Abdullahpaşa Eğitim Ve Araştırma Sağlık Ocağı Bölgesinde Yaşayan Gebelerde Anemi Prevalansı Ve Gebelerin Anemi Konusundaki Bilgi, Tutum Ve Davranışları

Abstract

Anemia Prevalance and The Knowledge, Attitute and Behaviour Towards Anemia in Pregnant Women Living in Abdullahpaşa Education and Research Health Center Region The aim of this study was to determine the anemia prevalance and the knowledge level and attitute of pregnant women living in Abdullahpaşa Education and Research Health Center. This study was performed between March and April 2001, data were obtained from questionary form and from record of the Health Center about 123 pregnant, women. The mean age of the subjects included in this study was 26.1 years, 39.3% was in age range of 20-24 years, of the subjects 50.9% was primary school graduate, 94.6% was housewife, 15.2% had no social security and 59.8% had less than 200 million TL monlhly income. In 43.8% of the pregnant subjects the haemoglobin level was