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- Title
Effectiveness of Nutritional Ball among Adolescent Girls with Anemia in Selected Government Schools, Greater Noida.
- Authors
Gurung, Renu; Sharmila, Pauline
- Abstract
Anemia continues to be a major public health problem among children in many parts of the world and Nutritional ball helps to increase the Hemoglobin level among the adolescent girls. Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of nutritional ball on hemoglobin level among the adolescent girls in experimental group and to find out the association between the post-intervention hemoglobin level among adolescent girls with the selected variables in experimental group. Design: Quasi Experimental (Non-Randomized control group design). In Post- intervention time in Experimental group 23.333% of them were not having anemia, 50% of them were having mild anemia, 26.667% were having moderate anemia and none of them were having severe anemia. Clinical application: Nutritional ball can be administered to the adolescent girls having less Hemoglobin level than normal to prevent anemia. Nutritional ball is considered as the most essential home remedy for anemia, because of its high iron content, cost effectiveness and easiness to prepare. Conclusion: Nutritional ball administration is effective to improve the Hemoglobin level among the adolescent girls.
- Publication
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2018, Vol 9, Issue 11, p204
- ISSN
0976-0245
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5958/0976-5506.2018.01452.3