KNOWLEDGE OF PREVENTION OF ANEMIA AMONG REGISTERED ANTENETAL WOMEN

Ms.Vandana Satwe; V. R. Mohite; Ms. Jyoti Salunkhe; Ms .Sheetal Samsoon; Ms. Ujawala More; Ms . Angha   katti

Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2016

KNOWLEDGE OF PREVENTION OF ANEMIA AMONG REGISTERED ANTENETAL WOMEN

Ms. Vandana Satwe, V. R. Mohite, Ms. Jyoti Salunkhe, Ms . Sheetal Samsoon, Ms. Ujawala More, Ms . Angha Katti

Abstract :

Anemia in pregnancy is defined by World Health Organization (WHO) as a hemoglobin concentration below 11g/dl. Title –Assess the knowledge of prevention of anemia among registered antenetal women attending OPD in KH, Karad. Objectives A study is to assess the knowledge of antenetal women regarding prevention of anemia and to find out its relationship with selected demographic variablales. METHDOLOGY– Non experimental research design was used with descriptive approach. Purposive sample teachnique were used. Total 50 registered Antenatal women were by administering structured questionnaire. RSULTS– Majority i.e. 28 (56%) of mothers belonged to 20–24 years of age, maximum 37( 74%) women have average knowledge on prevention of anemia and minimum 5(10%) have poor knowledg also. maximum 27( 54%) women have average knowledge on treatment of anemia and minimum 23(46%) have poor knowledge . There was significant association was found between knowledge of anemia and age, education and family income . CONCLUSION Study concluded that the majority of mothers having average knowledge regarding prevention of anemia.