A Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Anemia among Women's in Narayana Medical College Hospital, Nellore

Geethu Mariam Scaria
2017 International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology  
The deficiency of anemia is mainly seen in women. In the world wide, anemia is the second leading cause of disability and there one of most serious global public health problem. Anemia affects about 486 million in women. Anemia can be prevented by eating more green leafy vegetables such as spinach and dried fruits. They have to eat more iron fortified foods and eat foods that help body absorb iron like orange juice, Straw berries, broccoli a other fruits and vegetables with vitamin C. The heart
more » ... must work harder to make up for the lack of red blood cells or hemoglobin. Early detection of anemia in pregnant women is reflected in the vision of making pregnancy initiative. primary care policies and programme should coordinate with health care system. Methods: A Descriptive design was adopted for this study. The study was conducted in selected hospital, Nellore district. 60 samples were selected by using Random sampling technique by means of lottery method. Structured questionnaire were used to assess the knowledge regarding prevention of Anemia among women, which consists of 30 items. Results: The study results shows that with regard to level of knowledge, 52(86.7%) women had inadequate knowledge, 8(13.3%) had moderately adequate knowledge about prevention of anemia Conclusion: The study concluded that majority of women in the Narayana hospital were had inadequate knowledge. So there is a need to improve knowledge and availability of information and practice about prevention of anemia among the women may help to reduce the mortality and morbidity among patients under anemia.
doi:10.22214/ijraset.2017.9145 fatcat:2dkz35ib5fee3d2cdhxhnlfv5a