| Autor: |
Runwal, Raju Ram, Thakur, Manjula, Saini, Sushma Kumari, Mittal, Sandeep, Ghai, Sandhya |
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Nursing & Midwifery Research Journal; Apr2018, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p79-86, 8p |
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Introduction: Transgender people live in selected place in Deras and away from their families. They have restricted outside activity and no support by family member and society. It has a strong impact on their health and life style. As this population is hard to approach, there is need to explore their physical hearth and life style. Objective:To assess the Physical hearth status, life style and issues of hijra/transgender women in India. Methodology: Sixty participants willing to participant registered with non government organization were enrolled by purposive sampling in Chandigarh. Data was collected by Interview schedule and Bio Physiological assessment. The data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics like frequency distribution, mean, and Pearson's correlation coefficient. Results: The mean age was 33±10.6 years. More than one-fourth of participants were illiterate and only 26.75% were educated up to matriculation. Majority (90%) of them were engaged in taking badhai and getting money to manage their finance. Majority (92%) of the participants had central obesity (WHR > 0.85cm) and 36.6% were obese as per BMI. Only few reported diabetes mellitus (6.7%), hypertension (6.7%) and HIV infection (6.7%). Only 15% of the subjects had only one regular partner where as 48.3% of the subjects had multiple partners for sexual relation. Sixty eight percent were having smoking habit, eighty percents of the participants' preferred personal doctor and the private hospital for the seeking treatment. Conclusion: Poor health, less education, unemployment multiple sexual partner, obesity and substance abuse are some health issues needed to be stressed to improve the overall life style of transgender women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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