Anemia is a major nutritional problem in many parts of the world among adolescent girls, especially in developing countries. A descriptive study is used to assess effectiveness of self instructional module on low cost iron rich diet recipes among under graduate students at selected Nursing colleges of Nagpur city. The sample of study includes 150 under graduate students. The result were analyzed and interpreted. In demographic variables, maximum undergraduate students were in age group of 18–20 year 144 (96%), 4 (2.67%), 2(1.33%) were having education of basic B.Sc. Nursing 1st year. Maximum undergraduate students are from urban area 77 (51.33%). The knowledge score according to rating scale in pre-test was good and in posttest was very good. Mean score of pre-test was 14.72 and standard deviation was 3.72. Mean score of post-test was 18.62 and standard deviation was 4.81. Study reveals that mean post -test score was higher than pre-test score, thus the actual gain in knowledge is increased by 41%. Thus the study concludes that a self-Instructional module on low cost iron rich recipes and helps to improve knowledge of undergraduate students.

Keywords: Anemia; Self-Instructional Module (SIM); Adolescent; Physiologic needs