Prabhjot Singh Hans|Sonali Garg|Rajat Vohra|Urvahi Sharma|Karnika Tiwari|Isha Kriplani|Navsangeet Kaur|Arihant Tater
PREVALENCE OF ANEMIA AND ITS SOCIO - DEMOGRAPHIC DETERMINANTS IN PREGNANT WOMEN AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN
aim prevalence anemia sociodemographic determinants pregnant women tertiary care hospital jaipur rajasthanmaterials methods pregnant women aged 25 35 years registered antenatal clinic department obstetrics gynaecology mahatma gandhi medical college jaipur includeda predesigned pre tested questionnaire used elicit informationvarious possible causes anaemia considereddata entered microsoft access analysed using statistical software spss version 115 windows vistachi square test used finding association degree anaemia various factorsp value less 005 considered statistically significant p value less 0001 considered highly significantconclusion prevalence anaemia pregnant women still quiet high 70 also found various studies done indiathe existing health care resources reinforced striclly mandatory supply ifa tablets adolescent girls pregnant women food fortification along correction nutritional deficiencies timely interventions reducing burden malaria infectious diseasesunfavourable socio demographic factors major barriers efforts place prevention anaemia pregnancysocioeconomic status literacy women awareness related health concerns major determinants contribute problem anaemiatherefore public health educationinformation reproductive health important health care measures undertaken community level taking care fact health care provided important years adolescence marriage child bearingalso high time realisation health system focus various factors contribute occurrence anaemia include important indicator national health care policy