An assessment of behavior change regarding milk consumption in families consuming unpasteurized milk from street vendors in slum areas of Indore district
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
Background: Consumption of unpasteurized milk is fairly common in Indian society which may lead to various health problems like Brucellosis, anthrax etc. Aims & Objective: To educate and motivate people for use of packed and pasteurized milk. Materials and Methods: This was cross sectional study done in urban slums of Indore. The study done in 120 families, 30 families were selected randomly from each slum who used milk from st reet vendors. Milk samples were collected from these families for quality testing. Educational intervention regarding advantages of pasteurized milk was given and repeat survey after one month was do ne to observe behaviour change. Statistical analysis done by chi square test, Mac Nemar test with p value <0.05 was considered significant. Results: Unawareness about benefits of pasteurized milk (84%) and flexibility of making payment to the street vendors were the major causes for purchase of milk from street vendors. Gerber test and corrected lactometer test revealed 50% and 73% samples were moderate to grossly dilute. Standard plate count for bacteriological analysis revealed all samples (100%) to be good (E. coli count < 10,00,000/ml) but none of them was very good (< 2,00,000/ml) . boiled milk samples had better quality , chi square p < 0.0001. Educational intervention resulted in behaviour change of 27(22.5%) families which was significant, Mac Nemar p <0.0001. Conclusion: Educational intervention had sig nificant effect on behaviour change of people and the families who continued to take milk from street vendors even after educational intervention had no specific reason for it.
Authors and Affiliations
Salil Sakalle, sunil guleri, Sanjay Dixit, Anil Bhagwat, Harish shukla, Suraj Sirohi
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- DOI 10.5455/ijm sph. 2014. 23 012014 2
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