INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT International Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals, Open Access Journal ISSN Approved Journal No: 2456-4184 | Impact factor: 8.76 | ESTD Year: 2016
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The present study was conducted to assess the “knowledge on prevention of anemia among selectedcollegestudentsatMalappuramdistrict”.Objectives:Assesstheexistinglevelof knowledgeonpreventionofanemiaamongcollegestudents,Findtheassociationbetween knowledge on prevention of anemia among college students and selected demographic variables.Methodology:Quantitativeapproach was usedandthestudy design wasaNon Experimental Descriptive Study Design. In this study , sample were the college students who are studying in various colleges at Malappuram. The sample size was 100. The study samples were selected by non probability convenient sampling technique. Demographic data included with age, gender, course of study, family income, religion, area of residence and source of information used as tool-1 and a structured knowledge questionnaire related to prevention of anemia used as tool-2. Based on the questionnaire the knowledge score was arbitrarily classified into 3 groups as poor (0-6), average (7-13), Good (14-20).Pilot study was conducted among college students at Al Shifa college of nursing among 10 samples. Main study was conducted on Al Shifa college of paramedical students with sample size of 100. The data obtained were analyzed on the basis of objective of the study using descriptive andinferentialstatistics.
Result : The study findings revealed that the mean level of knowledge score was 9.44 with standard deviation2.972.
Conclusion: There was no association between selected demographic variables like age, gender,family income, religion and place of residence. Result also revealed that there was a significant associationbetweenthelevelofknowledgeofcollegestudentsandsourceofinformation.
Keywords:
Assess, knowledge, prevention of anemia, college students, college
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"A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE ON PREVENTION OF ANEMIA AMONG SELECTED COLLEGE STUDENTS AT MALAPPURAM DISTRICT", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.9, Issue 2, page no.b790-b795, February-2024, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2402194.pdf
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2456-4184 | IMPACT FACTOR: 8.76 Calculated By Google Scholar| ESTD YEAR: 2016
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