Prevalence of Anaemia and its Risk Factors Among Adolescent Girls
- DOI
- 10.2991/ahsr.k.200612.066How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- anaemia, adolescent girls
- Abstract
Anaemia is one of health problems in Indonesia. Adolescent girls are the most vulnerable group to anaemia. Adolescent girls with anaemia are at risk of anaemia during pregnancy. It will negatively affect growth and development of the fetus in the womb as well as potential complications of pregnancy and childbirth, even causing the death of mother and child. One factor of anaemia is iron deficiency. This study aims to determine the prevalence and risk factors of anaemia in adolescent girls. This was a descriptive study with cross-sectional design. The study conducted in State Senior High School 1 (SMA N 1) Sp Padang Ogan Komering Ilir. A total of 100 students was selected as samples. The results showed the prevalence of anaemia among adolescent girls in SMA Negeri 1 Sp Padang is 16%, there was no association between nutritional status (p value = 0.594), duration of menses (p value = 0.393) and physical activity (p value = 0.754) with the incidence of anaemia in adolescent girls. The prevalence of anaemia in adolescent girls in SMA N 1 Sp. Padang including mild public health problem. There was no relationship between nutritional status, duration of menstruation and physical activity with anaemia. Based on our research, we recommend young women equipped with knowledge about the food and drink that can help as well as inhibit iron absorption so that the iron contained in foods and drinks can be absorbed perfectly.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Feranita Utama AU - Anita Rahmiwati AU - Ditia Fitri Arinda PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06/19 TI - Prevalence of Anaemia and its Risk Factors Among Adolescent Girls BT - Proceedings of the 2nd Sriwijaya International Conference of Public Health (SICPH 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 461 EP - 463 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200612.066 DO - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200612.066 ID - Utama2020 ER -