Sant?Rayn Pasricha|Beverley?Ann Biggs|N. S. Prashanth|H Sudarshan|Rob Moodie|Jim Black|Arun S. Shet
Factors Influencing Receipt of Iron Supplementation by Young Children and their Mothers in Rural India: Local and National Cross-Sectional Studies
The George Institute for Global Health|University of Melbourne|Royal Melbourne Hospital|University of Melbourne|St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences|St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences|Karolinska Institutet
abstract background india 55 women 695 preschool children anaemic despite national policies recommending routine iron supplementation understanding factors associated receipt iron field could help optimise implementation anaemia control policies thus undertook 1 crosssectional study evaluate iron supplementation children mothers rural karnataka india 2 analysis allindia rural data national family health study 20056 nfhs3 methods children aged 1223 months mothers served 6 8 randomly selected subcentres managed 2 rural primary health centres rural karnataka eligible karnataka study conducted august october 2008 socioeconomic demographic data access health services iron receipt recorded secondly nfhs3 rural data analysed studies logistic regression used evaluate factors associated receipt iron results karnataka study recruited 405 children 377 mothers 415 children received iron 115 received iron public system multiple logistic regression factors associated childrens receipt iron included wealth odds ratio 263 95 ci 111 624 top vs bottom wealth quintile male sex 245 147 410 mother receiving postnatal iron 231 125 428 mother undergone antenatal blood test 210 109 403 muslim religion 002 000 027 attendance anganwadi centre 023 011 049 fully vaccinated 033 015 075 children mothers antenatal health visits 89 visits 025 011 055 less likely receive iron nationally 37 rural children receiving iron associated wealth 112 102 123 per quintile maternal education compared education completed secondary education 215 117 397 maternal antenatal iron 224 156 322 child attending anganwadi 147 120 180 conclusion rural india public distribution iron children inadequate disparities exist measures optimize receipt government supplied iron children regardless wealth ethnic background could help alleviate anaemia population