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30. Bisoi, S et al. (2011).
Correlates of anemia among pregnant women in a rural area of West
Bengal. The Journal of Family Welfare, 57(1) : 72-78.
Background: WHO estimates that over one third of the world’s population
suffers from Anaemia. Globally, 44 million pregnant women are hookworm
infested (WHO). In India, it affecting 90 per cent of pregnant women.
Objectives: Objective is to estimate the magnitude and explore sociodemographic
and other correlates of Anaemia among pregnant women.
Methodology: This is a descriptive study with cross-sectional design conducted
from April to December 2005 in an antenatal clinic of Nasibpur sub-centre under
the Nasibpur Union Health Centre (U.H.C.0 of Singur Rural Training Centre
(RTC), Hooghly, and West Bengal. Sample comprised of 177 women.
Findings: On the whole 67.8 per cent pregnant women were anaemic with 50.9
per cent, 12.4 per cent and 4.5 per cent having mild, moderate and severe
grades respectively, over one-third of the participants reported to be living in
joint families showed significantly higher proportion of Anaemia compared to
those living in nuclear families (78.5% v/s 61.6%); prevalence of Anaemia was
59.4 per cent, 67.8 per cent and 77.4 per cent among pregnant women in the
1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd trimester respectively showing no significant relationship between
Anaemia and duration of pregnancy; a minimum interval of two years between
the present pregnancy and delivery/ outcome of last pregnancy was revealed to
be an important predictor of Anaemia; over 10 per cent of pregnant women
were found to consume full course i.e. 100 days of Iron Folic Acid (IFA) tablets.
Others were midway to finish/ just started to consume/ not consuming and 33.3
per cent of them had Anaemia; over 31.3 per cent of women had hookworm
infestation and a statistically significant high prevalence of Anaemia in
comparison to the non-infested group; no pregnant women reported to take
extra meal during pregnancy though some of them (22%) consumed few extra
food item like milk; curd, ghee and fruits on a regular basis and prevalence of
Anaemia was found to be not different in comparison to those who did not
consume.
Recommendation: Factors like short birth interval, delayed registration of
pregnancy, ineffective use of IFA tablet, administration of Albendazole for
hookworm infestation should be tackled by providing need-based, demand
driven, client-oriented quality care to pregnant woman and adolescent girls
since childhood through the network of sub-centres many of which are
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