?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Impact+of+%E2%80%98Child-to-Family%E2%80%99+Strategy+for+Health+Awareness+Improvement+at+Rural+Sectors+of+Paschim+Medinipur+District%2C+West+Bengal&rft.creator=Maiti%2C+S&rft.creator=Ali%2C+KM&rft.creator=Dash%2C+SS&rft.creator=Ghosh%2C+D&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=The+present+study+was+carried+out+to+assess+the+impact+of+health+awareness+package+through+%E2%80%98Child-to-Family'+strategy+for+empowerment+of+knowledge%2C+change+in+the+attitude+and+practice+regarding+communicable+diseases+and+nutritional+deficiency+diseases+among+rural+sectors+of+Paschim+Medinipur+district+of+West+Bengal+from+April+2009+to+October+2009.+School+children+of+523+from+VII+to+IX+standard+and+their+family+members+(25%25)+were+included+in+the+study.+Health+awareness+level+was+monitored+by+self-administered+peer+reviewed+questionnaire+method.+The+study+showed+that+majority+of+the+participants+had+poor+knowledge+regarding+the+concerned+diseases+at+pre-awareness+stage.+But+after+imparting+the+awareness+package%2C+knowledge+about+the+said+diseases+improved+markedly+in+both+children+and+their+family+members.+Therefore%2C+school+children+have+the+potential+for+transmitting+their+newly+acquired+knowledge+to+their+family+members.+The+present+study+enlighted+that+%E2%80%98Child-to-Family'+Strategy+is+powerful+tool+for+community+health+improvement+at+rural+sectors.&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2010-07-30&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7001%2F1%2F2010-2-2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Maiti%2C+S+and+Ali%2C+KM+and+Dash%2C+SS+and+Ghosh%2C+D++(2010)+Impact+of+%E2%80%98Child-to-Family%E2%80%99+Strategy+for+Health+Awareness+Improvement+at+Rural+Sectors+of+Paschim+Medinipur+District%2C+West+Bengal.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7001%2F