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KAP Studies Among Indian Antenatal Women: Can We Reduce the Incidence of Anemia?

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Abstract

Aim

To study the knowledge, attitude, and practices of antenatal women regarding nutrition and drug compliance in a maternal and child health center in Navi Mumbai.

Material and Methods

This study was carried out on 250 pregnant females visiting a maternal and child health center over a period of 4 months from November 2012 to February 2013. Women attending the antenatal OPD were asked to fill a questionnaire regarding anemia so as to test their knowledge, attitudes, and practices pertaining to anemia and role of their diet.

Observation

The observations were analyzed. This study reflects the ignorance and lack of education among the majority of child-bearing women of low socioeconomic class.

Conclusion

Educating antenatal women about the importance of diet and implementing this into practice will help in the prevention of anemia. It is also seen that drug compliance for iron and folic acid (free supply) has significantly improved, not only because of the cost factor but also due to the reinforcement of knowledge by the staff so as to achieve the minimum WHO target hemoglobin of 10.5 g% in all mothers.

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Compliance with ethical requirements and Conflict of interest

All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the complete antenatal care and safe motherhood agenda to prevent and treat anemia. Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study. An ethical clearance has also been taken from the institutional ethical committee. The author of the article Dr. Kranti Kulkarni Phadnis declares that there is no conflict of interest.

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  1. MCH Nerul, Navi Mumbai, India

    Kranti K. Kulkarni (Assistant Professor)

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Correspondence to Kranti K. Kulkarni.

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Kulkarni, K.K. KAP Studies Among Indian Antenatal Women: Can We Reduce the Incidence of Anemia?. J Obstet Gynecol India 65, 320–322 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-014-0618-0

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