EFFECT OF DATES PALM EXTRACT ON THE STATUS OF ANEMIA IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS AT DEPARTMENT OF MIDWIFERY DORMITORY, HEALTH POLYTECHNIC OF HEALTH MINISTRY PONTIANAK

Rini Sulistiawati and Oon Fatonah Akbarini (2019) EFFECT OF DATES PALM EXTRACT ON THE STATUS OF ANEMIA IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS AT DEPARTMENT OF MIDWIFERY DORMITORY, HEALTH POLYTECHNIC OF HEALTH MINISTRY PONTIANAK. In: Pontianak International Health Conference (PIHC), Health Polytechnic of Health Ministry Pontianak.

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Abstract

Background: Anemia is one of the main nutritional problems in Indonesia. Anemia occurs as a result of iron and folic acid deficiency in the body as well as other factors such as infectious diseases, intestinal worms and chronic diseases. Adolescents have the highest risk of anemia due to increased needs and the presence of menstruation. If a woman has anemia then it becomes very dangerous during pregnancy and childbirth. It can cause a baby with low birth weight (LBW), miscarriage, anemia in infants and may result in maternal and infant deaths during childbirth. Anemia needs to be overcome early, before adolescent girl becomes pregnant woman and ready to be a healthy mother. One of the ways to prevent and cope with anemia is by consuming supplement or foods containing iron. Date palm extract is processed date fruit that contains 0.1-1.5 mg / 100 gr of iron. This component is important to form hemoglobin. Objective: to know the effect of date palms extract on the status of anemia in adolescent girls in the Department of Midwifery Dormitory, Poltekkes Kemenkes Pontianak. Method: is a Quasy Experiment pre and post test nonequivalent control group design. Population in this research is all adolescent girls at Department of Midwifery Dormitory, Health Polytechnic of Health Ministry Pontianak which amounts to 100 people. The samples were 22 adolescents in the treatment and control group. The sampling technique is simple random sampling. Test used are McNemar and Chi Square test with level of confidence 95%. Result: This study result showed that there is a difference of anemia status before and after consuming date extract (p value = 0,004). The giving of date palms extract had a positive effect on anemia status (p value = 0,028). Conclusion: This study showed that dates palm extract has effect on anemia status in adolescent girls at Department of Midwifery Dormitory, Health Polytechnic of Health Ministry Pontianak. Keywords : Palm Dates Extract, Anemia, Adolescent Girls

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