PERANAN ORANG-TUA DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEPATUHAN SISWI MINUM TABLET ZAT BESI FOLAT DI KOTA-DEPOK

Abstract

One strategy to reduce anemia in adolescent girl age was through school-based iron folic-acid supplementation. Parents have the important role in improving the female students’ compliance . This study aim to identify parent’s knowledge, attitude and their role to improve female student’s compliance to consume iron folic-acid tablets , mechanism and supplementation period and female student’s compliance. Using a cross sectional design, 135 parents had involved for 3 months from 9 high-schools in Depok area .The majority of respondents had less knowledge (54.1%) and never received socialization (61.5%). T-test and correlation test were applied. There w ere correlation s between parent’s knowledge and attitude toward student’s compliance (p=0.00). The differences was found in female s tudent’s compliance between parents who supervised when drinking at home with those who was not supervise d (p = 0,000) and between parents who received socialization about anemia and those who never received (p = 0,000). The multivariate statistical results showed a fit regression equation about parents’ role in improving female student’s compliance to consume iron supplement (p value = 0 . 000). The regression model shows the greatest influence factor for female sudent’s compliance to consume iron folic-acid with supervision at home (ß=0.709, p=0 . 000), parent’s experience got socialization, tablet distribution mechanism and supplemantation schedule of giving iron folic acid (ß = 0.551 , p=0.01 , ß= 0 .435, p=0.01 and ß=0 .429 , p=0.00 respectively). It is suggested that s chool need s to involve parents in the program.