Program of Care for Young Women with Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Pilot

Iron deficiency anemia is the most widespread nutritional deficiency in the United States; it affects 3.3 million women and is associated with preterm births, low birth weight babies, and cognitive delays in infant and child development. Many young women are rarely screened for iron deficiency anemi...

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Published in:Journal of community health nursing 2000, Vol.17 (4), p.247-262
Main Author: Callen, Bonnie L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Anaemia
Anemia
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - nursing
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - prevention & control
Blood donation
Blood Donors
Blood plasma
Cast iron
Community Health Nursing
Dietary iron
Female
Food
Health care
Health Education
Health Promotion
Hematocrit
Humans
Iron deficiency
Iron deficiency anemia
Iron, Dietary
Male
Mass Screening - methods
Meats
Medical Records
Middle Aged
Nurses
Nursing
Pilot Projects
Retrospective Studies
USA
Wisconsin
Women's Health
Young women
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Summary:Iron deficiency anemia is the most widespread nutritional deficiency in the United States; it affects 3.3 million women and is associated with preterm births, low birth weight babies, and cognitive delays in infant and child development. Many young women are rarely screened for iron deficiency anemia, but plasma donors are routinely screened, affording an excellent opportunity to target an at-risk population seldom seen by primary health care providers. Many of these donors are economically disadvantaged young adults. The purpose of this program was to improve the knowledge, diets, and subsequently the hematocrits of young women who cannot give plasma due to low hematocrits. An educational intervention was piloted. The results were an improvement in hematocrit levels and dietary consumption of iron, but no gain in dietary knowledge. This unique, cost-effective health promotion program targets young women before they become pregnant to address the problem of diets low in iron.
ISSN:0737-0016
1532-7655
DOI:10.1207/15327650051037311