EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS RESIDING IN URBAN SLUMS

Adolescence is defined by the World Health Organization as the period of time between the ages of 10 and 19. Five millionof these young people live in poor countries. Adolescence is a substantial stage of human development and maturation where there are unique changes and many adult bodies are high of the overall population, teenage girls make up 22% and figures indicate that by the time they enter menarche, approximately 25-50 percent of girls become anaemic.A quasi experimental one group pre-test, post-test research design was appliedto determine the effectiveness of educational intervention regarding iron deficiency anaemia among 50 adolescent girls by purposive sampling technique.The data was collected through structured knowledge questionnaire. An educational intervention was administered to the adolescent girls.Statistical analysis used: the paired t-test was used to assess the effectiveness of educational intervention regarding iron deficiency anaemia among adolescent girls.The researcher found that the calculated value was significantly higher than the tabulated value i.e. t- value i.e., 5.52 and calculated value i.e., 2.44 which showed the effectiveness of educational programme regarding iron deficiency anaemia. Hence, the intervention was effective in terms of knowledge.The study concluded that the educational intervention was effective in improving the level of knowledge regarding iron deficiency anaemia.