Background: Anaemia remains a major public health concern in India, particularly among adolescents. The Anemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) programme aims to reduce anaemia through weekly Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation, but lack of awareness and poor compliance often limit its effectiveness. Nurse-led education has been shown to improve adolescent health behaviours. Methods: A pre-experimental one-group pre-test post-test design was adopted. Sixty adolescent girls from government senior secondary schools in Dehradun were selected using convenience sampling. A structured knowledge questionnaire (30 items) was administered before and after a nurse-led education programme. Descriptive and inferential statistics, including paired t test and chi-square, were used for analysis. Results: Pre-test scores revealed that 50% of participants had poor knowledge, 36.7% average, and only 13.3% good knowledge. After the intervention, 68.3% achieved average and 31.7% good knowledge, with none remaining in the poor category. A significant improvement was observed between pre-test and post-test scores (t = 3.240, p < 0.05). No significant association was found between demographic variables and knowledge levels. Conclusion: The nurse-led education programme significantly enhanced knowledge regarding IFA tablets among adolescent girls. Integrating structured nurse-led interventions within school health initiatives could strengthen AMB programme outcomes and reduce adolescent anaemia prevalence.
Anemia, Iron and Folic Acid, Anemia Mukt Bharat, Nurse-led education, Adolescents, Knowledge improvement.
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