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University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad

The University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad was established on October 1, 1986. The University has 5 Colleges, 27 Research Stations, 6 Agriculture Extension Education Centers, 6 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and ATIC. The University has its jurisdiction over 7 districts namely Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, and Uttar Kannada in northern Karnataka. Greater diversity exists in soil types, climate, topography cropping and farming situations. The jurisdiction includes dry-farming to heavy rainfall and irrigated area. Important crops of the region include sorghum, cotton, rice, pulses, chilli, sugarcane, groundnut, sunflower, wheat, safflower etc. The region is also known for many horticultural crops. Considerable progress has been registered in the field of education, research and extension from this University.

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    Mentail Health of Rural and Urban Elderly : Relationship with Physiological Health and Social Support
    (UAS, Dharwad, 2011) Ashwini Morab; V.S. Yadav
    This study was to assess status of health, social support and mental health and their relationship among elderly. The sample consisted of 160 elderly comprised of 80 from urban (40 male and 40 female) and 80 from rural (40 male and 40 female )background by snowball technique. Personal information schedule, Physiological problem checklist (Ashwini, 2011), Mental health inventory (Jagadish and Srivastava,1983) and Social support questionnaire (Heitzmann and Kaplan, 1988 ) were administered individually. The data were subjected to percentage, correlation, chi square and ANOVA analyses. The results revealed that there was negative and significant relationship between age, education, income and mental health, but size of family was significantly & positively related to mental health of elderly. There was significant negative relationship between physiological health and mental health and significant positive relationship between social support and mental health of elderly. About 56 percent of elderly had very poor mental health, 49 percent of elderly had 11-30 number of health problems and 76 percent of elderly received support from 3-6 numbers of members. Rural female elderly were better in mental health compared to male elderly. Female elderly were experiencing social support from more number of members compared to male elderly. In rural area male elderly were better in physiological health compared female elderly. In urban area female elderly were better in mental health compared to male elderly and male elderly were better in physiological health compared to female elderly.