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Tobacco Consumption Behavior’s Study amongst Individuals in Mumbai Page: 156-161 Beena Narayan (Department of Economics, IES Management College and Research Center, “Vishwakarma” M.D. Lotlikar Vidya Sankul, Mumbai, Maharashtra) Samiran Tripathi (Master of Hospital Administration, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra) Tobacco consumption is the notable cause of death among people globally. It is consumed in numerous ways. This study examines prevalence of smoking and tobacco consumption among population in Mumbai. The study observes the elements of tobacco consumption among different age groups. Based on primary data a three-stage observation of survey, the socio-economic characteristics, tobacco consumption habits and respondent's awareness about adverse effects of tobacco use were studied. The study reveals the fact that tobacco consumption is more prevalent among males especially at the 20-30 years age group. Common respondents were aware about the health intimidations due to tobacco intake. One significant factor found in this study was that family members were unaware about their tobacco consumption habit. The respondents generally do not share the malicious habits with the family members and deprive the cumulative efforts of abandoning crooked habit. Page: 156-161Beena Narayan (Department of Economics, IES Management College and Research Center, “Vishwakarma” M.D. Lotlikar… Read more Get Access
Stress of Aged Elderly:A Review Page: 162-165 Shabnam Ansari and Tejpreet Kaur Kang (Department of Human Development and Family Studies College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab) Stress is as the result of an interaction between an individual's emotional, intellectual, social and physical resources and the demands on him or her. Argued that stress is a different phenomenon from pressure. Stress is something more than pressure. It carries strong overtones of the breakdown of normal performance. Stress is an inevitable part of living. Most o f the stress symptoms that senior citizen generally face are fear of death, feeling of insecurity and general excitement, fatigue, insomnia, gastrointestinal disturbances, depression of spirits, emotional instability, inferiority feelings, pains and headaches, indecision, intolerance, suicidal pre-occupation, panic states, giddiness and genitourinary symptoms and other physiological disturbances. Therefore, the study aims to review variables such as income and social security, social environment and health status which causes for stress among aged elderly. Page: 162-165Shabnam Ansari and Tejpreet Kaur Kang (Department of Human Development and Family StudiesCollege of… Read more Get Access
Social Development and Folk Theatre (Swang) Page: 166-169 Sandhya Sharma (Department of Culture, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana) Satish Kashyap (Exhibition Officer, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana) Swang is India's most ancient Folk opera Theatre. Folk Theatre is a composite art form in India with a fusion of elements from music, dance, pantomime, versification, epic and ballad recitation, graphic and plastic arts, religion and festival peasantry. Swang having roots in native culture is embedded in local identity and social values. Besides providing mass entertainment, it helps Indian society as indigenous tools of interpersonal, inter-group and intervillage communication for ages. Swang has been used extensively in India to propagate critical social, political and cultural issues in the form of theatrical messages to create awareness among the people. As an indigenous form it breaks all kinds of formal barriers of human communication and appeals directly to the people. Realising the importance and powerfulness of the traditional medium. People in rural areas should be approached through traditional-folk forms of communication in addition to electronic media. Bhagat, Mach, Tamasha, Nautanki and all most all the folk theatre is Generated from Swang. Different forms of Folk Theatre in India are traditional way of Communication and constitute a potential source for conveying messages for Social, Economic and Cultural Development which ultimately helps in overall Nationaal Development. Page: 166-169Sandhya Sharma (Department of Culture, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana)Satish Kashyap (Exhibition Officer, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana) Read more Get Access
Socio-Economic Status of Mango Growers in Yamuna Nagar District of Haryana Page: 170-174 Virender Singh, Ashok Kumar, and Krishan Yadav (Department of Extension Education, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana) Rajinder Kumar (Assistant Librarian, CCS Haryana Agricultural, University, Hisar, Haryana) Anil Malik (Department of Extension Education, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana) The present study was conducted inYamunanagar district of Haryana. This area was selected purposely because of maximum area under mango fruit crops. Further two blocks, Chhachhrauli and Jagadhari were selected purposively from Yamunanagar district and from each block two villages were selected randomly and thereby a total number of four villages was selected for data collection. Thirty mango grower farmers were selected randomly from each village for the study and thus, a total number of 120 farmers were interviewed. The specific objectives of the present study were socio-economic status, knowledge, adoption and the constraints in adoption of post-harvest management practices by mango growers. The data were collected with the help of well-structured interview schedule..Twelve important independent variables such as age, education, socio-economic status, caste, family size, occupation of respondents, annual income, land holdings, farm implements, mass media exposure, extension contacts, and irrigation facilities were selected for the study. The study revealed that majority o f the farmers were middle aged and belonged to general caste, more than half of the respondents were educated matric to graduate and one-third of respondents had family members up to 5. Most of them were engaged in farming and nearly two-third per cent of the respondents had annual income above Rs. 1 lakh. More than half of the farmers belonged to medium to high level of socio-economic status. Majority of the farmers belonged to low to medium level of mass media and extension contacts. More than half of the farmers used tube well as source of irrigation. Page: 170-174Virender Singh, Ashok Kumar, and Krishan Yadav (Department of Extension Education, CCS Haryana Agricultural… Read more Get Access
Nutritional Status of Siddi Tribal Adults Page: 175-179 Pooja Patil and Sunanda Itagi (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka) The Siddis are the primitive tribal group of Karnataka which are lagging behind the demographic, social and economic indicators. Till date health and nutritional status among tribal populations have been investigated by number of researchers, but there is dearth of researches particularly concentrating on Siddi tribal community. Therefore, it is worth investigating the changing perspectives of nutritional status of Siddi tribal mothers. Study was conducted on 60 Siddi tribal and 60 non-tribal mothers (18-49 years age group) from 6 villages of Dharwad and Uttar Kannada districts of Karnataka state during2017. Structured interview schedule was used for collection of personal characteristics. Nutritional status was assessed by using anthropometries measurements. Results indicated that, 39 % of mothers (tribal & non-tribal) had ideal body weight and equal percentage of them exhibited overweight and obese (25.0%) and only 11 % were underweight. No significant difference and association were observed in the body mass index and waist hip ratio of tribal and non-tribal mothers. Body mass index was significantly associated with socio-economic status of rural mothers but not observed in Siddi tribal mothers indicating that prevalence of obesity increases with increases in socio-economic status. No significant relationship was found between body mass index and education of tribal and non tribal mothers. Page: 175-179Pooja Patil and Sunanda Itagi (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of… Read more Get Access

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