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Prevalence of Anaemia Among Young Adult Females in Two Selected Grama Niladhari Areas in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Kankanamge, S.U.
dc.contributor.author Ariyarathna, S.
dc.contributor.author Perera, P.P.R.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-11-06T08:03:32Z
dc.date.available 2017-11-06T08:03:32Z
dc.date.issued 2016-09-10
dc.identifier.citation Kankanamge, S.U., Ariyarathna, S., Perera, P.P.R. (2016). "Prevalence of Anaemia Among Young Adult Females in Two Selected Grama Niladhari Areas in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka", Science Journal of Public Health, Vol.4 (6), pp. 430-434 en_US, si_LK
dc.identifier.uri http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6519
dc.description.abstract Attached en_US, si_LK
dc.description.abstract A naem ia is a g lo b a l health problem a nd its im pact is fe lt in Sri Lanka as well. Anaemia is characterized by less than the normal quantity o f hemoglobin in the blood. Anaemia occurs at all stages o f life, but is particularly prevalent in women o f reproductive age, pregnant women and children. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence o f anaemia in two rapidly developing administrative units in Southern Province o f Sri Lanka. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Hungama and Hiththatiya middle administrative units in the Hambantota and Matara districts of Southern province o f Sri Lanka. Females between 20-50 years o f age (n=152 from each area) were selected by simple random sampling and 2 ml of venous blood was withdrawn from each subject and analysed for haemoglobin concentration by cyanmethaemoglobin method. Anaemia was defined as a haemoglobin level less than 115.0 g/L. Overall prevalence o f anaemia (Haemoglobin<114.9 g/L) was 3.94% and 5.26% for Hiththatiya middle and Hungama grama niladhari areas, respectively. There was no significant difference between prevalence o f anaemia in the two administrative units (P >0.05). Age wise 87.5% o f anaemic people are over 40 years. Prevalence o f anaemia is significantly less in the two Grama Niladhari areas compared to national data and there is no statistically significant difference between the prevalence o f anaemia between the two areas. Thus there may be pockets in Sri Lanka where anaemia may not be a major health problem as compared to the rest o f the country.
dc.language.iso en_US en_US, si_LK
dc.publisher Science Journal of Public Health en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Haemoglobin (Hb) en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Anaemia en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Females en_US, si_LK
dc.title Prevalence of Anaemia Among Young Adult Females in Two Selected Grama Niladhari Areas in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka en_US, si_LK
dc.type Article en_US, si_LK


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