Effectiveness of amla juice with elemental iron among adolescent girls on iron deficiency anaemia in govt. Manohara school at Sellur, Madurai

Title : Effectiveness Of Amla Juice With Elemental Iron Among Adolescent Girls On Iron Deficiency Anaemia In Govt. Manohara School At Sellur, Madurai. Objectives : To assess the level of iron deficiency anemia among adolescent girls; To evaluate the effectiveness of amla juice with elemental iron among adolescent girls on iron deficiency anemia; To find out the association between the level of iron deficiency anaemia among adolescent girls with their selected socio demographic variables. Hypotheses : There is a significant difference between pre and post test level of iron deficiency anaemia among adolescent girls ; There is a significant association between the level of iron deficiency anaemia among adolescent girls with their selected socio demographic variables. Methodology: The conceptual framework was based on Wiedenbach’s Helping art in clinical theory. Pre experimental one group pre-test - post test design was used & 40 subjects were selected by purposive sampling. The study was conducted at Government Manohara School at Sellur, Madurai. After obtaining an informed consent from their parents, Pre test was done by using self administered questionnaire and anaemia symptoms were assessed with observation check list and estimation of haemoglobin by cell count method in the clinical laboratory before and after intervention. Results : The mean pre test mean score was increased from 9.35 to 10.11. the ‘t’ value 6.05 was much higher than the table value at 0.001( pre set level of significance was 0.05). Conclusion: The study concluded that amla juice with elemental iron was effective on increasing the haemoglobin level among adolescents girls