Abstract: There are an estimated 105 million adolescent girls in the age group 10-19 in India. For young girls and women in India, poor nutrition, and early childbearing and reproductive health complications compound the difficulties of adolescent physical development. Anemia is one of the primary contributors to maternal mortality (20-25%) and is associated with compromised pubertal growth spurt and cognitive development among girls aged 10-19. Nutritional deprivation, increased iron demand for adolescent growth, excessive menstrual losses of iron and early/frequent pregnancies aggravate and exacerbate pre-existing anemia and its effects. Most young girls and women are not adequately aware of their increased nutritional needs for growth (especially increasing their food intake to meet calorie demands of pubertal growth), and importance of various services like pregnancy, infant and child health care resulting in less demand of such services among the young girls and women. The poor nutritional status of mothers’ especially young mothers heightens obstetric risk during pregnancy and childbirth, contributes to maternal mortality, and puts their infants at risk. Neonatal and infant mortality rates among adolescent mothers are 60% higher than among infants born to mothers in the 20-29 age groups.
Keywords: Girls and Women, Poor Nutrition, and Early Childbearing and Reproductive Health Complications Compound.
Title: To Measure the Knowledge, Attitude, And Practice Among Adolescent Girls, Pregnant and Lactating Women, and Women in the Reproductive Age Group 20-49 Regarding MCH Services at the Gairsain Block of District Chamoli
Author: Dr. Naveen Chandra Khanduri
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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