1Assistant Lecturer, Community Health Nursing Department, JSS College of Nursing, Mysore
2Assistant Professor, Community Health Nursing Department, JSS College of Nursing, Mysore
*Corresponding Author Email: vinny.isitha@gmail.com
Online published on 3 June, 2015.
In India, Anemia continues to be a major public health nutritional problem in India, and has adverse health and economic implications
The aim of the study was to screen anaemia among rural women (18-45yrs) in the selected rural area of Mysore with a view to develop an information booklet
In the study, exploratory descriptive approach was used.
The Anemia was screened among 90 rural women by Sahli-Hellige method.
Results of the study revealed that, 13.33% of women belongs to normal (>12gm/dl), 32.22% of women belongs to mild (10-12gm/dl) anaemia, 28.89% of women belongs to moderate (8-10gm/dl) anaemia and 25.56% of women belongs to severe (<8gm/dl) anaemia.
Thus study concludes that, there it is a need to strengthen the activities related to anemia in rural area.
