HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DAN SOSIAL EKONOMI DENGAN KEJADIAN ANEMIA PADA REMAJA PUTRI SMK NEGERI 6 PALU

Abstract

Anemia is a nutritional problem with a high prevalence of 46% of all existing adolescent populations. Young women are easily attacked by anemia because generally Indonesian people (including young women) consume more vegetable foods that are less than animal foods. The goal is to know the relationship of knowledge and socio-economics to the incidence of anemia in young women. The type of cross-sectional research and conducted in May until July 2017 in state Vocational high school 6 city Palu. Young women population of 271 people. Samples amounted to 162 people, with simple random sampling techniques. Analysis with Chi-Square test. The results gained a good knowledge of 82 respondents (50.6%), and the respondents were less than good as 80 respondents (49.4%). Chi-Square test Result obtained p-value = 0.000. High revenues of 97 respondents (59.9%), and low revenues of 65 respondents (40.1%). Test result of chi Square value P = 0.000. Conclusion there is a relationship of knowledge and socio-economics with the incidence of anemia in young women in state Vocational high school 6 cities of Palu Central Sulawesi province. Advice should be necessary to give the Puskesmas program to provide the Fe tablets to the students and meet the compliance of the students to consume tablets so that the incidence rate of anemia can be prevented.