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Awareness, Acceptability, and Receptivity of Females “Swacch Bharat’s Toilet Drive: A Cross-Sectional Evaluation
No full textIndia is among the top countries with approx. 546 million defecating in open and with highest diarrheal and oro-fecal infectious diseases. Currently, 1 in 7 people, practice open defecation, of those who do, 90% of them reside in rural areas. India ranks 22nd amongst the countries with worst sanitation conditions globally. Thus, Government of India in 2014 initiated a new mission called as “Swacch Bharat Abhiyan” (SBA) and its “Toilet Drive” (SBATD) aiming to make Clean India by 2019.Keywords: Open defecation, Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, Acceptability and receptivityHow to cite this article: Chinchwadkar P, UdayaiK, Pattanayak J.Awareness, Acceptability, and Receptivity of Females “Swacch Bharat’s Toilet Drive: A Cross-Sectional Evaluation. J Adv Res Qual Control Mgmt 2017; 2(1): 3-7
Commuters’ Perception of Road Safety and Accidents on MDR-60
No full textIncreasing spate of road traffic fatalities and injuries is becoming a critical public issue that requires concerted efforts for effective and sustainable prevention. This is attributed to both increasing speeds on road and decreased concern for common commuter. Recent strictness from legislative and regulatory bodies has helped strengthening and intervention of controls but the benefits appear to happen at a slow pace. Since education is more potent than any ordinance, there is a need to investigate its realistic status and hence the need for taking an overview of road users’ awareness. Given ‘safety habits and conformance to norms can avert the unfortunate situations,’1 we now investigate the actual status about road traffic problems of the MDR-60-Hoshiarpur-Phagwara bye-pass and presents the analysis after comparison with state and national level statistics. Keywords: Road traffic accidents, Unnatural deaths, Safety, Helmets, Seat belts, Vehicle, Alcohol, Road users MDR-60How to cite this article: Dhami RS, Kainth K, Thareja P. Commuters’ Perception of Road Safety and Accidents on MDR-60. J Adv Res Qual Control Mgmt 2016; 1(1): 33-42
Whistle Blower Programs: Trends in Training and Development
No full textThe research article is aimed to understand how companies are getting pro-active and hence incorporating various trends in the training and development programs. One of such innovative trend is “Whistle blower program” (WBP). A WBP is one that ensures that employees are given enough security and freedom when they take an initiative to expose malpractices occurring in the company. The WBP can be introduced in training and development, as this would ensure that employees have no misconceptions about the policies. In addition, the employees can be moulded into effective and alert employees, which would be done by creating a very transparent and employee friendly environment. In addition, this research article aims in helping to understand the various repercussions of whistle blowing, benefits of WBP, legal systems in our and other countries to protect whistleblowers, etc. The article also includes the opinion of various experts who are in the field of human resources since a long time, belonging to different industries. They share with us their view on the viability of this concept. This research article would be useful for HR professionals, employees, researchers and policy makers in a company
From Media to New Media Literacy: The Need of the Hour
No full textWe live in a media-saturated environment; media seems to have an allencompassing presence in our daily lives. The media scenario is becoming complex, more so with the advent of new media enabled by information and communication technologies (ICT). Before the arrival of print, the world comprised oral communities; however with the advent of print and later radio, TV and now Internet and mobile media, our perception of the world is mostly based on what we see and read on various media. In view of the growing influence of media, the concept of media literacy gradually gained prominence. Media literacy broadly refers to the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and create media. While print media, radio and TV revolutionized the communication scenario, the new media enabled by ICT has three characteristics, which are based on the notion of active users, interactivity, demassification and asynchroneity.17 Interactivity stands at the core of new media as unlike other existing media, the new media has no gatekeepers, demassification refers to the control of the individual over the medium while asynchroneity means that the messages can be staggered at times, so the senders and receivers can send, receive, save or retrieve messages at any time they want. In view of these attributes, the concept of new media literacy is gradually evolving, it relates to the ability to use computers, social media, and the Internet.8 However the emphasis in new media literacy is not just on how people respond to media messages, but also on how they engage proactively in a media world where production, participation, social group formation, and high levels of nonprofessional expertise are prevalent.6 Internet penetration in India remains a concern. However, going by the recent figures the country has 350 million Internet users as on June 2015, which is likely to reach 500 million by 2017 (IAMAI-KPMG Report 2015). Internet reach in northeast part of India is way below the country average; however, the smartphones are gradually paving the way as more and more people are accessing Internet through their mobile devices. Given the increasing penetration, Internet usage and the ever-increasing use of new media platforms by the media industry and common people, it becomes pertinent to gauge what is the way forward in terms of media literacy in the region with special emphasis on new media literacy.This article is also an attempt to understand the necessity of new media literacy in the region. By way of interaction, an attempt has been made to understand how graduate and post-graduate students make use of new media platforms and whether they possess adequate new media literacy skills. The researchers have not come across any study related to new media literacy in the region and, therefore, the study is likely to give an insight into the issue.
An Assessment of the Relationship among Brand Trust, Perceived Value and Brand Loyalty of Fast Moving Consumer Goods
No full textThe objective of the current study was to investigate the relationship between Brand Trust and Perceived value to develop brand loyalty with respect to fast moving consumer goods segment. The data was collected from various demographic segments in India through modified and standardized questionnaire. All the constructs were adapted from previously conducted studies and were modified according to the requirements of the current study. Collected data from various demographic segments was analyzed using Cronbach’s alpha reliability and Factor analysis test using IBM SPSS 21. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to confirm the emerged factors using AMOS 21. Results of CFA indicated extracted factors and emerged factors were confirmed using the standard threshold value. Scales of used constructs in the current study were standardized. Structural equation modeling was employed to establish the cause and effect relationship among the Brand trust, Perceived value and Brand loyalty. The results of SEM revealed a significant relationship between brand trust and brand loyalty at 5% level of significance. The significant relationship between brand trust and perceived value and perceived value and brand loyalty at was explored at 0.0001 level of significance
Understanding Conflict Affected Children: Uncovering Possibilities for Development
No full textIt is a review of the situation in conflict affected regions and studies the current status and possibilities about how to give children their rights. Conflict includes war, insurgencies, terrorism attacks, extremism attacks, caste or religious conflicts, regional conflicts. This study reviews conflicts in Afghanistan, Jammu and Kashmir, North Eastern India, and other SouthAsian regions and their impact on children. This study is relevant in the light of “right to education,” “right to live” and in the context of “sustainable development goals.” This study is an exploratory study and gives propositions for creating possibilities for education and development of conflict affected children
The Emphasis on Female Feticide on Viewers by Media
No full textThe present study is an attempt to observe attitude and awareness created by media particularly news channels on promoting or developing emphasis on better health. The main objective of the study is to know the awareness level and to understand the attitude of people regarding such awareness and also to understand its application. This study is based on primary data collected through a tested questionnaire containing variables on Likert five-point scale. The questions on the questionnaire focus on two types of news channels available to the viewers, Hindi and Regional. The stratified random sampling technique was applied on 80 people on 50:50 gender ratios to understand the attitude of TV viewers in context to given social responsibility as addressed by these news channels. The findings of the research are relevant in understanding and comparing the particular social responsibility related to health, which also has impact on their individual lives.
Free Speech vs. Hate Speech: An Overview of Indian Scenario
No full textThis write up presents an overviewof the book Free Speech vs Hate Speech, by Prof. (Dr.) S.K. Tewari.The book is theresult of Prof. Tewari’s research project offered to him by the IASE Deemed University, Churu, Rajasthan. Later, the University published the project report in book form. In the book special emphasis has been given on what media could do to create communal harmony in India
Elements of Advertisements that Attract Children between 0 - 15 Years
No full textChildren below 15 years of age are unique in their thinking and action. They differ from the adults in their fresh outlook, open attitude and unique behavior patterns. So, the elements that attract adults and children are totally different. An analysis on the effect of elements of advertisements was made in five target groups of children: 0-3 3-5 5-7 7-10 10-1
Patient Accounting Systems: The Applied Computational Technology for Health Care Service
No full textAccounting is an important concern in any work. There must be a good system for management of accounting. In health care service, use of computational technology is important to support accounting work. Here, the author presents a review on the use of patient accounting system