KNOWLEDGE OF ALI RAZABAAD'S FEMALES REGARDING ANEMIA IN THEIR REPRODUCTIVE AGES

Aim: The aim of this was to determine the knowledge level of community Ali Razabaad’s females in their reproductive ages regarding anemia. Material and Methods: This is community based cross sectional study and it was conducted in community Ali Razabaad’s females. Sample size for this study was 145.Data analysis was done on SPSS version 21. Total time duration for this study was 5 months. Results: The data was collected from 145 participants. There was survey-based data collection which contained 19 questionnar.1 score was given to correct option and 0 for wrong option. Highest maximum score was 19. This study showed 51.0% participants showed poor knowledge about anemia. Only 8.2% participants showed good knowledge in this study. Conclusion: Majority of participant were actually having poor knowledge. All of them were from childbearing age and having 2 to 3 children, they had faced complications of anemia during earlier pregnancies. Poverty is also contributing factor of anemia in this study there is 14.6% participants who belonged to poor economic status. This study shows that 51% or participants have poor knowledge regarding anemia. Keywords: Anemia, Knowledge, Childbearing-Ages