Comparison of the effectiveness of weekly and daily iron supplementation in 6 to 24 months old babies in urban health centers of Sari, Iran

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-197

  Khademloo, M ^a   Karami, H ^a   Ajami, A ^a   Yasari, M ^b  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Public Health Care Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anemia; Ferrous sulfate; Infant; Iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; IRON INTAKE; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; IRON, DIETARY; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 60549109104     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2009.195.197     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Desai, M.R., R. Dhar, D.H. Rosen, S.K. Kariuki, Y.P. Shi, P.A. Kager and F.O. Ter Kmle, 2004. Daily iron supplementation is more efficacious than twice weekly iron supplementation for the treatment of childhood anemia in Western Kenya. J. Nutr., 134: 1167-1174.
2. Gillespie, S., J.B. Mason and J. Kevany, 1991. Controlling iron deficiency. Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations administrative committee on coordination/ subcommittee on nutrition. State-of-the-Art Series Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No. 9.
3. Hall, A., N. Roschnik, F. Ouattara, I. Toure and F. Maiga et al., 2000. A randomised trial in Mali of the effectiveness of weekly iron supplements given by teachers on the haemoglobin concentrations of schoolchildren. Public Health Nutr., 5: 413-418.
4. Heidarnia, A., S.H. Dabiri, Z. Farahmandinia and S. Mohamadalizade, 1998. Prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in 1-5 years children of Kerman. J. Kerman Univ. Med. Sci., pp: 214-221.
5. Iannotti, L.L., J.M. Tielsch, M.M. Black and R.E. Black, 2006. Iron supplementation in early childhood: Health benefits and risks. Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 84: 1261-1276.
6. Liu, X.N., J. Kang, L. Zhao and F.E. Viten, 1995. Intermittent iron supplementation in Chinese preschool children is efficient and safe. Food Nutr. Bull, 16: 139-146.
7. Lozoff, B., M.D. Jimenez, J. Hagen, E. Mollen and A.W. Wolf, 2000. Poorer behavioral and developmental outcome more than 10 years after treatment for iron deficiency in infancy. Pediatrics, 105: 51-51.
8. Mumtaz, Z., S. Shahab, N. Butt M.A. Rab and A. DeMuynck, 2000. Daily iron supplementation is more effective than twice weekly iron supplementation in pregnant women in Pakistan in a randomized double-blind clinical trial. J. Nutr., 130: 2697-2702.
9. Nagpal, J., H.P. Sachdev, T. Singh and V. Mallika, 2004. A randomized placebo-controlled trial of iron supplementation in breastfed young infants initiated on complementary feeding: Effect on haematological status. J. Health Popul. Nutr., 22: 203-211.
10. Nguyen, X.N., J. Berger, T.Q. Dao, C.K. Nguen, P. Traissac and H.K. Ha, 2002. Efficacy of daily and weekly supplementation for the control of iron deficiency anemia in infants in rural Vietnam. Sante, 12: 31-37.
11. Schultink, W., R. Gross, M. Gliwitzki, D. Karyadi and P. Matulessi, 1995. Effect of daily vs twice weekly iron supplementation in Indonesian preschool children with low iron status. Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 61: 111-115.
12. Shah, B.K. and P. Gupta, 2002. Weekly vs daily iron and folic acid supplementation in adolescent Nepalese girls. Arch. Pediater. Adolesc. Med., 156: 131-135.
13. Sungthong, R., L. Mo-suwan, V. Chongsuvivatwong and A.F. Geater, 2002. Once weekly is superior to daily iron supplementation on height gain but not on hematological improvement among schoolchildren in Thailand. J. Nutr., 132: 418-422.
14. Tavil, B., T. Sipahi, H. Gökĉe andN. Akar, 2003. Effect of twice weekly versus daily iron treatment in Turkish children with iron deficiency anemia. Pediatr. Hematol. Oncol, 20: 319-326.
15. Thu, B.D., W. Schultink, D.D. Dillon, R. Gross, N.D. Leswara and H.H. Khoi, 1999. Effect of daily and weekly micronutrient supplementation on micronutrient deficiencies and growth in young Vietnamese children. Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 69: 80-86.
16. Vahidnia, A., 1998. Prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in women of reproductive age of Ham. The 1st Congress of Ambulatory Medicine in Iran, Shiraz, Iran, pp: 136.
17. Vizshfar, F. and N. Zarif-sanai, 1998. Iron diciency anemia screening in high school students of Lar. The 1st Congress of Ambulatory Medicine in Iran, Shiraz, Iran, pp: 137.
18. World Health Organization, 2002. Nutrition, health and development, a global agenda for combating malnutmtion. Geneva, WHO, 2000 (WHO/ NHO/00.6).