Awareness and sources of the digital transactions schemes: a cross sectional study in a rural block of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India

Background: India is a developing country and is on the road of rapid progress, in every aspect. So, to further boost the development process, India joined many other developing countries and showed an intent to promote a cashless economy. However, this penetration is not much in the rural areas which constitute the building blocks of the country. Awareness regarding digital transaction schemes of government of India is imperative to success of such schemes. Hence, the current study for assessing the awareness of the digital transaction schemes and finding out the sources in their implementation will help cater these issues.Methods: A  descriptive cross sectional study was conducted among 60 respondents belonging to different age groups, socio economic strata and with different education status, to explore the awareness and acceptance percentage of respondents in rural block Paragraph  in relation to digital transaction schemes and methods and the their sources of information. Study was done in three-month duration from1st July 2018 to 30th September 2018.Results: It was found that the awareness for mobile banking among all the age groups was  a massive 93.36% while that of the Digital Dakiya scheme is a meagre 8.30%.It was inferred from the study that social interaction  was the major information source (51%) and there was a significant association between the use of mobile banking and younger age of the individual.Conclusions: Awareness among the older population and rural females is lesser as compared to counterparts and was massive for mobile banking. Disparity about awareness the of schemes points that overall usage needs to be promoted.

Knowledge and treatment seeking behavior regarding malaria among the residents of tribal dominated areas of Mandla district in central India – A cross-sectional study

Background: Malaria is both a result and a cause of a lack of development. Dearth of information, education, and communication activities and awareness, knowledge regarding malaria is poor particularly in tribal population of Mandla. Aims and Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the malaria knowledge and treatment-seeking behavior among the residents of the tribal dominated areas of Mandla district and to study their association with the sociodemographic characteristics. Materials and Methods: A total of eight villages were selected from which 25 households were randomly selected making a total sample size of 200 households, from these 200 households, 200 adult respondents were identified for administration of the study questionnaire. Results: The age of the respondents ranged from 18 to 80 years, with a mean age of 37 years (SD=14.7). Overall, 48.5% of respondents had correct knowledge about perceived cause of getting malaria. The treatment seeking behavior of the respondents were associated with sociodemographic profile of the participants the age of the participants, the association was found to be highly statistically significant (P=0.001). Conclusion: Malaria prevention campaigns should be tailored according to knowledge gaps, practices, environment, resources, and preferences in different areas of the Mandla District, using the health education/awareness most likely to outreach the far corners of the district where most residents were tribals