scholarly journals Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Iron Deficiency Anaemia among School Children in El Khalige Village, Dakhalia, Egypt

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-36
Author(s):  
Ahmed Mahmoud ◽  
Mohieddin Abdul Fattah ◽  
Tarik Zaher ◽  
Sara Abdel-Rahman ◽  
Nahed Mosaad
Keyword(s):  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
School Children ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Parasitic Infections ◽  
Intestinal Parasitic Infections ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia

scholarly journals Ascaris lumbricoides infection: Still a threat for iron deficiency anaemia in 2-year-old Bangladeshi slum-dwelling children

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 933-938
Author(s):  
Md. Shabab Hossain ◽  
Subhasish Das ◽  
Md. Amran Gazi ◽  
Mustafa Mahfuz ◽  
Tahmeed Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
Ascaris Lumbricoides ◽  
Transferrin Receptor ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Parasitic Infections ◽  
Soluble Transferrin Receptor ◽  
Intestinal Parasitic Infections ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia

Introduction: Although parasitic infections lead to extracorporeal iron loss resulting in iron deficiency anaemia (IDA), data associating IDA with parasitic infections in the first two years of life are limited. We sought to evaluate the prevalence and severity of anaemia and IDA during this period and to investigate the association between intestinal parasitic infections and IDA. Methodology: Data was collected under MAL-ED study protocol in Bauniabadh slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The presence of parasites in stool was detected using wet preparation microscopy at 7, 15, and 24 months. Anaemia was defined as serum haemoglobin < 11 g/dL and IDA was defined by serum haemoglobin < 11 g/dL, serum ferritin < 12 g/L and soluble transferrin receptor > 8.3 mg/L. Logistic regression was done to quantify the relation between stool parasite and IDA separately on samples collected at 7, 15 and 24 months. Results: 265 children were enrolled after birth and samples were collected at 7, 15 and 24 months. Anaemia was detected at 7, 15 and 24 months in 117 (48.8%), 106 (44.2%) and 67 (27.9%) cases whereas IDA was found in 15 (6.3%), 47 (19.6%) and 39 (16.3%) cases, respectively. Iron deficiency anaemia at 24 months was significantly associated with Ascaris lumbricoides infection (OR 3.76; 95 % CI, 1.08-13.11). Conclusions: The prevalence of anaemia and IDA in slum dwelling children of Dhaka is high and Ascaris lumbricoides infection was found to have a strong association with IDA at 24 months of age.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of a Nutritional Education Intervention Focussed on Iron among School Children in National Capital Region and Mumbai

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richa Bharti ◽  
Ankita Marwaha ◽  
Teena Badshah ◽  
Rupali Sengupta ◽  
Bhavna Barmi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
School Children ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Iron Absorption ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Nutritional Education ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Alternate Hypothesis

Introduction: Anaemia is a major health problem in India. Various studies mention poor nutrition knowledge and education as main factors of malnutrition. Aim: This study aims at assessing the effect of nutritional education on iron among school children. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional interventional study to improve nutrition literacy in schools was undertaken from April 2018 to February 2019. The outreach platform used was Eat Right School program by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). A study tool employed was data collection using self-developed questionnaire for pre and post-intervention knowledge assessment. School children from Delhi NCR and Mumbai participated in this study. Knowledge intervention was done on 5 key elements related to iron including role, sources, iron deficiency anaemia, iron absorption and knowledge of fortification. Chi-squared test (α=0.05) was applied for comparison. Results: It was found that 54% (n=18,626) of school children studied were in the age group 11-14 years. From 27355 participants who reported the gender, 58.1% (n=15899) were boys and 41.9% (n=11456) girls. Comparison of pre and post-intervention assessment revealed that percentage of students knowing importance/role of iron increased from 27.30% to 59.50%, iron deficiency anaemia from 34.03% to 59.85%, sources of iron from 25.20% to 51.70%, iron absorption from 36.00% to 61.2% and knowledge of fortification from 55.4% to 76.9%. Thus, significant shift (p≤0.001) in all the parameters was observed; improvement in scores ranged from 21.5% to 32.20% with highest increase seen in understanding the role of iron. Conclusion: Results of the study reject the null hypothesis leading to acceptance of alternate hypothesis. The alternate hypothesis highlights the role of nutrition education in improving the nutritional literacy of school children in the area of iron and iron deficiency anaemia. Results of the current study increased the knowledge of children on all parameters related to iron education module. Thus, nutritional literacy is imperative in improving nutritional status and adolescent age-group is the window of opportunity to correct it.

scholarly journals Iron deficiency anaemia among apparently healthy pre-school children in Lagos, Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olufemi S. Akodu ◽  
Elizabeth A. Disu ◽  
Olisamedua F. Njokanma ◽  
Omolara A. Kehinde
Keyword(s):  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
School Children ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Apparently Healthy

Prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anaemia Among School Children in Kenitra, Northwest of Morocco

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 191-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Achouri ◽  
Y. Aboussaleh ◽  
R. Sbaibi ◽  
A. Ahami ◽  
M. El Hioui
Keyword(s):  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
School Children ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia

scholarly journals Prevalence and significance of iron deficiency of anaemia among people of Mornag District of Nepal

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amar Kumar Sinha ◽  
Biswajit Majumdar ◽  
Shrawan Kumar Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
World Health ◽  
Nutritional Deficiencies ◽  
Parasitic Infections ◽  
Chronic Infections ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Iron Deficient ◽  
Health Organization

Iron deficiency anaemia is one of the most dangerous and devastating causative form of malnutrition in developing countries, where special care should be taken from the health community to address the problem in South East Asian countries, 1.3-2.2 billion population is affected according to world health organization. Fifty percent of women and children and 60% of gross anemic women of developing nations have been adversely affected till date. The most common cause of iron deficiency anaemia is due to inadequate intake of iron in diet, physiologic demands of pregnancy and rapid growth and loss due to parasitic infections. Other prevalent causes of anaemia include malaria, chronic infections and nutritional deficiencies of vitamin A, folic acid and Vitamin b-12. The study reveals that 25.57 % of patients have been suffering from iron deficient anemia.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jonmc.v1i1.7286 Journal of Nobel Medical College Vol.1(1) 2011 40-44

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