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Title: | Prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls: Severity and determinant factors in Rajasthan, India |
Other Titles: | Not Available |
Authors: | Aishwarya Dudi ML Meena Dheeraj Singh |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR::Central Arid Zone Research Institute |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2020-09-15 |
Keywords: | Adolescent girl anemia iron deficiency anemia prevalence |
Publisher: | Not Available |
Citation: | Not Available |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
Abstract/Description: | Objective: The present study was designed to study the prevalence of anemia & associated factors in adolescent girls of Pali District of Rajasthan, India. Design: All the Government schools of Pali were listed, out of these; three government schools were selected by the multistage random sampling method. Group of 60 adolescent girls (10-19 years) from each selected school were selected. All the girls were screened for anemia by Sahli’s haemoglobinometer method for estimating prevalence. Adolescent who had Hb concentration more than 12 g/dl were considered in control group. Hb value of 10.1 – 11.9 g/dl and less than 10 g/dl were come in ID (Iron Deficiency) and IDA (Iron Deficiency Anemia). Settings: Rajasthan, India Subjects: Total 180 Adolescent girl (10-19 years) who have attained their menarche. Results: Respondents were divided into three groups, 98 respondents (54.45%) comes under control group, 49 respondents (27.22%) were in ID group and 33 respondents (18.33%) were in IDA group. Significant differences were detected between ID, IDA and control in regards to her father’s and mother’s education (p= 0.0403, p= 0.0013), eating vegetables and citrus fruits (p = 0.012), hard physical work/ exercise (p = 0.003), past history of IDA (p=0.001) and pallor as subjective complaint of the girls (p=0.0036). Conclusion: In this study anemia can be considered of mild public health significance; indeed, it was a public health problem among adolescent girls in the area. |
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ISSN: | 2277- 7695 |
Type(s) of content: | Research Paper |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | The Pharma Innovation Journal |
NAAS Rating: | 5.23 |
Volume No.: | 9(10) |
Page Number: | 113-120 |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | ICAR, CAZRI, KVK, Pali (Rajasthan) |
Source, DOI or any other URL: | https://www.thepharmajournal.com/archives/?year=2020&vol=9&issue=10&ArticleId=5213 |
URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/50283 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-CAZRI-Publication |
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