THE IMPACT OF HEALTH EDUCATION ON KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, PRACTICE, AND PREVENTION OF IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA AMONG ADOLESCENT FEMALES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

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Introduction: Women in reproductive age are at high risk of iron deficiency anemia during the menstrual cycle. Adequate knowledge, attitudes, practices, and prevention towards anemia are necessary. There is a dearth of information on the evaluation of study characteristics and the overall quality of evidence of intervention studies in improving knowledge, attitudes and practices of anemia among adolescents. Aim: The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of health education interventions on the knowledge, attitudes, practices, and prevention towards anemia in adolescent girls. Therefore, the review question are “What health education methods are best used to improve knowledge, attitudes, practices, and prevention of adolescent?”, “What is the effect of health education interventions on anemia in adolescent girls?” Methods: This systematic review was conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols) Checklist whichinvolved studies published between 2000 to 2021 through the databases of PubMed, ScienceDirect, Willey online Library, Cochrane, in English version. Study quality assessed using the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on controlled intervention studies. The risk of bias of the studies included assessed using The Cochrane Risk of Bias Assessment Tool.Data of the studies included were synthesized thematically in order to understand the effectiveness of mobile application. At identification stage, there are 1,414 publications were discovered through backward searching of relevant papers. The full-text screening was conducted on 34 articles and the finding 22 articles failed to meet eligibility criteria at the full-text screening stage, and only 12 articles were finally eligible for further analysis. There are twelve studies included in this study, strengthening the components of health education and increasing Iron-Folic Acid (IFA) knowledge among adolescent girls is beneficial in reducing iron deficiency anemia in adolescent girls Results: The results of the review article showed that health education interventions, giving iron supplements and multivitamins were effective in overcoming iron deficiency anemia in adolescent girls. Educational interventions also increase the knowledge of young women about iron deficiency anemia Conclusions: Health Education intervention for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia among adolescent female improved their knowledge, attitude, practice,and prevention.