European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Background: Health is a human right. In order to achieve Universal Health Coverage and to bridge the gap between the community and the provision of quality health care, there is a need to improve the financial protection for health. Health insurance is a promising way for improving health by reducing health expenditure and providing financial protection Objectives: Assessment of awareness about health Insurance schemes, assessment of coverage of health insurance schemes and the factors influencing the subscription and utilization of Insurance Schemes. Materials and Methods: A community based cross sectional study was conducted in the RHTC Irkalagad, a field practice area of Department of Community Medicine, KIMS Koppal during February and March 2020 among 500 individuals aged 18years and above using predesigned semi-structured questionnaire. Results: Out of 500 individuals, 59% of the participants were aware of health insurance, the awareness about health insurance was significantly associated with gender and socio-economic status. Only 29% of the participants were subscribed to health insurance and 6.8% of those insured availed the benefits. Majority(78.5%) of the participants reported lack of awareness was the reason for nonsubscription to health insurance.

The sports columns in newspapers have become extremely popular. There is probably more universal reader interest in the sports pages, than in any of the other parts of the newspapers. Sports throughout the world have assumed an importance beyond the recreational aspect. As a result readers are demanding more & more reading matter on sports events that’s why newspapers creating a major role in the propagation & promotion of sports therefore this study is helpful to find out space devoted to a particular sport and the importance given to National and International sports. This study primarily builds on the quantitative content analysis of selected mainstream dailies of Jaipur to track down the trends in coverage of sports in Indian main stream print media and bring out the comparative analysis between them.

The sports columns in newspapers have become extremely popular. There is probably more universal reader interest in the sports pages, than in any of the other parts of the newspapers. Sports throughout the world have assumed an importance beyond the recreational aspect. As a result readers are demanding more & more reading matter on sports events that’s why newspapers creating a major role in the propagation & promotion of sports therefore this study is helpful to find out space devoted to a particular sport and the importance given to National and International sports. This study primarily builds on the quantitative content analysis of selected mainstream dailies of Jaipur to track down the trends in coverage of sports in Indian main stream print media and bring out the comparative analysis between them.