Abstract
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is considered as a global challenge and India is now the diabetic capital of the world. T2DM, a silent killer and essentially comorbid with other diseases too, if it goes unchecked can have catastrophic effects too. Non-communicable diseases like T2DM are predominantly lifestyle disorders and literature review suggested that onset of the disease can be prevented at an early stage if right amount of knowledge is imparted at the community level.
This study was carried out with the objective to understand the community awareness on diabetes, risk factors and health-seeking practices. The baseline followed by end-line was a key instrument to develop the program planning/strategy formulation to implement the program objectives. Behavioural interventions followed by end-line survey and analysis revealed that awareness level of the respondents had gone up to 96.3%. Irregular food intake (54.2%), carbohydrate rich diet (57.5%), overweight (44%) and age factor above 45 years (55%) were other factors too, apart from Alcoholism (59%) and stress (46%) were also the causal factors.
The intervention study variables chosen were also found to be statistically significant in the study.
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), India had 69.2 million people living with diabetes in 2015.
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Narula, S., Nigam, S. (2020). Understanding and Analysing the Role of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices for Prevention of Diabetes. In: Chahal, H., Pereira, V., Jyoti, J. (eds) Sustainable Business Practices for Rural Development. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9298-6_4
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