“A Study To Assess The Assessment Of Anemia And Body Mass Index (Bmi)Amongadolescent Girls At Selected Government High Schools At Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh”

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Somayajula Kanakalakshmi, et. al.

Abstract

Backgroundofthestudy

Adolescent girls are future mothers. Nutritional status is important determinant of their physical growth and development, which in turn determines the reproductive outcome. Health education and nutritional supplementation is important in this regard.


OBJECTIVES

  • To assess anemia and body mass index (BMI) among adolescent girls.

  • To find the correlation between anemia and body mass index (BMI) of adolescent girls.

  • To find out the association between findings of the study with selected socio-demographic variables.


METHODS

A descriptive study was conducted among 95 adolescent girls aged 12-18 years studying government high schools, Vishakhapatnam using convenient sampling technique. A pre-test proforma was used to obtain the socio-demographic details. Hemoglobin was checked by True Hb hemometer and body mass index was assessed by measuring weight and height.


RESULTS

The results of the study reveals that the prevalence of anemia was 62.1% out of which 30.5%, 30.5% and 1.1% were mild anemic, moderate anemic and severe anemic respectively whereas 75.8% were of normal body mass index. Presence of anemia was statistically significantly associated with family monthly income (p<0.05).A weak positive correlation was observed between anemia and BMI and it was not statistically significant at p=0.293.


CONCLUSIONS

More than half of the adolescent girls are anemic. Emphasizes are needed for corrective measures of adolescent girls for anemia who are the future 'mother to be'. It also needs prope monitoring for effective utilization of nutritional supplementation provided by government. Hence, there is a need to create awareness among adolescent and their family about nutrition and health.


Backgroundofthestudy

Adolescent girls are future mothers. Nutritional status is important determinant of their physical growth and development, which in turn determines the reproductive outcome. Health education and nutritional supplementation is important in this regard.


OBJECTIVES

  • To assess anemia and body mass index (BMI) among adolescent girls.

  • To find the correlation between anemia and body mass index (BMI) of adolescent girls.

  • To find out the association between findings of the study with selected socio-demographic variables.


METHODS

A descriptive study was conducted among 95 adolescent girls aged 12-18 years studying government high schools, Vishakhapatnam using convenient sampling technique. A pre-test proforma was used to obtain the socio-demographic details. Hemoglobin was checked by True Hb hemometer and body mass index was assessed by measuring weight and height.


RESULTS

The results of the study reveals that the prevalence of anemia was 62.1% out of which 30.5%, 30.5% and 1.1% were mild anemic, moderate anemic and severe anemic respectively whereas 75.8% were of normal body mass index. Presence of anemia was statistically significantly associated with family monthly income (p<0.05).A weak positive correlation was observed between anemia and BMI and it was not statistically significant at p=0.293.


CONCLUSIONS

More than half of the adolescent girls are anemic. Emphasizes are needed for corrective measures of adolescent girls for anemia who are the future 'mother to be'. It also needs prope monitoring for effective utilization of nutritional supplementation provided by government. Hence, there is a need to create awareness among adolescent and their family about nutrition and health.


Backgroundofthestudy

Adolescent girls are future mothers. Nutritional status is important determinant of their physical growth and development, which in turn determines the reproductive outcome. Health education and nutritional supplementation is important in this regard.


OBJECTIVES

  • To assess anemia and body mass index (BMI) among adolescent girls.

  • To find the correlation between anemia and body mass index (BMI) of adolescent girls.

  • To find out the association between findings of the study with selected socio-demographic variables.


METHODS

A descriptive study was conducted among 95 adolescent girls aged 12-18 years studying government high schools, Vishakhapatnam using convenient sampling technique. A pre-test proforma was used to obtain the socio-demographic details. Hemoglobin was checked by True Hb hemometer and body mass index was assessed by measuring weight and height.


RESULTS

The results of the study reveals that the prevalence of anemia was 62.1% out of which 30.5%, 30.5% and 1.1% were mild anemic, moderate anemic and severe anemic respectively whereas 75.8% were of normal body mass index. Presence of anemia was statistically significantly associated with family monthly income (p<0.05).A weak positive correlation was observed between anemia and BMI and it was not statistically significant at p=0.293.


CONCLUSIONS

More than half of the adolescent girls are anemic. Emphasizes are needed for corrective measures of adolescent girls for anemia who are the future 'mother to be'. It also needs prope monitoring for effective utilization of nutritional supplementation provided by government. Hence, there is a need to create awareness among adolescent and their family about nutrition and health.


Backgroundofthestudy

Adolescent girls are future mothers. Nutritional status is important determinant of their physical growth and development, which in turn determines the reproductive outcome. Health education and nutritional supplementation is important in this regard.


OBJECTIVES

  • To assess anemia and body mass index (BMI) among adolescent girls.

  • To find the correlation between anemia and body mass index (BMI) of adolescent girls.

  • To find out the association between findings of the study with selected socio-demographic variables.


METHODS

A descriptive study was conducted among 95 adolescent girls aged 12-18 years studying government high schools, Vishakhapatnam using convenient sampling technique. A pre-test proforma was used to obtain the socio-demographic details. Hemoglobin was checked by True Hb hemometer and body mass index was assessed by measuring weight and height.


RESULTS

The results of the study reveals that the prevalence of anemia was 62.1% out of which 30.5%, 30.5% and 1.1% were mild anemic, moderate anemic and severe anemic respectively whereas 75.8% were of normal body mass index. Presence of anemia was statistically significantly associated with family monthly income (p<0.05).A weak positive correlation was observed between anemia and BMI and it was not statistically significant at p=0.293.


CONCLUSIONS

More than half of the adolescent girls are anemic. Emphasizes are needed for corrective measures of adolescent girls for anemia who are the future 'mother to be'. It also needs prope monitoring for effective utilization of nutritional supplementation provided by government. Hence, there is a need to create awareness among adolescent and their family about nutrition and health.


Backgroundofthestudy

Adolescent girls are future mothers. Nutritional status is important determinant of their physical growth and development, which in turn determines the reproductive outcome. Health education and nutritional supplementation is important in this regard.


OBJECTIVES

  • To assess anemia and body mass index (BMI) among adolescent girls.

  • To find the correlation between anemia and body mass index (BMI) of adolescent girls.

  • To find out the association between findings of the study with selected socio-demographic variables.


METHODS

A descriptive study was conducted among 95 adolescent girls aged 12-18 years studying government high schools, Vishakhapatnam using convenient sampling technique. A pre-test proforma was used to obtain the socio-demographic details. Hemoglobin was checked by True Hb hemometer and body mass index was assessed by measuring weight and height.


RESULTS

The results of the study reveals that the prevalence of anemia was 62.1% out of which 30.5%, 30.5% and 1.1% were mild anemic, moderate anemic and severe anemic respectively whereas 75.8% were of normal body mass index. Presence of anemia was statistically significantly associated with family monthly income (p<0.05).A weak positive correlation was observed between anemia and BMI and it was not statistically significant at p=0.293.


CONCLUSIONS

More than half of the adolescent girls are anemic. Emphasizes are needed for corrective measures of adolescent girls for anemia who are the future 'mother to be'. It also needs prope monitoring for effective utilization of nutritional supplementation provided by government. Hence, there is a need to create awareness among adolescent and their family about nutrition and health.


Backgroundofthestudy

Adolescent girls are future mothers. Nutritional status is important determinant of their physical growth and development, which in turn determines the reproductive outcome. Health education and nutritional supplementation is important in this regard.


OBJECTIVES

  • To assess anemia and body mass index (BMI) among adolescent girls.

  • To find the correlation between anemia and body mass index (BMI) of adolescent girls.

  • To find out the association between findings of the study with selected socio-demographic variables.


METHODS

A descriptive study was conducted among 95 adolescent girls aged 12-18 years studying government high schools, Vishakhapatnam using convenient sampling technique. A pre-test proforma was used to obtain the socio-demographic details. Hemoglobin was checked by True Hb hemometer and body mass index was assessed by measuring weight and height.


RESULTS

The results of the study reveals that the prevalence of anemia was 62.1% out of which 30.5%, 30.5% and 1.1% were mild anemic, moderate anemic and severe anemic respectively whereas 75.8% were of normal body mass index. Presence of anemia was statistically significantly associated with family monthly income (p<0.05).A weak positive correlation was observed between anemia and BMI and it was not statistically significant at p=0.293.


CONCLUSIONS

More than half of the adolescent girls are anemic. Emphasizes are needed for corrective measures of adolescent girls for anemia who are the future 'mother to be'. It also needs prope monitoring for effective utilization of nutritional supplementation provided by government. Hence, there is a need to create awareness among adolescent and their family about nutrition and health.

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