Health Problems Associated with Pregnant Women in Kashmir

Vol-3 | Issue-11 | November 2018 | Published Online: 10 November 2018    PDF ( 208 KB )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1481908
Author(s)
Uzma Ali 1; Dr Hummara Azim 2

1Research Scholar, Institute of Home Science, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (India)

2Sr. Assistant Professor Institute at Home Science, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (India)

Abstract

The present study was aimed to study the problems associated with pregnant women in Kashmir. To gather information from 400 pregnant women, Questionnaire was used. Respondents were selected purposively & randomly from all the 10 districts of Kashmir valley. Data collection was done in various district hospitals of Kashmir. It was found that majority of the studied sample were not taking any medicine and were not suffering from any disease. It also revealed that 10% of the respondents were suffering from nausea. Regarding haemoglobin level it shows that mean Hb was 10.98mg among the respondents from all the districts.

Keywords
development, deficiency, intake, needs, dietary
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