Impact Assessment of Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation with and Without Intensive Health Education in Pregnant Women of Rural Area of District Etawah: An Interventional Study

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dc.contributor.authorKumar, Gauraven_US
dc.contributor.authorRani, Vidyaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Naresh Palen_US
dc.contributor.authorShukla, Sushil Kumaren_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Ajaien_US
dc.contributor.authorGoswami, Dollyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-09T07:31:20Z
dc.date.available2025-05-09T07:31:20Z
dc.date.issued2024-02
dc.description.abstractBackground: Low birth weight , post-partum haemorrhage still births and maternal deaths are associated with anaemia in pregnancy. If prevalence of anemia will be reduced then there will be improvement in maternal and child health and its outcome. Aim & Objectives: To evaluate the changes in the hematological profile of the study subjects and to determine the impact of intensive health education intervention on anemia status of pregnant women. Methodology: A Community based interventional study was conducted among 200 Pregnant women of selected villages in rural area of Etawah district (100 women in each interventional and non-interventional group) using a self-developed, pre designed, pretested, structured and validated questionnaire. statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) software was used to analyse the data. Result: After health education intervention there is significant increase in the haematological profile of study participants of interventional group (p<0.05) as before intervention values of mean Hb was 10.58±1.79 gm/dl which became 11.72±1.48 gm/dl There were 34 (73.9%) participants in the interventional group that were originally anaemic before the study, but after the intervention, they became non-anaemic. Conclusion: Health education sessions helped the pregnant women to improve their knowledge regarding anemia in pregnancy, as well as improve their ability to select iron rich foods, increase compliance with iron supplementation, and raise their haemoglobin levels.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Uttar Pradeshen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Uttar Pradeshen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Uttar Pradeshen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Uttar Pradeshen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Uttar Pradeshen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Uttar Pradesh.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKumar Gaurav, Rani Vidya, Singh Naresh Pal, Shukla Sushil Kumar, Kumar Ajai, Goswami Dolly . Impact Assessment of Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation with and Without Intensive Health Education in Pregnant Women of Rural Area of District Etawah: An Interventional Study . Indian Journal of Community Health. 2024 Feb; 36(1): 56-61en_US
dc.identifier.issn0971-7587
dc.identifier.issn2248-9509
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/243446
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMRI Publication Pvt. Ltd.en_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume36en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2024.v36i01.011en_US
dc.subjectPregnancyen_US
dc.subjectPregnant Womenen_US
dc.subjectChild Healthen_US
dc.subjectAnemiaen_US
dc.subjectIronen_US
dc.subjectHemoglobins.en_US
dc.titleImpact Assessment of Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation with and Without Intensive Health Education in Pregnant Women of Rural Area of District Etawah: An Interventional Studyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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