Volume : VII, Issue : II, February - 2018
Study on Nutritional Status of Adolescent Girls in Rural Field Practice Area of a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Jharkhand
Dr. Vivek Kashyap, Dr. Mithilesh Kumar, Dr. Swati Shikha
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Background & Objectives: Adolescence is the age group between 10 – 19 years, a phase of transition between childhood and adulthood. It is the 2nd most critical phase of physical growth after 1st year of life. The present study aims to describe the socio demographic profile and to assess the nutritional status and various nutritional problems among adolescent girls. Methods: This was a descriptive cross sectional study done among adolescent girls attending AWCs. Three AWCs ( Chakla, Dardag, Jhiri) were randomly selected in the field practice area of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi. Duration of study was 3 months ( June 2017 to August 2017). Total sample size was 151. Templates were generated in MS Excel and data analysis was done using SPSS software. Result & Conclusion: We found that out of 151 adolescent girls 41 (27.15%) were malnourished and 43(28.47%) among them were anemic. Most 108(71.34%) were from non tribal ethnicity. All the adolescent girls were availing Government schemes at school or at AWCs in the form of food rations, IFA supplements, and cash assistance
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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Dr. Vivek Kashyap, Dr. Mithilesh Kumar, Dr. Swati Shikha, Study on Nutritional Status of Adolescent Girls in Rural Field Practice Area of a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Jharkhand, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH :
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Dr. Vivek Kashyap, Dr. Mithilesh Kumar, Dr. Swati Shikha, Study on Nutritional Status of Adolescent Girls in Rural Field Practice Area of a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Jharkhand, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-2 | February-2018
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