A STUDY OF ANAEMIA AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN TIRUPATI RURAL AND URBAN AREAS THROUGH GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOLS
Journal Title: Journal of Biological and Scientific Opinion - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Our study was planned to assess the magnitude of problem of anaemia in adolescent girls in rural and urban areas of Tirupati and its association with various factors. The main objective was to study about the prevalence, various risk factors and anthropometric data in relation to anemia in adolescent girls who attended Government high schools in Tirupati rural and urban areas. A school based cross -sectional study was carried out during the period of October 2013 to October 2014. 314 adolescent girls from rural Government high schools and 314 adolescent girls from urban Government high schools a total of 628 school going adolescent girls were selected. The SPSS software was used for the analysis of the data. Chi-square test was used for the statistical analysis. , the present study revealed anaemia is a major health problem among the adolescent girls in both rural and urban areas in the present study area. Majority of the adolescent girls were within mild to moderate anaemia in both rural and urban groups. There is no significant difference in the severity of anaemia between early adolescence and late adolescence in both rural and urban groups. The prevalence of severity of anaemia was more among girls who belong to lower socio economic status. The prevalence of severity of anaemia was high among post menarchial girls in both rural and urban groups. The prevalence of severity of anaemia was high among post menarchial girls with menstrual problems in rural group.
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T. Jaya Naidu, Sekar M N, Sasi B, Hemavathi , Shankar Dudala, Manohar B, K Ramudu
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