Cognitive empowerment of adolescent girls via millets and interpersonal communication

Abstract

Adolescence is a transitional phase in which a child becomes an adult. Globally, each year nearly 1.2 million adolescent deaths are on rise and many girls face serious mental health challenges, malnutrition & anemic. The study investigates 100 rural adolescent girls’ unhealthy physical and mental challenges which affect their learning abilities and cognitive skills which interlinks with the global economy in a developing country like India. The aim of the study is to uplift them physically & mentally strong so that they would become healthy mothers of the nations. Through qualitative research, the information is collected by doing interviews and questionnaires with proper interpersonal communication. As breakfast is the most important meal of the day, the research provides millet breakfast to adolescent girls for three months continuously to avoid all nutrition-related health problems in the long-term. After the experiment time, again post-test on physical and mental health conditions are investigated and reliable data is gathered. The pretest and post-test results indicate improved health conditions in the experimental group, which contributes to their overall personality development and aligns with one of the sustainable development goals.