Study of adherence and effect of iron and folic acid supplement on haemoglobin level among adolescent girls in rural area

Kuril, Bina M.; Janbade, Chetan; Lone, Deepak K.; Hirani, Salma; Ankushe, Rajendra T.; Doibale, Mohan K.

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20160927

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“…Related to this, one-fifth of girls interrupted IFA, mainly due to school absences, side effects, or a lack of IFA supply. In different studies, the reasons for interrupting IFA were the occurrence of side effects;- nausea or vomiting, bad taste; misconceptions, and being absent from school on the date of supplementation 18 , 19 , 29 , 30 . Also, thirty seven girls did not completely accept IFA, which was mainly linked to a lack of clear information and misconceptions about the IFA tablets.…”

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Factors associated with compliance with weekly iron and folic acid supplementation among school adolescent girls in Debub Achefer district, northwest Ethiopia: school-based cross-sectional study

Haile,

Oumer,

Negese

et al. 2024

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Iron deficiency anemia is a public health problem among adolescents that could be addressed by weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation (IFAS). The Ethiopian government piloted weekly IFAS in schools, where its effectiveness depends on compliance. We assessed the determinants of compliance with the weekly IFAS in Ethiopia. A school-based survey was conducted in 506 adolescent girls on weekly IFAS. Compliance was considered when girls reported WIFAS for at least three months without discontinuation. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression models were modeled, with odds ratios reported. Out of 506, 25.8% had limited access to educational resources, and 79.4% had no information on IFAS. Among these, 47.9% (95% CI: 45.5–49.9%) had poor compliance with weekly IFAS. Non-compliance was mainly due to school absenteeism (55.9%). Important predictors of poor compliance were adolescent girls’ marital status (AOR = 5.21; 1.55–17.6), academic standing (AOR = 4.37; 2.20–8.70), family income (AOR = 1.85; 1.09–3.15), access to health education materials (AOR = 1.57; 1.02–2.40), problems with IFAS (AOR = 2.44; 1.26–4.74), a discouraging home environment for the program (AOR = 2.27; 1.54–3.34), and a lack of knowledge of the IFAS program (AOR = 1.40; 0.97–2.03). Compliance with weekly IFAS is optimal, which could be improved via strong adherence support and feasible supplementation schedules.

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Factors associated with compliance with weekly iron and folic acid supplementation among school adolescent girls in Debub Achefer district, northwest Ethiopia: school-based cross-sectional study

Haile,

Oumer,

Negese

et al. 2024

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A Study of Nutritional Status and Prevalence of Anaemia among the Adolescent girls and Women of Reproductive age of Baigatribe accessing Antenatal Clinic in Public Health Sector in Chhattisgarh, India

Chakravarty

Venugopal

Chakraborty

et al. 2022

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Nutritional problems have serious health implications impacting physical development, psychological, behavioral and work performance of an individual. Anaemia is the most common problem among pregnant and lactating women in most of the developing countries. Anemia during pregnancy is the most common preventable causes of maternal morbidity and poor prenatal outcome. Healthy growth and development of a girl through adolescence helps to prepare her for healthy pregnancies during child bearing years. Prevalence of anemia in India is very high across all groups. The present study was conducted to assess the levels of anaemia and nutritional status among the Baiga women and adolescent girls residing in three districts of Chhattisgarh. Only 42% of the Baiga women, of reproductive age, were found to have normal levels of anemia while 58% of them were found to be anaemic. Prevalence of anaemia was found to be very high among adolescent Baiga girls. Only 5.3% adolescent Baiga girls were found to have normal levels of Hb while 94.7% had various degrees of anaemia, putting them into high risk zones for the future pregnancies. Majority of the Baiga women respondents i.e. 47.33% had low BMI between16-18.5 which falls as under nutritional category, 6.67% were very severely underweight and only 40.66 % of the respondents could be categorized under the normal category of Body Mass Index (BMI). BMI among adolescent girls when compared to WHO 2004 standard of malnutrition revealed that 27.2% girls could be classified under the normal category, 24.2 % girls suffered from mild thinness, 17.8 % girls suffered from moderate thinness and 30.8% girls suffered from severe thinness category of malnutrition.The strategy of increasing iron intake in every households through dietary diversifications and use of iron fortified iodized salts, providing IFA supplementations to vulnerable groups, testing and timely treatment of pregnant women and adolescent girls with anaemia, is required to accelerate the pace of reduction in the prevalence of iron deficient anemia to enable the country to achieve SDG target for the reduction of anaemia.

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Study of adherence and effect of iron and folic acid supplement on haemoglobin level among adolescent girls in rural area

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Factors associated with compliance with weekly iron and folic acid supplementation among school adolescent girls in Debub Achefer district, northwest Ethiopia: school-based cross-sectional study

Factors associated with compliance with weekly iron and folic acid supplementation among school adolescent girls in Debub Achefer district, northwest Ethiopia: school-based cross-sectional study

A Study of Nutritional Status and Prevalence of Anaemia among the Adolescent girls and Women of Reproductive age of Baigatribe accessing Antenatal Clinic in Public Health Sector in Chhattisgarh, India

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