The Influence of 'TESIMIA' on The Knowledge and Attitudes of Female Adolescent Regarding Anemia

Rosa Yuliana; Winda Triana; Egy Sunanda Putra

doi:10.35910/icohpj.v3i0.868

Rosa Yuliana Departement of Health Promotion, Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Jambi, Indonesia
Winda Triana Departement of Health Promotion, Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Jambi, Indonesia
Egy Sunanda Putra Departement of Health Promotion, Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Jambi, Indonesia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35910/icohpj.v3i0.868

Keywords: Health education, Crossword puzzle, Anemia

Abstract

Background: Anemia is a condition where is a decrease in the number of erythrocytes as indicated by a decrease in hemoglobin levels, hematocrit and erythocyte count. Based on previous research, the frequency of anemia in adolescent girls is 26.5% in one of the junior high schools in Jambi City, adolescent girlss who have low knowledge was 51.5% and having a poor attidude was 51.5%. this shows that young women do not yet know that anemia has a bigimpact on their own health. This figure shows that anemia is still a health problem that needs attention in Jambi Province.
Method: This type of research is Quantitative research using the pre-Eksperiment method, research design using a One group pretest – postest design with a total sample of 55 respondents taken by purposive sampling. Data collection used a knowledge questionnaire and attitude checklist instrument. Data analysis used the wilcoxon test.
Result: It is known that Asymp.Sig (2-tailed) has a value of 0.001. Because the value of 0.001 is smaller than ≤ 0.05, there is a difference in the results of health education using anemia crossword puzzle for class VII students at SMP 19 Jambi City in the pretest and posttest.
Conclusion: Present the main conclusions and their implications. There is an influence of health education using anemia crossword puzzle on knowledge and attitudes towards preventing anemia in class VII students of SMP 19 Jambi City