A systematic review on methods used in health education intervention on anaemia in pregnancy

Anaemia is a common health problem during pregnancy, which leads to adverse health consequences to both mothers and infants. Health education is an important strategy in preventing anaemia. It’s success to improve haemoglobin level depends on the methods and design. This review aimed to identify the...

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Main Authors: Hassan, Hasneezah, Abdul Manaf, Rosliza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76406/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76406/1/2019110412135112_MJMHS_0055.pdf
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description Anaemia is a common health problem during pregnancy, which leads to adverse health consequences to both mothers and infants. Health education is an important strategy in preventing anaemia. It’s success to improve haemoglobin level depends on the methods and design. This review aimed to identify the methods used and the effectiveness of health education intervention in improving anaemia in pregnancy. A systematic review of studies published in MEDLINE, CINAHL, Science Direct and PubMed from January 2010 to April 2017 was conducted using various keywords. Initial search revealed 274 articles, which later reduced to eight after being screened for inclusion criteria that consist of intervention study and involving pregnant women as participants. Health education intervention program with various delivery methods were proven to significantly reduce the prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy. Group discussion, health talk, poster presentation and educational pamphlet were common methods used in health education intervention.
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spelling upm-764062020-02-04T04:10:32Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76406/ A systematic review on methods used in health education intervention on anaemia in pregnancy Hassan, Hasneezah Abdul Manaf, Rosliza Anaemia is a common health problem during pregnancy, which leads to adverse health consequences to both mothers and infants. Health education is an important strategy in preventing anaemia. It’s success to improve haemoglobin level depends on the methods and design. This review aimed to identify the methods used and the effectiveness of health education intervention in improving anaemia in pregnancy. A systematic review of studies published in MEDLINE, CINAHL, Science Direct and PubMed from January 2010 to April 2017 was conducted using various keywords. Initial search revealed 274 articles, which later reduced to eight after being screened for inclusion criteria that consist of intervention study and involving pregnant women as participants. Health education intervention program with various delivery methods were proven to significantly reduce the prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy. Group discussion, health talk, poster presentation and educational pamphlet were common methods used in health education intervention. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76406/1/2019110412135112_MJMHS_0055.pdf Hassan, Hasneezah and Abdul Manaf, Rosliza (2019) A systematic review on methods used in health education intervention on anaemia in pregnancy. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 15 (SP3). pp. 77-83. ISSN 1675-8544; ESSN: 2636-9346 https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2019110412135112_MJMHS_0055.pdf
spellingShingle Hassan, Hasneezah
Abdul Manaf, Rosliza
A systematic review on methods used in health education intervention on anaemia in pregnancy
title A systematic review on methods used in health education intervention on anaemia in pregnancy
title_full A systematic review on methods used in health education intervention on anaemia in pregnancy
title_fullStr A systematic review on methods used in health education intervention on anaemia in pregnancy
title_full_unstemmed A systematic review on methods used in health education intervention on anaemia in pregnancy
title_short A systematic review on methods used in health education intervention on anaemia in pregnancy
title_sort systematic review on methods used in health education intervention on anaemia in pregnancy
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76406/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76406/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76406/1/2019110412135112_MJMHS_0055.pdf