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Level Of Awareness On The Prevention Of Anaemia Among Pregnant Women
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1.8 Assumptions of the study
The study assumes that:
The pregnant women have some knowledge regarding Anaemia and its prevention.
The result of the study will help to prevent the Anaemia among the pregnant women.
1.9 Scope of the study
The
study is delimited to the pregnant women in IbesikpoAsutan Local
Government Area of AkwaIbom State. The major concentration of our
consideration is the question of what causes anaemia in pregnancy. To do
this effectively, a critical appraisal of the various variables
supporting the research work will be done pointing out their
contributions to the cause of anaemia in pregnancy. Since this research
is aimed at determining the level of awareness on the prevention of
anaemia among pregnant women in IbesikpoAsutan Local Government Area of
AkwaIbom State, thoughtfulness will be paid to the several preventive
measures against the occurrence of anaemia in pregnancy.
1.10 Limitations of the study
The challenges that posed a threat to this study include the following;
fund to be able to assess materials even online and equally type the
work, collections and retrieval of documents from health centers
archives, and even those of hospitals and attitudes turned to be huge
obstacles and time constraints due to other academic pressure. However
efforts were made to address these problems or limitations.
1.11 Definitions of terms
Knowledge:Refers to the perceptive of Antenatal mothers regarding causes and symptoms of Anaemia and its prevention.
Anaemia:Anaemia is the condition in which haemoglobin concentration in the blood is less than 10 gm/dl.
Prevention:In
this study, prevention refers to all the actions taken to diminish the
risk factors of Anaemia and hinder the chances of occurrence of Anaemia.
Pregnant
women:Are the women between the period of conception and delivery of
baby, who are attending the Antenatal clinic at Primary Health Centre
NungUdoe in IbesikpoAsutan
Educational qualifications:are
thecertificates, professional titles that an individual has acquired
either by studying full-time, part-time study or private study, whether
by educational authorities, distinctive examining bodies or qualified
bodies.
Age:is the specific period of life at which a person becomes naturally or conventionally qualified or disqualified for anything.
Nutritional
status: the condition of the body in those respects influenced by the
diet; the levels of nutrients in the body and the ability of those
levels to maintain normal metabolic integrity.
Attitude: is feeling
or thinking that affects the behavior of a person, a predisposition or a
tendency to react positively or deleteriously to a particular idea,
object, person, or situation, a mental position with regard to a fact or
state.
Economic Status: is an economic and sociological shared
complete measure of work experience of a person and of its economic and
social situation of the family compared to others, depending on income,
education, and occupation of or a person.
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