A Study for the Screening of Anaemia among the Women (18-45yrs) in Selected Rural Areas of Mysore with a View to Develop an Information Booklet Mr. Kumar G Vinay1,*, Mrs. Nair Nisha P2 1Assistant Lecturer, Community Health Nursing Department, JSS College of Nursing, Mysore 2Assistant Professor, Community Health Nursing Department, JSS College of Nursing, Mysore *Corresponding Author Email: vinny.isitha@gmail.com
Online published on 3 June, 2015. Abstract Introduction In India, Anemia continues to be a major public health nutritional problem in India, and has adverse health and economic implications Aims and objectives The aim of the study was to screen anaemia among rural women (18-45yrs) in the selected rural area of Mysore with a view to develop an information booklet Approach and Design In the study, exploratory descriptive approach was used. Samples and sampling criteria The Anemia was screened among 90 rural women by Sahli-Hellige method. Results Results of the study revealed that, 13.33% of women belongs to normal (>12gm/dl), 32.22% of women belongs to mild (10-12gm/dl) anaemia, 28.89% of women belongs to moderate (8-10gm/dl) anaemia and 25.56% of women belongs to severe (<8gm/dl) anaemia. Conclusion Thus study concludes that, there it is a need to strengthen the activities related to anemia in rural area. Top |