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| العنوان: |
Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Anaemia among School Going Adolescent Girls of Rural Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. |
| المؤلفون: |
Chaudhary, Varsha1 mahichaudhary25@gmail.com, Rao, Malvika2, Chaudhary, Rajendra3, Jain, Rajat3, Chapran, Ankit3, Kumar, Prashant3, Ahmad, Sartaj4 |
| المصدر: |
International Journal of Contemporary Microbiology. Jan-Jun2022, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p1-5. 5p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*TEENAGE girls, *MALNUTRITION, *ANEMIA, *PARENTING education, *MOTHER-infant relationship, *MANNERS & customs |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
MEERUT (India), INDIA |
| مستخلص: |
Back ground: Adolescent is a period of peak growth for boys and girls. Food and nutrition needs proportionately higher during the growth spurt². In country like India with varying social customs and common beliefs against female, there is high prevalence of malnutrition among girls. If anaemic adolescent girl became pregnant, it may increase both mortality and morbidity rate in both mother and infant i.e maternal mortality rate and infant mortality rate. Material & Methods: The present quasi-experimental study was conducted among school going adolescent girls of class 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th of Gurukul inter college, Panchali. Data was collected on predesigned semi structured questionnaire which included details of socio demographic variables like age, parent’s education and other details about knowledge regarding anaemia, its causes and sources of iron. One week after the presentation again the knowledge of students was assessed on the same set of questionnaire. Result: 31% were of 15 yrs, 30% were of 16 yrs. Knowledge about anaemia before presentation was present in 76% students while it was 96% after presentation. 20% knows about the sources of iron. 60% of the study subject were aware of programme related to anaemia Conclusion: Despite the various measures taken by government of India to control anaemia in various groups the severity of nutritional anaemia continues to remain a public health issue of great magnitude. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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