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We assessed the impact of WIFS with and without health education on anemia in adolescent school girls of Delhi.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:title>\n \n This is a school-based intervention study conducted in two government senior secondary schools of Delhi. A total of 210 adolescent school girls from two schools were included in the study. In one school (intervention group), weekly ironfolic acid with health education once a month was given, and in the second school (control group), only WIFS was given for 6 months. Iron\u2013folic acid supplementation containing 100 mg of elemental iron and 0.5 mg of folic acid was given on a weekly basis, and health education was provided once a month for 6 consecutive months. Hemoglobin (Hb) estimation was done at the beginning and the end of the study using the Hemocue method. Mean Hb change after intervention between the control and experimental groups was compared using a\n t<\/jats:italic>\n test. Pre and post differences within the control and experimental groups were assessed using a paired-\n t<\/jats:italic>\n test.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n After intervention, there was a significant decline in prevalence of anemia in both the intervention (54.7 percentage points decline) and the control (26 percentage points decline) groups (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n WIFS with once a month health education can be effective in reducing the prevalence of anemia in adolescent school girls.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/ijpvm.ijpvm_552_18","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,30]],"date-time":"2020-12-30T06:44:53Z","timestamp":1609310693000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Assessment of Weekly Iron\u2013Folic Acid Supplementation with and without Health Education on Anemia in Adolescent Girls: A Comparative Study"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Monika","family":"Singh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, SN Medical College, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Om Prakash","family":"Rajoura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, UCMS and GTBH Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Raghavendra Appasaheb","family":"Honnakamble","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, SN Medical College, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"R2-20250812","year":"2005","journal-title":"World Health Organization. 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