Prevalence of and risk factors of anemia among pregnant women

Authors

  • Ahlam Saleh Bin briek Dept. of Community Medicine, College of medicine, Hadhramout University Mukalla, Hadhramout, Yemen
  • Ahmed Ali Bahaj Dept. of Medicine, College of medicine, Hadhramout University, Mukalla, Hadhramout, Yemen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25130/tjphs.2006.2.11.71.77

Abstract

Anemia is among the public health problem especially in developing countries. Yemen is not an exceptional.Methodology: this study is cross sectional study, which is conducted during the first 6 month of the year 2004 and involved 300 pregnant women attending 4 main MCH centers in A1-salam, October and Fowa regions. The data were collected used a questionnaire. The blood samples were extracted by finger pJick.Results: Showed that anemia is a common feature among blood pregnant women (81 %) in comparison to (19%) that are not anemic.Conclusion and recommendations: Prevalence of anemia among studied pregnant women were frequent in all age groups and anemia is less in the first trimester (5.3%).Increasing level of awareness in women a1_1d their families about the risk of anemia in pregnancy and to create the need for iron supplement

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2023-03-27

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2006): Tikrit Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Prevalence of and risk factors of anemia among pregnant women. Tikrit J. Pharm. Sci. [Internet]. 2023 Mar. 27 [cited 2026 Jun. 4];2(1):71-7. Available from: https://tjphs.tu.edu.iq/index.php/j/article/view/72