Assessment of knowledge about vitamin a prophylaxis programme among health and icds functionaries In district banda (u.p.)

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  • D S martolia
  • Suresh Chandra
  • . Nadeem
  • J P Srivastava
  • R P Sharma
  • Punit Varma
  • Anurag Srivastava

Abstract

Research question : What is the level of knowledge about vitamin A among health and ICDS staff? Objectives: 1. To assess the knowledge of respondent staff. 2. to. suggest need for strengthening, reorienting training and motivation of staff for the success of the programme. Study design - cross sectional etting - the study was performed in district Banda (UP) Result: total respondents interviewed were 125 with male female ratio of 55:70. 75% of the total respondents were in the age group 20 to 45 years. Regarding knowledge 91.2% responded blindness and 15.4% Bitot’s spots as symptom of vitamin A deficiency.

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2005-12-31

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martolia DS, Chandra S, Nadeem ., Srivastava JP, Sharma RP, Varma P, et al. Assessment of knowledge about vitamin a prophylaxis programme among health and icds functionaries In district banda (u.p.). Indian J Community Health [Internet]. 2005 Dec. 31 [cited 2024 Dec. 5];17(1,2):29-32. Available from: https://www.iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/105

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