Adolescence is a critical stage in the life cycle, when the health of females is affected due to growth spurt, beginning of menstruation, poor intake of iron due to poor dietary habits and gender bias. Iron deficiency anaemia affects over 60% of the adolescent girls in India. Anaemia in adolescent girls has far-reaching implications. The anaemic adolescent girls grow into adult women with compromised growth, both physical and mental. These women have low pre-pregnancy weight and are more likely to die during childbirth and deliver low birth weight babies. Objectives –The main objective was to assess the existing level of knowledge regarding anaemia and its management among adolescent girls. Methodology- A quantitative research approach and a non-experimental descriptive research design was used. The sample size of 135 adolescent girls were selected by using non-probability convenience sampling technique. Initially the investigator got permission from concerned authority of Shia girls College Lucknow. The written consent was obtained from sample. The tools used were, Performa of demographic variables, structured knowledge questionnaire. Assessment of preexisting level of knowledge done by administering structured knowledge questionnaire after that information booklet was distributed. Result- The result of the study revealed that there was majority of the 48.9% sample subjects had inadequate level of knowledge, 32.6% had moderate level of knowledge and 18.5% had adequate level of knowledge.
Anaemia and its management, information booklet, anatomy and physiology of blood
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