Community empowerment in preventing anemia for women in Kalasey 2 Village, Minahasa Regency

Preventing diabetes through community empowerment.

Community-Based Screening for Infantile Anemia in an Okinawan Village, Japan

Infancy is a vulnerable age group for anemia throughout the world. However, community-based screening for infantile anemia is seldom reported. This study determined the prevalence of anemia among infants in an Okinawan village from 2003 to 2008, in relation to secondary prevention of the condition. The prevalence among infants aged 3-5, 6-12 and 16-23 months was 12.3%, 15.8%, and 4.2%, respecti...

Community Empowerment for Sustainable Development in Iran

Preface: " Poverty is not simply a matter of material deprivation. It is a matter of human dignity, justice, fundamental freedoms and basic human rights. " 1-UNESCO The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) development community has arrived at a critical point in its approach to the issue of poverty alleviation and its ideal of poverty eradication. Despite valiant efforts on the part of the gover...

The effect of PRECEDE model in preventing iron deficiency anemia in high school students

Iron deficiency anemia is the most common nutritional deficiency throughout the world, and young girls are among the most vulnerable groups. The quasi-experimental study was conducted on randomly selected 190 junior high school girls to determine the effect of PRECEDE-based health education program in prevention of iron deficiency anemia. The intervention was carried out in three 90-minute sess...

Anemia in pregnant Sudanese women. Community based study.

nemia adversely affects pregnancy and its outcome.1,2 Many risk factors for anemia have been identified in pregnancy.3 Although, it is known that around 40% of the women presenting to the labor room in Central Sudan are probably anemic,4 there are no published data regarding anemia, its epidemiology and the risk factors during pregnancy in Sudan. We performed a community-based study to estimate...