Open AccessEffectiveness of Adolescent Health Programme on knowledge regarding Iron deficiency anaemia among adolescent girls at Kabirdham District, Chhattisgarh
Author(s) -
Kalpana B. Joshi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-7442
DOI - 10.46811/apjnh/1.1.2
Subject(s) - nonprobability sampling , iron deficiency , medicine , adolescent health , private school , pediatrics , environmental health , psychology , population , anemia , psychiatry , mathematics education , nursing
Adolescent period is a critical link between childhood and adulthood. Objectives of this study were to assess the effectiveness of adolescent health programme on knowledge regarding Iron deficiency Anaemia among adolescent girls and to associate the knowledge score with their selected demographic variables. An evaluative approach was used in the study, non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select 120 adolescent girls from 60 adolescent girls from govt. higher secondary school and 60 from private higher secondary school and data was gathered using the structured knowledge questionnaire on iron deficiency anaemia. Data was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics .in selected school. The study result showed that majority (76%) of study sample had poor knowledge, 2% had good knowledge and 22% had average knowledge on prevention of iron deficiency anaemia.