?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Sickle+cell+disease+status+among+school+adolescents+and+their+tribal+community+in+South+Gujarat&rft.creator=Vasava%2C+Bipin&rft.creator=Chudasama%2C+Rajesh+K&rft.creator=Godara%2C+Naresh+R&rft.creator=Srivastava%2C+Ratan+K&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Objectives%3A+to+create+awareness%2C+to+screen+samples+of+school+adolescents+and+then+to+reach+their+community+through+them+by+doing+surveillance+for+sickle+cell+disease.+Design%3A+Field+based+cross-sectional+study.+Settings%3A+St+Xavier%60s+high+school+and+Vanraj+high+school+of+Umarpada+taluka+of+Surat+district.+Subjects%3A+School+adolescents%2C+their+parents+and+friends.+Method%3A+After+taking+permission+from+school+authority%2C+blood+samples+of+948+school+adolescents+were+taken+for+DTT+test+and+then+for+electrophoresis.+Blood+samples+of+motivated+parents+and+friends+of+those+adolescents+found+positive+for+DTT+was+taken+in+subsequent+visit+and+results+were+communicated+to+them.+Results%3A+Blood+samples+of+948+school+adolescents%2C+out+of+1081+were+tested+for+DTT+test.+It+was+positive+in+242+samples%2C+giving+a+prevalence+of+25.5%25+for+sickle+cell+disease.+On+subjecting+the+positive+blood+samples+to+electrophoresis%2C+the+proportion+of+sickle+cell+trait+and+sickle+cell+disease+was+found+to+be+92%25+and+8%25+respectively.+Then+electrophoresis+was+done+in+64+parents+and+friends%2C+24+(37.5%25)+of+them+were+found+positive+of+which%2C+14+(58%25)+were+having+sickle+cell+trait+and+10+(42%25)+having+sickle+cell+disease.+Conclusion%3A+approaching+community+can+be+possible+through+school+adolescents+for+conduction+of+surveillance+of+sickle+cell+anemia&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2009-09-08&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6670%2F1%2F2009-2-4.pdf&rft.identifier=++Vasava%2C+Bipin+and+Chudasama%2C+Rajesh+K+and+Godara%2C+Naresh+R+and+Srivastava%2C+Ratan+K++(2009)+Sickle+cell+disease+status+among+school+adolescents+and+their+tribal+community+in+South+Gujarat.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6670%2F