Current status of the intake of iron folic acid in pregnant females receiving treatment from various urban localities at Kanpur district

Authors

  • Ranjana Gautam Department of Public Health, Dr Giri Lal Gupta Institute of Public Health and Public Affairs, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Seema Nigam Department of Community Medicine, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Rajesh Kumar Department of Orthopedics, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Saurabh Tripathi Department of Community Medicine, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20222557

Keywords:

Iron and folic acid, Pregnant women, Urban localities

Abstract

Background: Anemia is one of the most common conditions related to pregnancy. Anemia is most frequent during pregnancy due to insufficient intake of proper diet and IFA regimen. Supplementation of IFA for 100 days during 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy significantly reduces the risk of antenatal anemia. We assess the effect of IFA supplementation with daily dosing and their outcome in urban localities of Kanpur district. Aim of this study was to assess the current status of intake of IFA in pregnant females.

Methods: This was a cross sectional study carried out in Kanpur Nagar district. Total 56 pregnant women of 2nd and 3rd trimester were assigned to daily intake of IFA for 100 days of age 15-45 years. Outcomes were measured by assessment of hemoglobin level and daily intake of IFA. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the study cases from 2 ward and 4 blocks in Kanpur district.

Results: In this study it was found that, in total 56 sample size of pregnant women of 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy 37 have taken IFA in which 8 patients were anemic who have taken IFA for 100 days and 19 havee not taken IFA in which 12 cases were anemic.

Conclusions: Study cases who has taken IFA during 2nd and 3rd trimester have better hemoglobin level and have low risk of anemia related pregnancy however complete course of IFA to antenatal period should must. The study cases which have not received any amount of IFA have higher chances of being anemic. Antenatal IFA supplementation must be ensured by ASHA workers to subcenter, CHC and PHC to pregnant women and provide sufficient knowledge about benefits of IFA.

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2022-09-28

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Gautam, R., Nigam, S., Kumar, R., & Tripathi, S. (2022). Current status of the intake of iron folic acid in pregnant females receiving treatment from various urban localities at Kanpur district. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 9(10), 3688–3693. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20222557

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