PENYULUHAN GIZI DAN PEMBERIAN TABLET BESI TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN DAN KADAR HEMOGLOBIN SISWI SEKOLAH MENENGAH ATAS NEGERI DI MAMUJU

Abstract

The prevalence of anemia in adolescent girls junior and senior high school in Mamuju is 27%. This study to determine the effect of nutritional counseling and suplementation iron tablets to knowledge and hemoglobin ( Hb ) status of senior high school student in West Sulawesi. This type of research is a quasi-experimental design using non- randomized control group pretest-posttest. Samples of the intervention group were 30 students and a control group of 30 students. Student knowledge was measured using questionnaires and hemoglobin concentration using hemoglobinometer. Analysis using Wilcoxon Test, Paired Sample T-Test and Independent T Test. The results showed the results of this study showed no difference in the increase in knowledge after counseling, while the suplementation of iron tablets contained elevated levels of hemoglobin