KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE REGARDING ANEMIA AND ITS PREVENTION AMONG MOTHERS OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN THE SELECTED COMMUNITY AREA, DEHRADUN, UTTARAKHAND

Aim: To identify the knowledge and practice regarding anemia and its prevention and to find out the association between the level of knowledge of mothers of adolescents girls with selected socio-demographic profiles. Materials and Methods: A quantitative research approach with descriptive research design was used for the study . Total 105 mothers of adolescents girls were selected by random sampling technique in Premnagar Doiwala Dehradun. Results: The data interpreted that mothers of adolescents girl (40%) had good knowledge, (50.4%) had average and (9.6%) had poor knowledge regarding anemia & its prevention among adolescents girls. The Study Findings also revealed that interpretation that the mothers of adolescents girls (37.1%) have good practice and (62.9%) have average practice regarding anemia and its prevention among adolescents girls. The findings suggested that significant association found between knowledge score of mothers of adolescents girls regarding anemia & its prevention with their selected socio-demographic variable its included age of mothers, religion, educational status of mother at the level of significant p ≤0.05. The present study findings depicted that significant association found between practice score of mothers of adolescents girls with socio-demographic variable like of no. of children at the level of significant p≤0.05. Conclusion: The study concluded that out of 105 participants majority of mothers of adolescents girls had average knowledge regarding anemia and its prevention. Hence there is need to educate the mothers of adolescents girls about anemia and its prevention because the adolescence girls are at higher risk of anemia the reason may be inadequate intake of food , loss of blood during menstruation and worm infestation etc.