Assessment of Anemia status among school going adolescent of Raipur and Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh

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dc.contributor.authorAgrawal, Shailendraen_US
dc.contributor.authorJain, Kamlesh Kumaren_US
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Minien_US
dc.contributor.authorVerma, Nirmalen_US
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Shubhra A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGaikwad, Madhuen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T08:45:12Z
dc.date.available2020-05-06T08:45:12Z
dc.date.issued2019-07
dc.description.abstractBackground: According to WHO, adolescence is the population of 10-19 years of age. According to NFHS III, in Chhattisgarh, 58.7% adolescent girls and 34.6% adolescent boys aged between 15-19 years were anemic. So, to combat anemia MoHFW launched weekly iron and folic acid supplementation (WIFS) programme with the objectives to reduce the prevalence. Thus the present study was in attempts with the objective to assess anemia status among school going adolescent of Raipur and Jashpur districts of Chhattisgarh.Methods: It was a school based cross-sectional study conducted in the two districts of Chhattisgarh during 2017-18 among the students aged between 12-19 years and the sample size was 480. By using simple random sampling method, four schools from each district and from each school total 60 students i.e. 10 students from each class 7th -12th were selected by using systematic random sampling method. Permission from DEO of the respective district followed by permission from the principal of each schools and consent from parents of the student was taken and then study was proceeded.Results: In the present study, the mean age of the students in Raipur and Jashpur district was 15.1±1.8 years and 15.2±1.8 years respectively. Out of all the students, in Raipur district, 101 (42.1%) students were found to be anemic and mean Hemoglobin level was 12.5±1.9 gm/dl. In Jashpur district about two third 147 (61.2%) of the students were anemic and mean Hemoglobin level was 11.9±1.9 gm/dl.Conclusions: This study concluded that anemia is still high among adolescent boys and girlsen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Pt. JNM Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationAgrawal Shailendra, Jain Kamlesh Kumar, Sharma Mini, Verma Nirmal, Gupta Shubhra A., Gaikwad Madhu. Assessment of Anemia status among school going adolescent of Raipur and Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2019 Jul; 6(7): 2905-2909en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6032
dc.identifier.issn23946040
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/201536
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber7en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20192823en_US
dc.subjectAnemiaen_US
dc.subjectAdolescentsen_US
dc.subjectWIFS programmeen_US
dc.titleAssessment of Anemia status among school going adolescent of Raipur and Jashpur district of Chhattisgarhen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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