Anemia in pregnant women is a health problem in Indonesia because the prevalence is quite high. Poor nutritional needs in pregnant women can cause anemia in pregnant women which can cause bleeding. Of the several Puskesmas especially Tanete Puskesmas in Bulukumba District the highest level of anemia was 35% or of the 268 pregnant women examined, 94 pregnant women had anemia. The population in this study was anemic pregnant women who had a pregnancy check-up at Tanete Puskesmas, Bulukumpa District, Bulukumba Regency, as many as 80 people. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of nutritional intake with the incidence of anemia in pregnant women in the Tanete Health Center, Bulukumpa District, Bulukumba Regency. This type of research is a quantitative analytic study with a "cross-sectional" approach. The sample of this study was 44 respondents who were given questionnaire sheets related to nutrition intake during pregnancy and observations related to the incidence of anemia. Data analysis in this study used the chi-square statistical test and Spearman correlation). The results of the analysis used a chi-square statistical test with a confidence level (α = 0.05). Based on the results of this test, the p-value is 0.027, thus p <α (0.001 <0.05), then Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. And the results of the test using the Spearman correlation obtained an r-value of 0.274 where the closeness of the relationship of nutritional intake with the incidence of anemia in pregnant women is in the medium category. This study concludes that there is a relationship between nutritional intake and the incidence of anemia in pregnant women in Tanete Health Center, Bulukumpa Regency, Bulukumba in 2015. Researchers suggest that this research can be used as a reference for health workers to pay more attention to nutrition in pregnant women to prevent the occurrence of anemia.
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