UPAYA PENCEGAHAN ANEMIA PADA REMAJA MELALUI PENYULUHAN KESEHATAN REPRODUKSI DI SMA NEGERI 1 PLEMAHAN

Abstract

Anemia is one of the public health problems that require special attention, especially for women of reproductive age. Based on basic health research data in 2018, the prevalence of anemia in teenager girls increased to 48.9%. The condition anemia in teenagers is related to morbidity and mortality of reproductive age women who will have an impact on the quality of health in the future. The purpose of this activity is as an effort to socialize the latest issues related to reproductive health in teenager in this case is an issue related to the problem of anemia in teenager, so as to increase teenager knowledge related to reproductive health. The target of this activity is 29 young women in SMAN 1 Plemahan. This method of devotional activities is carried out in the form of counseling, which begins with the provision of pretest and ends with a post test after counseling is done. The results obtained from this activity are an increase in the knowledge possessed by teenagers related to the latest issues of teenager reproductive health problems, from a sufficient category of 68,96 % to a good category of 89,66 %. Counseling related to anemia in teenagers needs to be given to teenagers as an effort to improve nutritional status in teenagers that will have an impact on their reproductive health conditions in the future.

Keywords: Anemia, Teenagers, Reproductive Health