Faculty of Medicine University of Muhammadiyah Malang
Abstract
Early detection of anemia in young adolescent girls is important to optimize maternal health in the future. Prevention of anemia in junior and senior high school students is the target program of Community Health Center in Indonesia. This study aimed to determine what are the factors that affect the incidence of anemia in young adolescent girls in Junior High School 3 Kediri. An observational analytic study with cross sectional design was used to collect population data through questionnaires and blood sampling using HB Stick involved of 171 girls in Junior High School aged 10 years - 19 years. Based on the results, 78 respondents (45.6%) had anemia and 93 respondents (54.4%) did not experience anemia. From the analysis, there was a correlation of age (p 0.036; OR 0,574; CI 0.342-0,964), father education (p 0.027; OR 0.309; CI 0.109-0.877), parents income (p 0.026; OR 0.119; CI 0.018-0.776), Mentruation cycle (p 0.000; OR 0.098; CI 0.031-0.318) and Duration of Menstruation (p 0.031; OR 0.348; CI 0.129-0.904) with the incidence of anemia. There was no correlation between eating habits (p 0.999; OR 0.999; CI 0.000) with the incidence of anemia. There exist a need to giving blood tablet supplement to adolescent girls To prevent anemia in adolescent girls, it need support from family, school and community health center.
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