Open AccessHubungan Perilaku Makan dan Konsumsi Tablet Fe dengan Kejadian Anemia pada Ibu Hamil di Kabupaten Fakfak Papua Barat
Author(s) -
Kristiawan Prasetyo Agung Nugroho,
Windu Merdekawati,
Julia Mariyani Hekakaya
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of health (joh)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2407-6376
DOI - 10.30590/vol4-no2-p92-99
Subject(s) - medicine , anemia , incidence (geometry) , obstetrics , pregnancy , gynecology , environmental health , pediatrics , physics , biology , optics , genetics
Background: Anemia is associated with a condition of blood deficiency or low red blood cell count. Anemia during pregnancy is important to note because it concerns public health, especially maternal and child health.
Objective: This study was to determine the relationship between eating behavior, iron tablet consumption, and anemia incidence in pregnant women in three Health Center (Puskesmas) in Fakfak district, West Papua.
Methods: This study used quantitative method with cross sectional study design. The total samples were 55 respondents from Fakfak Kota Health Center, Dulanpokpok Health Center, and Danaweria Health Center.
Results: Not all pregnant women were found to be regularly taking Fe tablets with a significance value of Chi-Square test of 0.001, so that unregulary consumption of Fe tablets can affect the incidence of anemia in pregnant women.
Conclusion: There is a relationship of consumption of Fe tablets with anemia during pregnancy, not eating behavior.