Cargando…
Level of neighborhood environmental factors related to noncommunicable diseases in selected wards of urban Puducherry, South India
BACKGROUND: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Environmental factors play an important role in development of risk factors. Hence, the study was done to assess the neighborhood environmental factors related to NCDs in urban area. METHODOLOGY: This communit...
Autores principales: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
2019
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6432806/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30993127 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_130_18 |
_version_ | 1783406200190140416 |
---|---|
author | Sarveswaran, Gokul Krishnamoorthy, Yuvaraj Sakthivel, Manikanda Nesan Vijayakumar, Karthiga Marimuthu, Yamini Chinnakali, Palanivel |
author_facet | Sarveswaran, Gokul Krishnamoorthy, Yuvaraj Sakthivel, Manikanda Nesan Vijayakumar, Karthiga Marimuthu, Yamini Chinnakali, Palanivel |
author_sort | Sarveswaran, Gokul |
collection | PubMed |
description | BACKGROUND: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Environmental factors play an important role in development of risk factors. Hence, the study was done to assess the neighborhood environmental factors related to NCDs in urban area. METHODOLOGY: This community-based cross-sectional study was carried out among three selected wards of urban Puducherry. All shops/establishments related to the risk of NCDs within the study area were study units. Information regarding tobacco, alcohol, diet, and physical activity-related establishments was assessed using pretested semi-structured pro forma. Shops/establishments were labeled either as “favorable” (prevents the risk of NCDs) or “unfavorable” (increases the risk of NCDs). RESULTS: Among 655 establishments, 372 (56.8%) belonged to favorable and 283 (43.2%) to unfavorable category, respectively. Tobacco-related establishments amount to 15.1% (95% confidence interval: 12.6–18.1) of the total establishments. Among these tobacco establishments, almost one-third were selling tobacco to minor and located within 100 m of school. Fruits and vegetable markets contributed to 21.8% of the total establishments. About 22% of the establishments were fast-food outlets. Public health sports facilities were only 6.8% of the total establishments. CONCLUSION: The current study reported almost equal distribution of favorable and unfavorable establishments. However, among unfavorable establishments, tobacco establishments raised concern as one-third of those were selling tobacco to minors. Healthy diet and physical activity related establishments were also found to be less. Hence, corrective measures are to be implemented which will reduce the burden of behavioral risk factors. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-6432806 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2019 |
publisher | Wolters Kluwer - Medknow |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-64328062019-04-16 Level of neighborhood environmental factors related to noncommunicable diseases in selected wards of urban Puducherry, South India Sarveswaran, Gokul Krishnamoorthy, Yuvaraj Sakthivel, Manikanda Nesan Vijayakumar, Karthiga Marimuthu, Yamini Chinnakali, Palanivel J Educ Health Promot Original Article BACKGROUND: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Environmental factors play an important role in development of risk factors. Hence, the study was done to assess the neighborhood environmental factors related to NCDs in urban area. METHODOLOGY: This community-based cross-sectional study was carried out among three selected wards of urban Puducherry. All shops/establishments related to the risk of NCDs within the study area were study units. Information regarding tobacco, alcohol, diet, and physical activity-related establishments was assessed using pretested semi-structured pro forma. Shops/establishments were labeled either as “favorable” (prevents the risk of NCDs) or “unfavorable” (increases the risk of NCDs). RESULTS: Among 655 establishments, 372 (56.8%) belonged to favorable and 283 (43.2%) to unfavorable category, respectively. Tobacco-related establishments amount to 15.1% (95% confidence interval: 12.6–18.1) of the total establishments. Among these tobacco establishments, almost one-third were selling tobacco to minor and located within 100 m of school. Fruits and vegetable markets contributed to 21.8% of the total establishments. About 22% of the establishments were fast-food outlets. Public health sports facilities were only 6.8% of the total establishments. CONCLUSION: The current study reported almost equal distribution of favorable and unfavorable establishments. However, among unfavorable establishments, tobacco establishments raised concern as one-third of those were selling tobacco to minors. Healthy diet and physical activity related establishments were also found to be less. Hence, corrective measures are to be implemented which will reduce the burden of behavioral risk factors. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6432806/ /pubmed/30993127 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_130_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Education and Health Promotion http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Sarveswaran, Gokul Krishnamoorthy, Yuvaraj Sakthivel, Manikanda Nesan Vijayakumar, Karthiga Marimuthu, Yamini Chinnakali, Palanivel Level of neighborhood environmental factors related to noncommunicable diseases in selected wards of urban Puducherry, South India |
title | Level of neighborhood environmental factors related to noncommunicable diseases in selected wards of urban Puducherry, South India |
title_full | Level of neighborhood environmental factors related to noncommunicable diseases in selected wards of urban Puducherry, South India |
title_fullStr | Level of neighborhood environmental factors related to noncommunicable diseases in selected wards of urban Puducherry, South India |
title_full_unstemmed | Level of neighborhood environmental factors related to noncommunicable diseases in selected wards of urban Puducherry, South India |
title_short | Level of neighborhood environmental factors related to noncommunicable diseases in selected wards of urban Puducherry, South India |
title_sort | level of neighborhood environmental factors related to noncommunicable diseases in selected wards of urban puducherry, south india |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6432806/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30993127 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_130_18 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT sarveswarangokul levelofneighborhoodenvironmentalfactorsrelatedtononcommunicablediseasesinselectedwardsofurbanpuducherrysouthindia AT krishnamoorthyyuvaraj levelofneighborhoodenvironmentalfactorsrelatedtononcommunicablediseasesinselectedwardsofurbanpuducherrysouthindia AT sakthivelmanikandanesan levelofneighborhoodenvironmentalfactorsrelatedtononcommunicablediseasesinselectedwardsofurbanpuducherrysouthindia AT vijayakumarkarthiga levelofneighborhoodenvironmentalfactorsrelatedtononcommunicablediseasesinselectedwardsofurbanpuducherrysouthindia AT marimuthuyamini levelofneighborhoodenvironmentalfactorsrelatedtononcommunicablediseasesinselectedwardsofurbanpuducherrysouthindia AT chinnakalipalanivel levelofneighborhoodenvironmentalfactorsrelatedtononcommunicablediseasesinselectedwardsofurbanpuducherrysouthindia |