IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) e-ISSN: 2279-0853, p-ISSN: 2279-0861.Volume 20, Issue 8 Ser.4 (August. 2021), PP 44-53 www.iosrjournals.org DOI: 10.9790/0853-2008044453 www.iosrjournal.org 44 | Page Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Health Seeming Behaviour Towards Anemia Among Educated Menstruating Women (Aged 14-50 Years) Rangapriya A T 1 , Sivaraj R 2 , Umarani S 3 , Pushpalatha L 4 , Senthil Kumar S 5,6* 1 Rajah Muthiah Medical College and Hospital, Chidambaram-608002, TN, India 2 Department of Pharmacology, Aarupadai Veedu Medical College & Hospital,Puducherry-607403, India. 3 Department of Anatomy, Rajah Muthiah Medical College and Hospital, Chidambaram-608002, TN, India. 4 Department of Chemistry, National College(Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli-620001, TN, India. 5 Geobiotechnology Laboratory, National College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli-620001, TN, India. 6 PG & Research Department of Botany, National College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli-620001, TN, India *Corresponding Author – Senthil Kumar S Abstract Background Anaemia is a health concern in menstruating women, especially adolescent girls and pregnant women. The prevalence is higher in developing countries like India, mainly Iron deficiency anaemia which is the most common type in India due to factors like malnutrition, lack of awareness, lower socioeconomic status and less education. A research was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude, practice and health-seeming behaviour of internet using educated menstruating women towards anaemia. The objective of the study was to enumerate knowledge, attitude, practice and health seeming behaviour towards anaemia. Materials and methods An observational cross sectional study was conducted via social media due to pandemic. The study population comprises 387 internet using educated menstruating women (aged 14-50 years) who took the survey via social media. A pretested semi-structured questionnaire created through Google forms was used to collect data for study. It was self-administered questionnaire. The study period was between September 1, 2020 and October 1,2020. Results Out of 387 participants, 31.79% have Fair knowledge, 29.97% show Fair attitude, 56.85% have Fair practice and 35.4% have Fair health seeming behaviour towards anaemia. Conclusion The results of the study indicated that the participants had Fair knowledge, Fair attitude, fair practice and fair health-seeming behaviour towards anaemia. Educating women about anaemia would help preventing the conditions and help gain knowledge and develop good attitude towards anaemia. Keywords Anaemia, Health seeming behaviour, Educated Menstruating women, Modified Kuppuswamy scale --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Submission: 26-07-2021 Date of Acceptance: 11-08-2021 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Introduction Anaemia is a condition in which the number of red blood corpuscles (RBC) or their oxygen-carrying capacity is not sufficient to meet the physiological needs of a person. Decreased RBC count could be due to insufficient production or augmented destruction or loss. The production of RBC requires adequate nutrients intake of vitamins (B6, B9, B12 and A) and minerals (Iron and Copper). Deficiency of these nutrients leads to decreased production of RBC and nutritional anaemia; while excess destruction due to blood loss, infections, etc causes haemolytic anaemia. A study by Kassebaum et al, conducted from 1990-2010 in 187 countries reported that Global anaemia prevalence in 2010 was 32.9%, causing 68.36 million years lived with disability. As per World Health organization (WHO) a higher proportion of women in 15-59 years age group were anaemic than men [1] . Among all anemias, Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) is most prevalent anemia worldwide. In developing countries, the prevalence rate is higher (44%) as compared to developed countries (12%).The World Health Organization estimates that 58% of pregnant women in developing countries are anaemic. Women have additional iron requirements from puberty to menopause. This arises from the physiological needs of menstruation, pregnancy and to some extent in lactation. In adolescent girls, iron loss (basal plus menstrual loss)