Improvement of Knowledge on Iron Deficiency Anemia and Its Prevention among Bustanul Athfal Teachers in Malang

Diah Hermayanti, Meddy Setiawan, Hawin Nurdiana

2019

Abstract

Iron deficiency anemia is still one of the national nutritional problems in Indonesia. This anemia mainly affects women and children. In woman, increased of iron is due to pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding. In infants and children this due to their needs for growth. Iron deficiency anemia is also influenced by socio-economic factors, mal absorption, and infection. In this study, a deficiency anemia prevention training was conducted among Busthanul Athfal Teachers in Malang. This studiy is aimed to compare the average knowledge about iron deficiency anemia and its prevention before and after training. The research was conducted with training activities, pretest and posttest. Data was analyzed by comparative analytic paired t-test. The questionnaire was filled by 46 respondents. The average value of the pretest knowledge was 47.8, and the test post was 75.2. Result of data analysis on different test was 0,000 (p <0.05). There was an increase in knowledge about iron deficiency anemia and its prevention. There was an increase in knowledge about iron-deficiency anemia and its prevention after training among Busthanul Athfal Malang teachers.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hermayanti D., Setiawan M. and Nurdiana H. (2019). Improvement of Knowledge on Iron Deficiency Anemia and Its Prevention among Bustanul Athfal Teachers in Malang.In Proceedings of the 2nd Health Science International Conference - Volume 1: HSIC, ISBN 978-989-758-462-6, pages 201-204. DOI: 10.5220/0009127302010204

in Bibtex Style

@conference{hsic19,
author={Diah Hermayanti and Meddy Setiawan and Hawin Nurdiana},
title={Improvement of Knowledge on Iron Deficiency Anemia and Its Prevention among Bustanul Athfal Teachers in Malang},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd Health Science International Conference - Volume 1: HSIC,},
year={2019},
pages={201-204},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009127302010204},
isbn={978-989-758-462-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd Health Science International Conference - Volume 1: HSIC,
TI - Improvement of Knowledge on Iron Deficiency Anemia and Its Prevention among Bustanul Athfal Teachers in Malang
SN - 978-989-758-462-6
AU - Hermayanti D.
AU - Setiawan M.
AU - Nurdiana H.
PY - 2019
SP - 201
EP - 204
DO - 10.5220/0009127302010204