Hubungan Perilaku Makan dan Konsumsi Tablet Fe dengan Kejadian Anemia pada Ibu Hamil di Kabupaten Fakfak Papua Barat

Kristiawan P.A. Nugroho (Program Studi Ilmu Gizi, Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana Salatiga)
Windu Merdekawati (Program Studi Teknologi Pangan, Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana)
Julia Mariyani Hekakaya (Program Studi Ilmu Gizi, Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana Salatiga)

Journal of Health (JoH)
Vol 4 No 2 (2017): Journal of Health - Juli 2017

Background: Anemia is associated with a condition of blood deficiency or low red blood cell count. Anemia during pregnancy is important to note because it concerns public health, especially maternal and child health. Objective: This study was to determine the relationship between eating behavior, iron tablet consumption, and anemia incidence in pregnant women in three Health Center (Puskesmas) in Fakfak district, West Papua. Methods: This study used quantitative method with cross sectional study design. The total samples were 55 respondents from Fakfak Kota Health Center, Dulanpokpok Health Center, and Danaweria Health Center. Results: Not all pregnant women were found to be regularly taking Fe tablets with a significance value of Chi-Square test of 0.001, so that unregulary consumption of Fe tablets can affect the incidence of anemia in pregnant women. Conclusion: There is a relationship of consumption of Fe tablets with anemia during pregnancy, not eating behavior.