Anemia among Pregnant Women in a Rural Area of Katihar District, Bihar

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dc.contributor.authorPandey, Arun Kumaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-24T08:06:49Z
dc.date.available2024-09-24T08:06:49Z
dc.date.issued2023-09
dc.description.abstractAnemia is a major public health problem affecting both the developed as well as the developing countries. According to World Health Organization, prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women is 56% in the developing world. India has the highest prevalence of anaemia and 20% of total maternal deaths are due to anemia. According to NFHS-5 data the prevalence of anemia in rural area of Bihar is 63.9%.Objectives: To study the prevalence of anaemia in rural pregnant women. To study the factors associated with anemia.Methodology: This cross sectional study was carried out among 217 pregnant women registered at our rural health training centre. All these pregnant mothers gave informed consent to participate in the study. A structured interview schedule was administered and hemoglobin levels were recorded from their mother child protection card. A mean hemoglobin value was calculated and anaemia was defined as a hemoglobin level <11 g/dl as per WHO classification.Results: The prevalence of anemia was 81.57% among the pregnant females in this region of rural India. Out of these 42.20% had mild anemia, 38.25% had moderate anemia and 0.92% had severe anemia according to WHO classification of anemia.Conclusion: High prevalence of anemia among pregnant women indicates anemia to be a major public health problem in the rural community and indicates strict implementation of national nutrition anemia prophylaxis programme.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Medical Research and Health Sciences, Chengalpattu Medical College, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationPandey Arun Kumar. Anemia among Pregnant Women in a Rural Area of Katihar District, Bihar. International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences. 2023 Sep; 12(9): 1-9en_US
dc.identifier.issn2319-5886
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/231007
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSumathi Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber9en_US
dc.relation.volume12en_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.ijmrhs.com/medical-research/anemia-among-pregnant-women-in-a-rural-area-of-katihar-district-bihar-101928.htmlen_US
dc.subjectAnemiaen_US
dc.subjectRuralen_US
dc.subjectPregnancyen_US
dc.subjectHemoglobinen_US
dc.subjectImplementationen_US
dc.titleAnemia among Pregnant Women in a Rural Area of Katihar District, Biharen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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