Surya Bali|Yash Alok
Is ignorance of the weekly iron and folic acid scheme among adolescents the deciding factor for its suboptimal utilization and ineffectiveness? A cross-sectional study
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal
introduction targeting huge burden adolescent anemia weekly iron folic acid supplementation wifs launched government india studies done assess effective functioning program since inception present study done assess knowledge wifs among adolescents madhya pradesh associated factorsmaterials methods crosssectional study done total six districts 3 districts national adolescent program implemented 3 districts madhya pradesh multistage stratified random sampling technique used enrollment 3213 adolescent boys girls prestructured validated tool used collect paperless data ethical approval consent participants obtained statistical analysis performed using spss v21results observed knowledge wifs among adolescent girls 293 compared adolescent boys 141 adolescent girls received iron folic acid tablets compared adolescent boys 608 girls vs 241 boys mostly adolescents got iron tablets school followed anganwadi phcchc girls rural location literacy poverty line status knowledge anemia adolescents got iron albendazole tablets adequate consumption iron tablets 4 associated higher knowledge wifsconclusion knowledge wifs found less adolescent boys hint fact effective execution program among beneficiaries leads automatic increased knowledge program least among beneficiaries thus indirect significant indirect finding nationwide wifs program needs put greater focus among adolescent boys apart major focus female gender among age groups