Open AccessCompliance to iron-folic-acid supplementation and associated factors among pregnant women: A cross-sectional survey in a district of West Bengal, India
Author(s) -
Saha Debi,
Gandhari Basu,
Reshmi Mondal,
Sreetama Chakrabarti,
Sujit Kumar Roy,
Shubhamoy Ghosh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_392_20
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , observational study , environmental health , deworming , pregnancy , folic acid , malnutrition , health education , anemia , pediatrics , public health , nursing , pathology , biology , immunology , helminths , genetics
Iron-deficiency anemia is considered to be a major health problem in India. This can complicate a normal pregnancy resulting in poor maternal and fetal outcomes. Iron-folic-acid (IFA) supplementation to antenatal and postnatal mothers given through the National Health Mission (NHM) serves as a major tool to combat this problem.