Table 1.
Profile of iron pill consumption by high school girls in selected schools
| School code | No. of students | Continuous compliance a (No./%) | Refusal b (No./%) | Intermittent compliance c (No./%) | Delivery of posters d | Delivery of brochures d | Classroom water supply d | Existence of training session from health center d | Students’ health knowledge e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88 | 76 (86.36)** | 7 (7.95) | 5 (5.68) | + | ± | + | – | 3.47** |
| 2 | 88 | 46 (52.27) | 29 (32.95) | 13 (14.77) | + | ± | – | + | 3.03 |
| 3 | 54 | 29 (53.70) | 15 (27.78) | 10 (18.52) | – | ± | – | – | 2.76 |
| 4 | 106 | 70 (66.04) | 28 (26.42) | 8 (7.55) | + | – | – | – | 2.36 |
| 5 | 69 | 34 (49.28) | 27 (39.13) | 8 (11.59) | + | ± | – | + | 2.83 |
| 6 | 79 | 48 (60.76) | 28 (35.44) | 3 (3.80) | – | ± | – | – | 2.54 |
| 7 | 91 | 53 (58.24) | 22 (24.17) | 16 (17.58) | – | – | – | + | 3.06 |
| 8 | 83 | 54 (65.06) | 22 (26.51) | 7 (8.43) | – | ± | + | + | 2.56 |
| Total | 658 | 410 (62.3) | 178 (27.1) | 70 (10.64) |
(a)Full consumption, (b)no history of taking and (c)intermittent consumption of iron supplements during 16 weeks of intervention. (d)Plus, minus and plus-minus signs indicate delivered, undelivered and insufficiently delivered items, respectively. (e)Expressed as mean score.
Double asterisks represent p- value less than 0.01 by ANOVA.