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Nutritional Awareness among School-Going Girls in Mehsana District: Examining the Impact of Age on Health Literacy

Author(s) Dr. Neeta Pratapbhai Chaudhari
Country India
Abstract A cross-sectional study was conducted to analyse the effect of age and education on health literacy about anaemia and objective clinical haemoglobin levels among 800 adolescent school going girls (11–18 years) from Mehsana district, Gujarat. A One-Way ANOVA shows that there was a highly significant relationship between the increasing level of education (8th to 12th grade) and the better anemia awareness scores (F = 3,316.5, p < 0.01). But digital hemoglobinometry revealed a large public health problem that is the antithesis of this cognitive literacy—the over 95% of the participants were clinically anemic. Only 4.5% (n=36) exhibited normal hemoglobin levels (12.0 g/dL), while a staggering 74.125% (n=593) presented with moderate anemia (8.0 - 10.9 g/dL). Severe anemia (< 8.0 g/dL) affected 12.125% (n=97) of the girls, peaking critically during late adolescence at ages 15 (2.25%) and 18 (2.125%). These results show that there is a deep disconnect between achieving good health literacy and achieving a healthy outcome, indicating that classroom education is inadequate to overcome pubertal menstrual strain, lifestyle dietary changes, and limitations in the execution of national initiatives such as Anemia Mukt Bharat. The current paradigm of passive lectures has to be shifted toward more aggressive interventions in the field, such as direct observation of adolescent iron supplementation in school, mandatory fortification of foods, and ongoing clinical monitoring of hemoglobin levels, in order to protect adolescent development.
Keywords Haemoglobin level,haemoglobin level,Anemia,adolescen
Field Sociology > Home Science
Published In Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2026
Published On 2026-06-08
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