Volume : X, Issue : VI, June - 2020

Study of Adolescent health status in North India

Faizur Rahman

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Background: Adolescence is the period in human growth and development that occurs after childhood and before adulthood, from ages 10 to 19 years. It is a period of dynamic ain development. During this period, adolescents learn from the social behavior and environmental surroundings of their community. This study was undertaken to assess the health status of adolescents of District Kanpur Materials and Methods: This community based, cross–sectional study was conducted in among 954 adolescents in the age group 10 to 18 years using simple random sampling. A pre–tested and pre–designed schedule was used to collect the information. Data entry and statistical analysis was performed using the Microsoft Excel. Results: The prevalence of anemia (47.56%), diseases of teeth (3.67%), skin problems (7.19%) and GIT problems (10.9%) was more among the rural adolescents. A higher proportion of vision and eye problems (10.13%), respiratory problems (24.09%) and emotional problems (7.07 %) was observed among the urban adolescents. Conclusions: Adolescent health should be given due importance in the curriculum of senior schools. Implementation of Annual health check up of adolescents by medical officers is essential in all school/college health programmes

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STUDY OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH STATUS IN NORTH INDIA, Faizur Rahman INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-6 | June-2020

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