTI, STI and HIV/AIDS in Jharkhand</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/3103_Study_on_the_awareness_of_RTI.doc</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Abstract

It is evident that the important component of reproductive morbidity is the spectrum if Reproductive Tract Infections (RTIs) and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs). The HIV infection and AIDS also fall within the groups of STIs, which include endogenous infections, STDs and lactroenic infections. The experts predicted that there are about five million HIV- positive and one million AIDS cases in India alone. The study is mainly based on the data undertaken from Multi Indicator Survey (1997) and Rapid Household Survey (RHS) of the Reproductive and Child Health Survey (1998). It is revealed that rural, poorly educated and poor women are the least likely to be aware of AIDS and if aware, have the poorest understanding of syndrome in the State.]]></description>
            <author>kumardilip5@rediffmail.com (Population Research Centre, Patna (India))</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:28:53 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Study of the Health Melas in Bihar and Jharkhand</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/3102_Health_Mela_quality_study.doc</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Summary and Conclusion
Through the health mela people is likely to be aware and get the health services and further to get health services for different kind of diseases in the district hospital, Community Health Centres (CHCs), Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Sub-centres (SCs). The Health melas were organized for three days each in February, 2004 in Jamashedpur (Ghatsheela),  Khagaria and Sitamarhi for the awareness raising and  health check-ups and further follow up action for their health and family welfare. 
It is important that the quality of services must be improved. Alternatively, there is a need to demonstrate that by increasing quality of services, acceptance of Family Planning including spacing methods also could be increased. Grass root workers are mainly responsible for providing the best quality of care and services to the people. About 7 of 10 respondents in Jamashedpur visited the health mela regularly for their check up while half of the respondents in Khagaria and Sitamarhi visited for such regularly. 	
Similarly the clinic provided the adequate privacy was more than 80 percent in Jamashedpur which was followed by Khagaria (62 percent) and Sitamarhi (43 percent). 
The quality of services also depends on the appropriateness of the configuration of the services. An appropriate constellation of the services is one that is convenient and acceptable to clients, responds to their health concerns, and meets their health needs. 
The appropriate constellation of services was also available at the health melas. A large majority of the respondents had the average travel time within 30 minutes for reaching the health melas. The sources of drinking water scored to 76.3 percent in the health mela of Sitamarhi to 90.5 percent in the health mela of Jamashedpur. People are keen to get the government health services through the health melas and now it is the time to organize the melas regularly for the awareness raising and success of the different health and family welfare activities of the programmes.]]></description>
            <author>kumardilip5@rediffmail.com (Population Research Centre, Patna (India))</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:22:51 +0100</pubDate>
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