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| العنوان: |
Barriers to and Facilitators of Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation within a School-Based Integrated Nutrition and Health Promotion Program among Ghanaian Adolescent Girls. |
| المؤلفون: |
Gosdin, Lucas1,2 lgosdin@cdc.gov, Sharma, Andrea J2,3, Tripp, Katie4, Amoaful, Esi F5, Mahama, Abraham B6, Selenje, Lilian6, Jefferds, Maria E2, Ramakrishnan, Usha1,7, Martorell, Reynaldo1,7, Addo, O Yaw1,2,8 |
| المصدر: |
Current Developments in Nutrition. Sep2020, Vol. 4 Issue 9, p1-11. 11p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*TEENAGE girls, *HEALTH promotion, *FOLIC acid, *IRON supplements, *HIGH school seniors, *IRON |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
GHANA, TOGOLAND |
| مستخلص: |
Background Anemia is a moderate public health problem among adolescent girls in Ghana. Objectives We aimed to evaluate the barriers to and facilitators of program fidelity to a school-based anemia reduction program with weekly iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation. Methods Authors analyzed directly observed weekly IFA consumption data collected longitudinally and cross-sectional data from a representative survey of 60 secondary schools and 1387 adolescent girls in the Northern and Volta regions of Ghana after 1 school year (2017–2018) of the intervention (30–36 wk). A bottleneck analysis was used to characterize the levels of IFA coverage and used adjusted generalized linear mixed-effects models to quantify the school and student drivers of IFA intake adherence. Results Of girls, 90% had ever consumed the tablet, whereas 56% had consumed ≥15 weekly tablets (mean: 16.4, range: 0–36), indicating average intake adherence was about half of the available tablets. Among ever consumers, 88% of girls liked the tablet, and 27% reported undesirable changes (primarily heavy menstrual flow). School-level factors represented 75% of the variance in IFA consumption over the school year. Total IFA tablets consumed was associated with the ability to make up missed IFA distributions (+1.4 tablets; 95% CI: +0.8, +2.0 tablets), junior compared with senior secondary school (+5.8; 95% CI: +0.1, +11.5), educators' participating in a program-related training (+7.6; 95% CI: +2.9, 12.2), and educator perceptions that implementation was difficult (−6.9; 95% CI: −12.1, −1.7) and was an excessive time burden (−4.4; 95% CI: −8.4, −0.4). Conclusions Although the program reached Ghanaian schoolgirls, school-level factors were barriers to adherence. Modifications such as expanded training, formalized make-up IFA distributions, sensitization (awareness promotion), and additional support to senior high schools may improve adherence. Spreading the responsibility for IFA distribution to other teachers and streamlining monitoring may reduce the burden at the school level. Strengthening the health education component and improving knowledge of IFA among students may also be beneficial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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