The Effect of Leaflet Intervention on the Level Knowledge Adolescents Girl with the Incidence Anemia in Junior High School Jepara

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Nur Hilda Oktaviani

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Abstract. Background. Anemia is still a major public health problem in the world. Indonesia become one of the countries experiencing a triple burden of malnutrition and one of them is anemia. The results of the 2019 WHO for Indonesia show that the proportion of anemia in adolescents is 31.2 %. The incidence of anemia in women is higher (23.9%) compared to men (18.4%) Education, especially about anemia problem in adolescents, play an important role in the emergency response for the health reproduction of adolescents. Objective. To determine the effect of nutrition education using a leaflet on the improvement of anemia knowledge in adolescents girl in junior high school Jepara . Method. This research used the quick experimental method. Designs: Pre-post test group design involving 60 adolescents students. Results. The results showed a strong correlation between respondents knowledge and nutrition education using leaflet media (p=0,02) with alpha 0,05 (p=0,02<0,05). Conclusion. There is an effect of education using on leaflet anemia knowledge adolescents girl in Junior high school Jepara.

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