Objective: Investigate impact of community based programs for creating nutrition and health awareness of women of child bearing age for prevention of anemia. Design: Intervention comprising of informal meetings, live demonstrations of iron rich recipes from green leafy vegetables and kitchen garden activity. Women with Hb<11 g/dl had to be given iron folic acid tablets and formed the supplemented group (SG) while those with Hb>11 g/dl formed non supplemented group (NSG). Settings: Three villages near Pune city, Maharashtra, India. Subjects: Rural non pregnant women (n= 317) of childbearing age (15-35 yr). Results: Prevalence of severe anemia (Hb<10 g/dl) reduced significantly from 19.2% to 7.1% and 11.0% in the first and second year respectively. At the end of first year, the proportion of women shifting into higher grade of Hb was significantly lower in NSG (38.2%) compared to SG (71.6%), but was exclusively due to interventions. Further, proportion of women showing such improvement in Hb was significantly (p = 0.003) higher (61.5%) among women with higher participation (>=50% meetings) compared to those with (29.8%) lower participation (<25% meetings). This was also true with regard to actual practice of repeating the demonstrated iron rich recipes at home. Impact after two years was reduced, however, the participation in interventional activities continued to show association with improvement in Hb (p = 0.06). Conclusion: Our observations highlight that developing action programs for improving nutritional awareness to enhance consumption of iron rich foods through dietary diversification has great potential for preventing anaemia in rural India.
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