TY - JOUR AU - Verma, Ramesh AU - Deswal, Shelja AU - Kamboj, Renu AU - Arora, Varun AU - Kharb, Meenakshi PY - 2014/09/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Prevalence of anaemia in college going youths in a rural block of Haryana JF - Indian Journal of Community Health JA - Indian J Community Health VL - 26 IS - 3 SE - Short Article DO - UR - https://iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/426 SP - 298-302 AB - <p><strong>Research Question:</strong>&nbsp;What is the prevalence of Anaemia in college going youths in a rural block of Haryana?&nbsp;<strong>Objectives</strong>: To determine prevalence of Anaemia in college going youths in rural block of Haryana.&nbsp;<strong>Methodology</strong>: Cross-sectional, descriptive at Government College for women in rural block, Lakhanmajra, Dist. Rohtak among 187 college going young women of age group 15 to 24 years.<strong>Results:</strong>The overall prevalence of anaemia was 60.96%. 114 out of 187 young women had varying severity of anaemia while anaemia was absent in 39.04% of the girls.Out of the 187 girls, 83 (44.38%) were mildly anaemic, 26(13.9%) were moderately anaemic and 5(2.67%) were severely anaemic.&nbsp;<strong>Conclusion:</strong>&nbsp;The present study revealed anaemia to be a major health problem among the college going girls in rural areas in Haryana.</p> ER -