Open AccessAn Educational Interventional Study on Stem Cell Awareness among Eligible Beneficiaries in Central India
Author(s) -
Priyesh Marskole,
Soumitra Sethia,
Rashmi Yadav,
Sachin Parmar,
Leena Parihar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of evolution of medical and dental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-4802
pISSN - 2278-4748
DOI - 10.14260/jemds/2021/752
Subject(s) - medicine , stem cell , lakh , umbilical cord , government (linguistics) , family medicine , immunology , agriculture , genetics , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , biology
BACKGROUND Stem cells are pluripotent cells that continuously divide, have the ability of selfrenewal, and can generate complex tissues and organs. Globally there are almost 20 lakh stem cell centres, whereas in India we don’t have such a good network of stem cell registries. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study says that if you have 10 lakh stem registries with you, you will be able to serve at least 40 % of the demand, but when we have 20 lakh of the global registry we are not able to meet the demand because of genetic variation. We wanted to spread awareness on stem cells from various levels like NGO’s, government, health sectors and everybody should take the initiative. The objective of the study was to assess knowledge and awareness of stem cells among eligible beneficiaries (ANC mothers and eligible couples) METHODS A cross-sectional educational interventional study was done in the Gwalior region for 2 months. A total of 100 eligible beneficiaries (ANC mothers and eligible couples) were registered for the study. Collection of questionnaire sheets & sorting out of data for analysis was done. RESULTS After awareness, 86 % of the subjects thought that the regenerated tissues from stem cells were good enough to replace the previous tissues and 91 % of the subjects were willing to donate stem cells after awareness. CONCLUSIONS Doctors and health workers can be a potential source of information for these subjects because of effective convincing strategies. KEY WORDS Stem Cells, Awareness, Umbilical Cord Blood (UCB).