Intake of iron supplement and its related factors in jounior and high school girl students of the Iraninan population

authors:

avatar Batool Karimi , * , avatar Reyhaneh Hajizadeh Zaker , avatar raheb Ghorbani

Koomesh: Vol.15, issue 3; 316-324
article type: issue_documents_importer
received: June 02, 2013
accepted: November 02, 2013

how to cite: Karimi B, Hajizadeh Zaker R, Ghorbani R. Intake of iron supplement and its related factors in jounior and high school girl students of the Iraninan population. koomesh. 2014;15(3):e152650. 

Abstract

 Introduction: Iron supplementation in specific groups is one of the recommended approches by the World Health Organization to prevent and control iron deficiency anemia as the most common type of malnutrition. The purpose of this study was to investigate the consumption of iron supplement and the related factors by girl students in Jounior and high schools in Semnan. Materials and Methods: In this study, 440 jounior and high school girl students were randomly selected from different districts in Semnan. Data Collecting was performed via filling out a questionnaire by the students under revising a research expert. The supplement intake was considered as ''complete'' or ''favorable'' if the number of the tablets, which were taken by the students, was equal to the one was distributed by school officials, otherwise, that was considered ''incomplete''. Results: 53.9% of jounior school girls and 16.5% of high school girls were completely taken their tablets that this difference between two group of students was significant (p