National Journal of Community Medicine│Volume 9│Issue 5│May 2018 Page 358 ORIGINAL ARTICLE pISSN 0976 3325│eISSN 2229 6816 Open Access Article www.njcmindia.org Change in Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Anaemia among High School Girls in Rural Bangalore: An Health Educational Interventional Study Talakad Shesha Iyengar Chaluvaraj 1 , Pradeep Tarikere Satyanarayana 2 Financial Support: None declared Conflict of Interest: None declared Copy Right: The Journal retains the copyrights of this article. However, re- production is permissible with due ac- knowledgement of the source. How to cite this article: Chaluvaraj TSI, Satyanarayana PT. Change in Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Anaemia among High School Girls in Rural Bangalore: An Health Educational Interventional Study. Natl J Community Med 2018; 9(5): 358-362 Author’s Affiliation: 1 Associate Professor; 2 Assistant Profes- sor, Dept of Community Medicine, MVJ medical college & Research Hos- pital, Hoskote, Bangaluru Correspondence Dr. Pradeep TS dr.pradeep.ts@gmail.com Date of Submission: 02-02-18 Date of Acceptance: 25-04-18 Date of Publication: 31-05-18 ABSTRACT Background: Adolescent girls are particularly vulnerable to ane- mia compared.KAP assessment is suitable to evaluate the effec- tiveness of intervention programs. This study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding anemia and improvement in same after health education among high school girls in rural Bangalore. Materials and Methods: It’s a cross sectional interventional study. All girls were included age group 14 to 16 years and those who did not consent were excluded from the study which was carried out in Govt High School in Hoskote, Rural Bangalore for a period of three months. All the data were entered in Microsoft excel and analyzed using SPSS v 22. Results: Among 100 study participants, 78 % belonged to age group of 13-14 years, 85% belonged to nuclear family. Initial as- sessment showed Knowledge being poor, Attitude being negative and practice being unsatisfactory and health education were given through various forms. Conclusion: The overall findings of the study showed the know- ledge, attitude and practices of female adolescents are moving in a desirable direction post health education. Comprehensive nutri- tional education regarding anemia and consequences among ado- lescents can yield a great dividend in future life of women. Key words: Adolescence, Anemia, Health education, IFA tablets INTRODUCTION Globally, one in three non-pregnant women, cor- responding to almost 500 million women, are anaemic. Adolescence being a rapid transition phase with rapid requirement additional nutrition. It is well established that in adolescent girls, men- strual blood losses with rapid growth leading to expansion of red cell mass and increased tissue iron requirements, make them particularly vulner- able to iron deficiency compared to male counter- parts. 1 The female child is more likely to be neg- lected as she is deprived of good food and educa- tion and is utilized as an extra working hand to carry out the household chores. 2 Anemia in adoles- cent girls in future attributes to high maternal mor- tality rate, high incidence of low birth weight ba- bies, high perinatal mortality and fetal wastage. 3 Anemia is a silent but deteriorating health problem and Iron deficiency anemia being very common in developed countries. The prevalence is as high as 44 % in developing country. In developing coun- tries it’s not only poverty but social factors also play in poor nutrition, poor health management among girls in adolescence as they remain neg- lected for being a girl child. 4 Awareness regarding Iron and folic acid supplementation in pubertal