PENINGKATAN PENGETAHUAN REMAJA TENTANG ANEMIA DI SMA NEGERI 1 BANDAR SRIBAWONO

ABSTRAKAnemia yaitu suatu keadaan saat kadar hemoglobin dalam darah jumlahnya kurang dari kadar normal. Remaja putri berisiko tinggi menderita anemia, karena pada masa ini terjadi peningkatan kebutuhan zat besi akibat adanya pertumbuhan dan mensturasi. Hasil survey pendahuluan yang dilakukan pada 39 siswi remaja putri di SMA Negeri 1 Bandar Sribawono, didapatkan hasil yaitu seluruh siswi remaja putri tersebut tidak mengetahui apa yang dimaksud dengan anemia gizi besi, jenis anemia, dampak anemia, Tujuan pengabdian untuk memberikan pendidikan kesehatan mengenai anemia gizi besi pada remaja dalam upaya pencegahan anemia remaja, penagbdian dilakukan dengan memberikan penyuluhan dan membagikan kuesioner. Hasil pengabdian didapatkan sebelum dilakukan penyuluhan berkaitan dengan anemia remaja dan jus kurma air kelapa, rata – rata pengetahuan remaja putri sebesar 57,64% artinya masuk dalam kategori rata-rata cukup baik, dan setelah dilakukan penyuluhan rata – rata pengetahuan remaja putri sebesat 90,67% artinya masuk dalam kategori baik, terdapat peningkatan rata-rata pengetahuan remaja putri sebesar 33%, artinya penyuluhan yang diberikan telah meningkatkan pengetahuan remaja putri tentang anemia sebesar 33%. Saran untuk pihak sekolah membentuk kelompok remaja yang akan menjadi edukator di sekolah dalam memberikan pengetahuan terkait bahaya anemia pada remaja putri Kata Kunci : anemia; remaja putri; jus kurma dan air kelapa. ABSTRACTAnemia is a condition when the hemoglobin level in the blood is less than normal levels. Adolescent girls are at high risk of suffering from anemia, because during this period there is an increased need for iron due to growth and menstruation. The results of a preliminary survey conducted on 39 female students at SMA Negeri 1 Bandar Sribawono showed that all female female students did not know what iron nutritional anemia was, the types of anemia, the impact of anemia, the purpose of providing health education on nutritional anemia iron in adolescents in an effort to prevent adolescent anemia, service is carried out by providing counseling and distributing questionnaires. The results of the dedication were obtained before counseling was carried out regarding adolescent anemia and coconut water date juice, the average knowledge of young women was 57.64%, meaning that they were included in the average category quite well, and after counseling the average knowledge of young women was 90, 67% means that it is in the good category, there is an average increase in the knowledge of young women by 33%, meaning that the counseling provided has increased the knowledge of young women about anemia by 33%. Suggestions for the school to form groups of youth who will become educators at school in providing knowledge regarding the dangers of anemia in young girls Keywords: anemia; young women; date juice and coconut wate