The Relationship of Mother’s Behavior and Attitude to Iron Intake in Anemia Adolescent Girls in High School of South Lampung Regency

Abstract

Adolescent girls are one of the groups that are prone to anemia, not only because they are prone to malnutrition but also because they are menstruating so that they need nutritional intake, especially iron to meet the needs of Fe intake in the body. Riskesdas 2018 data recorded the proportion of anemia in non-pregnant women aged 15 years was 22.7%. This situation is the result of the intake of iron from food that only meets 40% of the adequacy. The purpose of this study was to analyze the behavior and attitudes of mothers towards the consumption of iron intake in adolescent girls who had anemia in Senior High School in South Lampung Regency. This type of research is quantitative with a cross-sectional approach. The study    population      was     all     41. adolescent girls with anemia with a sample of 41 samples, using a non-probability sampling technique. The research has been carried out at SMKN Tanjung Sari from January to June 2022. Data collection used observation sheets. Data analysis was univariate and bivariate. The results show that 56.1% of respondents with positive maternal attitudes and 25 (61.0%) respondents with good maternal behavior. There is a relationship between maternal attitudes (p-value 0.012) and maternal behavior (p-value 0.030) on the consumption of iron intake in adolescent girls who have anemia in Senior High Schools in South Lampung Regency. Thus, suggestions for health workers are to increase knowledge to mothers and adolescent girls about the need for iron intake and can provide interventions related to iron intake to families who have family members that have anemia