scholarly journals The prevalence of anaemia and morbidity profile among school going adolescent girls of urban Kathmandu, Nepal

1970 ◽  
Vol 39 (136) ◽  
pp. 319-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalapana Tiwari ◽  
S Seshadri
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Critical Periods ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Reported Health

A perusal of the literature on anaemia prevalence in Nepal from 1975 onwards highlightedtwo points: anaemia prevalence is high particularly among women and childrenand that adolescent girls as a group have not been studied much, in fact, theadolescent period is one of the critical periods for anaemia. The present studyassessed prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia and morbidity problems of adolescentgirl. The results highlighted anaemia as a public health problem in girls and its prevalencewas found to be higher in Brahmins girls as compared to Newars and Chhetries.Eighty-two percent of the girls reported health problems such as aches and pains inthe body, infectious morbidities, and weakness and breathlessness. Thus, this femalepopulation groups needs to be paid special attention for health promoting interventionprogram.Key words: Anaemia, morbidity, adolescent girls.

Thrombocytopenia in severe iron deficiency anaemia: A report of two cases

2021 ◽  
pp. 004947552098365
Author(s):  
Faisal Mohammad ◽  
M Sridhar ◽  
Madhusudan Samprathi ◽  
Prakash Vemgal
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Platelet Count ◽  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Iron Supplementation ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Severe Thrombocytopenia ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Global Public Health Problem

Iron deficiency, the commonest cause of anaemia in children, is a global public health problem. Worldwide, almost 50% of children <5 years of age are anaemic. Platelet count in iron deficiency anaemia is mostly normal or high; thrombocytopenia is rare. We describe two children with iron deficiency anaemia and severe thrombocytopenia who recovered with iron supplementation alone.

scholarly journals General population awareness regarding iron deficiency anaemia and its relation with nutrition and dietary habits

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 3803
Author(s):  
Shehata Farag Shehata ◽  
Faisal S. Alahmari ◽  
Saad A. Alahmari ◽  
Abdulelah M. Aljamaan ◽  
Hussam M. Alamrah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
General Population ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Awareness Level

Background: Iron deficiency anaemia is considered as a significant public health problem in vulnerable groups especially adolescents. This necessitates the importance of awareness about the disease among general population. Also, public awareness regarding the significance of iron deficiency and its effect upon work performance, and the importance of providing iron during pregnancy and childhood is a mandatory health issue. Policy makers should focus their strategy right from adolescence beginning with raising awareness about iron deficiency anaemia.Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional approach was applied targeting all population in Aseer region who aged 18 years or more from January 2020 to April 2020. Data were collected using online questionnaire through social media.Results: The survey respondents were 537 persons whose ages ranged from 18 to 89 years old with mean age of 32.1 12.2 years. Three hundred participants (55.9%) were males and 84.7% of them were at urban area. More than 70% of the respondents previously heard about Anaemia and 88.8% agreed on that anaemia is health problem. Iron as the nutrient deficient in anaemia was reported by 78.6% of the participants and 69.1% reported that in anaemia there is decreased haemoglobin level. Generally, about half of the participants had good awareness level regarding all aspects of IDA.Conclusions: the study revealed that the recorded awareness level regarding IDA was considerable with many areas of defect. The main areas of awareness defect included iron rich food and absorption inhibitors which indicates the urgent need for further effort to raise the population awareness and improving their nutritional habits

scholarly journals A study to assess the effectiveness of honey dates amla mix on biochemical markers among adolescent girls with Iron deficiency anaemia

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 2288-2293
Author(s):  
Bhuvaneswari G.
Keyword(s):  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Biochemical Markers ◽  
Serum Iron ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

WHO Global Database on Anaemia for 1993-2005, covering almost half of the world’s population, estimated the prevalence of anaemia worldwide at 25 per cent.The aim of the study is to determine the effectiveness of honey dates amla mix on biochemical markers among adolescent girls with Iron deficiency anaemia. Quantitative experimental and control group pre and post-test design was used in this study. The study was conducted among adolescent girls in two different residential homes. Total study population is 170 adolescent girls were selected by simple random sampling technique. 85 adolescents girls were assigned to the experimental group and 85 participants in control group. For experimental group honey dates amla mix was given for 3 months whereas in  the control group iron and folic acid supplementation were provided. The study results shows that pre and post-test intervention scores of control and experimental group were compared by Wilcoxon scores rank test. Comparison of pre-test and post-test scores of severity of anemia, clinical variables, and level of fatigue and level of satisfaction, bio chemical parameters (reticulocytes, MCV, haematocrite, serum iron, serum ferritin, TIBC) were assessed in both experimental and control group. Between the experimental and control group (unpaired‘t’ test) reticulocytes, mcv, heamatocrite, serum iron serum ferritin showed significant changes in the pre test and post-test but there is no changes in TIBC. The study concluded that alternative nutritional therapy was effective for enhancing the blood heamoglobin & biochemical paramteres level, decreased the clinical variables and fatigue level among the adolescent girls with iron deficiency anemia.

scholarly journals Iron deficiency anaemia-an old enemy

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 754-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Bagchi
Keyword(s):  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Region ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Micronutrient Deficiencies ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Iron Supplements ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Targeted Interventions

Anaemia has remained a widespread public health problem in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Prevalence figures vary from a low of 17% to a high of over 70% among preschool children; from 14% to 42% among adolescents and from 11% to over 40% among women of childbearing age. Although the prevalence of anaemia has often been used as a proxy indicator for iron deficiency anaemia, this approach is not valid in settings where the etiology of anaemia is complex or unknown or where other micronutrient deficiencies of folate, vitamin B12 and vitamin A can co-exist. An integrated, multifactorial and multisectoral approach has to be adopted comprising targeted interventions to provide iron supplements to especially vulnerable segments of the population, in particular pregnant women; food-based approaches to increase iron intake through food fortification and dietary diversification; and other measures combined with iron interventions where other causes of anaemia are prevalent

scholarly journals Addressing Female Iron-Deficiency Anaemia in India: Is Vegetarianism the Major Obstacle?

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anu Rammohan ◽  
Niyi Awofeso ◽  
Marie-Claire Robitaille
Keyword(s):  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Vegetarian Diet ◽  
Major Public Health Problem ◽  
Daily Consumption ◽  
Indian Women ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia

Objectives. We examined the influence of vegetarian diet on the risk of developing anaemia among Indian women and suggest initiatives for addressing diet-related iron-deficiency anaemia. Methods. We analysed data on diet, social class, and haemoglobin levels from the nationally representative Indian National Family and Health Survey 2005/06 for a sample of 81,301 women aged 15–49 years using logistic regression models. Results. After controlling for individual-level factors and household level socioeconomic characteristics, daily consumption of meat, fish, and eggs was associated with lower odds of being moderately or severely anaemic. Our analysis also revealed that economic characteristics such as being from higher wealth quintiles, being in paid employment, and rural residence reduced the odds of having iron-deficiency anaemia among Indian women. Discussion. As a large proportion of Indians subsist on iron-poor vegetarian diets for religious, economic, and cultural reasons, large-scale iron supplementation and fortification of commonly consumed vegetarian foodstuffs constitute a feasible, culturally appropriate, and cost-effective strategy for addressing this major public health problem. Consumption of cheap iron-rich foodstuffs should be promoted. Effective poverty alleviation and hookworm prevention programs are also important. Large-scale cohort and intervention studies are urgently required to further define the influence of vegetarianism on iron deficiency anaemia in India.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Adolescent Health Programme on knowledge regarding Iron deficiency anaemia among adolescent girls at Kabirdham District, Chhattisgarh

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalpana B. Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Knowledge Questionnaire ◽  
Health Programme

Adolescent period is a critical link between childhood and adulthood. Objectives of this study were to assess the effectiveness of adolescent health programme on knowledge regarding Iron deficiency Anaemia among adolescent girls and to associate the knowledge score with their selected demographic variables. An evaluative approach was used in the study, non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select 120 adolescent girls from 60 adolescent girls from govt. higher secondary school and 60 from private higher secondary school and data was gathered using the structured knowledge questionnaire on iron deficiency anaemia. Data was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics .in selected school. The study result showed that majority (76%) of study sample had poor knowledge, 2% had good knowledge and 22% had average knowledge on prevention of iron deficiency anaemia.

scholarly journals A case study of Human iron deficiency Anaemia in different age groups from Ujjain (M.P.) India

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
MANJU JUNWAL ◽  
◽  
BHAI ISMAIL ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Socioeconomic Level ◽  
Red Cell ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Iron Deficient ◽  
Red Cell Count

Iron deficiency Anaemia is the most common case of nutritional Anaemia worldwide and is a public health problem in developing countries; characterized by abnormal red cell count (MCV, MCHC). Iron deficiency Anaemia associated with fatigue, skin paleness, weakness etc. The aim of the study is to determine the risk factors for iron deficiency Anaemia among population of Ujjain district (M.P.). Both male and female iron deficient patients were studied from the SS hospital and CHL applo hospitals during Jan. 2012 to Dec. 2012. A group of 6828 patients were studied for iron deficiency Anaemia in different age groups. A total of 4549 female and 2279 males were studied. Information was collected about sex, socioeconomic level. It is inferred that the percentage of anaemia is more in women compared to men.

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