Prevalence and determinants of anaemia and effect of different interventions amongst tea tribe adolescent girls living in Dibrugarh district of Assam

Mahanta, Tulika Goswami; Mahanta, Bhupendra Narayan; Gogoi, Pranab; Dixit, Puspendra; Joshi, Vandana; Ghosh, Sandip

doi:10.1016/j.cegh.2014.07.003

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“…reflecting a lack of universal access to care," the United Nations noted. 6 Mahanta said that while home births were still common the numbers were falling in the state. India has increased the percentage of deliveries attended by skilled health personnel from 32% in 1990 to 57% in 2013.…”

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Assam: India’s state with the highest maternal mortality

Cousins¹

2016

BMJ

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Assam: India’s state with the highest maternal mortality

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2016

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“…[ 34 ] The tribal population is vulnerable population, in terms of social development, isolating dwelling places in difficult terrain, rigid customs and beliefs, illiteracy, and separation from non-tribal population exposes them to many health and social issues. [ 35 ] In this group of the population, anemia has a number of consequences which includes reducing in working capacity and impaired immunity. [ 2 36 ] It has also a direct impact during pregnancy since 50% of anemic cases during pregnancy starts at the time of conception.…”

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Prevalence of anemia among the women of childbearing age belonging to the tea garden community of Assam, India: A community-based study

Panyang¹,

Teli

Saikia

2018

J Family Med Prim Care

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Background:Anemia is a condition in which the number of red blood cells becomes insufficient to meet the body's physiologic needs. Anemia is one of the major public health problems in India. The aim of this study was to find the prevalence and determinants of anemia among the adult females of tea garden community of Assam.Materials and Methods:A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 770 numbers of adult females belonging to the tea garden community. For all the samples, complete blood count, abnormal hemoglobin variants screening by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), serum iron level, total iron binding capacity (TIBC), and serum ferritin concentrations were determined.Results:Out of 770 patients, 19.7% were severely anemic. Hb S and β-thalassemia were the only hemoglobin types detected in the study. Hemoglobin type, mean corpuscular volume, TIBC, and serum ferritin level were the important determinants of anemia in the present study.Conclusion:To reduce the burden of anemia among the adult females of tea garden community, the females should be screened periodically, and appropriate measures should be taken.

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“…HG studies have reported improvements of health awareness and nutrition knowledge scores in maternal and young participants after an intervention. These results were associated with improvement in dietary diversity, dietary and feeding practices, and child health outcomes in developing countries [67][68][69][70][71].…”

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Sustainability in home garden interventions to improve food security: Results, challenges, and future directions

Hernández-Aguilar¹,

Dominguez-Hernandez

2022

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Food and nutrition security (FNS) is a priority for human development since different facets of malnutrition still prevail in many parts of the world. Home garden interventions (HGI) have been proposed to improve FNS, generally obtaining positive results. This review aimed to evaluate reports of HGI, discussing their characteristics and outcomes in terms of three sustainability dimensions (social, environmental, and economic). A total of 40 papers (n-number of papers) were included, mainly published since 2009. According to literature review, measurement, or discussion of economic (productivity, n=20) and social (diet improvement, n=33) outcomes has taken precedence over environmental ones (agrodiversity, n=15) in HGI’s impact assessment (IA). Furthermore, sustainability has not been assessed beyond the continuity of the proposed changes (n=5). Future HGI should apply Systemic-Transdisciplinary approaches with adequate metrics and multidimensional IA methodologies linking FNS and sustainable development. This would allow a contextualisation of the research, establishing the current situation of the study system and identifying precise needs. Also, it would be possible to identify and monitor trade-offs and synergies of the intervention. Such approach would generate a strong body of scientific evidence and awareness of the benefits of a sustainable agricultural system in the prevention and treatment of the double burden of malnutrition (hidden hunger and overweight/obesity).

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Prevalence and determinants of anaemia and effect of different interventions amongst tea tribe adolescent girls living in Dibrugarh district of Assam

Cited by 12 publications

References 9 publications

Assam: India’s state with the highest maternal mortality

Assam: India’s state with the highest maternal mortality

Prevalence of anemia among the women of childbearing age belonging to the tea garden community of Assam, India: A community-based study

Sustainability in home garden interventions to improve food security: Results, challenges, and future directions

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