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Research paper thumbnail of Prevalence of Anemia among Adolescent Girls in Uttar Pradesh and Sharing Field Experience of Community-based Anemia Management Program

Indian Journal of Youth and Adolescent Health

Methodology: Interviewing adolescent girls by predesigned and pretested questionnaire and estimat... more Methodology: Interviewing adolescent girls by predesigned and pretested questionnaire and estimation of haemoglobin. Results: The prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls was found to be 78.8%. Out of 119 anaemic girls, 75.6% girls were suffering from mild degree of anaemia and 24.4% girls were having moderate degree of anemia. Nobody was suffering from severe anemia. Prevalence of anemia in adolescent girls is significantly higher in girls of illiterate or primary educated mothers (P=0.000), low socioeconomic status families (P=0.031), H/O excessive menstrual bleeding (P=0.001), no H/O intake of IFA in last 6 months (P=0.001) and girls with undernutrition ((P=0.024).

Research paper thumbnail of Prevalence of Anemia among Adolescent Girls in Uttar Pradesh and Sharing Field Experience of Community-based Anemia Management Program

Indian Journal of Youth and Adolescent Health

Methodology: Interviewing adolescent girls by predesigned and pretested questionnaire and estimat... more Methodology: Interviewing adolescent girls by predesigned and pretested questionnaire and estimation of haemoglobin. Results: The prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls was found to be 78.8%. Out of 119 anaemic girls, 75.6% girls were suffering from mild degree of anaemia and 24.4% girls were having moderate degree of anemia. Nobody was suffering from severe anemia. Prevalence of anemia in adolescent girls is significantly higher in girls of illiterate or primary educated mothers (P=0.000), low socioeconomic status families (P=0.031), H/O excessive menstrual bleeding (P=0.001), no H/O intake of IFA in last 6 months (P=0.001) and girls with undernutrition ((P=0.024).

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