Anemia among Adolescent girls in India: A review of literature

Ms. Pabalpreet Kaur*, Dr. (Mrs.) Jyoti Sarin

Anemia among Adolescent girls in India: A review of literature

Ms. Pabalpreet Kaur*, Dr. (Mrs.) Jyoti Sarin

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Ms. Pabalpreet Kaur*, Dr. (Mrs.) Jyoti Sarin, “Anemia among Adolescent girls in India: A review of literature”, ijmhs, vol. 10, no. 05, pp. 784–789, May 2020.

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Abstract

Anemia is a major public health problem worldwide and is often ignored in developing
countries. Adolescents constitute one of the vulnerable groups of anemia. Anemia at
this stage can contribute to impaired physical, psychological and cognitive development,
poor school performance and further in pregnancy leads to Increases maternal
mortality and preterm and low birth babies. A systematic review was undertaken to
find out the prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls from 2011-2019 in India.
Method:
A review of all published literature related to prevalence of anemia for a period of 9
years (2011-2019) in India was carried out. The online database MEDLINE, Science
direct, Pubmed, Google scholar was used to identify relevant studies. Data from studies
meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria were abstracted.
Results:
After assessing the quality of the full texts of potentially 35 relevant studies, 15 studies
with a total of 5,691 adolescent girls were included in the review. The review included
Descriptive and cross-sectional studies from different states of India. In all studies,
prevalence estimated anemia ranged from 21% to 90%. In terms of severity of anemia
mild anemia ranges from 18.4% to 73.3% and moderate and severe anemia 19.% to
55.35%, 0.43% to 15.6% respectively.
Conclusion:
The available evidence suggests that anemia contributes substantially to the health of
adolescent girls even today. Present review found that prevalence of anemia in India
is still persisting. The review showed that anemia results from inadequate intake of
iron in diet, worm infestation, low BMI, not taking Iron and folic acid tablets, lowsocioeconomic
status.
Key words: Anemia–India–Prevalence–Adolescent Girls

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Ms. Pabalpreet Kaur*, Dr. (Mrs.) Jyoti Sarin, “Anemia among Adolescent girls in India: A review of literature”, ijmhs, vol. 10, no. 05, pp. 784–789, May 2020.

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