Sustainability of freshwater snakehead fish empowerment as animal protein in increasing albumin and hemoglobin levels of breastfeeding mothers

Abstract

Mothers with a shortage of red blood cells (anemia) can cause a loss of nutritional absorption through breast milk. A mother's lack of nourishment will affect her and her baby's health. The study aims to identify how administering snakehead fish nuggets affects Hb and albumin levels in breastfeeding moms in the Mandala Health Centre work area in Medan. Methods: From the 3rd to the 29th of February 2020, this study was carried out in the Mandala Public Health Centre. The study is quasi-experimental. This study included all breastfeeding women with children ≤ 5 years and then found 31 samples. The data is normality and then analyzed using the T-dependent test. The results showed that providing snakehead fish nuggets affected Hb and blood albumin levels with a value of (p-value =0.001). The use of snakehead fish as a freshwater fish will maintain the ecosystem process, if the snakehead fish is raised in traditional or modern ways. The treatment of snakehead fish nuggets improves albumin values. Meanwhile, based on percentages, the normal Hb level before treatment was 61%, growing to 84%, and the normal albumin level was 71%, climbing to 93%.