Anemia and its associated factor among adolescent school girls in GODEY and DEGEHABUR council Somali region, eastern Ethiopia
Abstract A cross-sectional study was conducted in a higher secondary school in Godey and Degehabur council to estimate the prevalence of anaemia among school-going adolescent girls and to identify the associated factors. Haemoglobin levels were assessed directly in the school. Data related to socio-...
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| description | Abstract A cross-sectional study was conducted in a higher secondary school in Godey and Degehabur council to estimate the prevalence of anaemia among school-going adolescent girls and to identify the associated factors. Haemoglobin levels were assessed directly in the school. Data related to socio-demographic, socio-economic characteristics, dietary habits, past health status and anaemia related knowledge among adolescents’ girls were collected by interview method and analyzed with the help of SPSS version 25. The prevalence of anaemia was found to be 31.5% among adolescent girls. Family size ≥5 people and lack of anaemia knowledge were independent predictors of anaemia. Therefore, the present study emphasizes the need for development of health and nutrition education strategies to improve dietary habits, family planning, and intermittent iron-folic acid supplementation with intensifying adolescent anemia prophylaxis programs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-31b047729c96401298d8c453e098f7402022-12-22T03:30:35ZengBMCBMC Nutrition2055-09282022-06-01811610.1186/s40795-022-00548-1Anemia and its associated factor among adolescent school girls in GODEY and DEGEHABUR council Somali region, eastern EthiopiaAbdirahman Ahmed0Abdulkarim Mohammed1Department of Human Nutrition, Jigjiga UniversityDepartment of Human Nutrition, Jigjiga UniversityAbstract A cross-sectional study was conducted in a higher secondary school in Godey and Degehabur council to estimate the prevalence of anaemia among school-going adolescent girls and to identify the associated factors. Haemoglobin levels were assessed directly in the school. Data related to socio-demographic, socio-economic characteristics, dietary habits, past health status and anaemia related knowledge among adolescents’ girls were collected by interview method and analyzed with the help of SPSS version 25. The prevalence of anaemia was found to be 31.5% among adolescent girls. Family size ≥5 people and lack of anaemia knowledge were independent predictors of anaemia. Therefore, the present study emphasizes the need for development of health and nutrition education strategies to improve dietary habits, family planning, and intermittent iron-folic acid supplementation with intensifying adolescent anemia prophylaxis programs.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-022-00548-1Adolescent girlsAnemiaDietary diversityMenstruation |
| spellingShingle | Abdirahman Ahmed Abdulkarim Mohammed Anemia and its associated factor among adolescent school girls in GODEY and DEGEHABUR council Somali region, eastern Ethiopia BMC Nutrition Adolescent girls Anemia Dietary diversity Menstruation |
| title | Anemia and its associated factor among adolescent school girls in GODEY and DEGEHABUR council Somali region, eastern Ethiopia |
| title_full | Anemia and its associated factor among adolescent school girls in GODEY and DEGEHABUR council Somali region, eastern Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Anemia and its associated factor among adolescent school girls in GODEY and DEGEHABUR council Somali region, eastern Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anemia and its associated factor among adolescent school girls in GODEY and DEGEHABUR council Somali region, eastern Ethiopia |
| title_short | Anemia and its associated factor among adolescent school girls in GODEY and DEGEHABUR council Somali region, eastern Ethiopia |
| title_sort | anemia and its associated factor among adolescent school girls in godey and degehabur council somali region eastern ethiopia |
| topic | Adolescent girls Anemia Dietary diversity Menstruation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-022-00548-1 |
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