Apply Health promotion instructions for pregnant women with iron deficiency anemia in port said city

Abstract

ABSTRACT Background:. Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over ,and improve their health by focusing on individual behavior. Aim: evaluate the impact of application of health promotion instructions for pregnant women with iron deficiency anemia. Research design: A quasi_expeimental research design was used .Setting: the study was conducted in six mother child health care centers in Port Said city. Sample; A purposive of 180 pregnant women divided into 90 study group and 90 control group. Data collection tool; three data collection was used interviewing questionnaire, food frequency questionnaire, and assessment recording .Results; the results indicated that no statistical significant between the control and study group regarding sociodemographic characteristic and obstetric history meanwhile there are significant improvement in the study group knowledge about iron deficiency anemia and its management with p value less than 5. the study subjects according to their mean hemoglobin level before and after the intervention. It is obvious that the mean hemoglobin level did statistically increase (p=0.001*) among the study group after application of health promotion instructions compared to those in the control group .conclusion: The application of health believe model enabling pregnant women to increase control over, and improve their health. focus on individual behavior towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions which in turn improve their anemia and their life style regarding their diet knowledge and practice . Recommendations; further study for including issue about anemia and it's prevention within pre-marital counselling.