HOW TO INCREASE PREGNANT WOMEN’S KNOWLEDGE ON ANEMIA : STUDY INTERVENTION

Abstract

The prevalence of anemia in pregnant women at the age of 15-49 is high.Anemia in pregnant woment is a condition where  hemoglobin less than 11 gr/Dl. The cause of death in pregnant women is quite complex that is related to pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium. One cause of maternal death during pregnancy is anemia in pregnancy. Intervention can be done to prevent the incidence of anemia in pregnancy with provide health education by Pop-up Book. The purpose of this study was to determine the Effect of Health Education With Pop-up Book Media to Increase Pregnant Women’s Knowledge About Anemia at Working Area of Pembina Public Health Center Palembang City In 2019. This research was an analytical observational study with quasi-experimental design with non-equivalent control group design. This study uses interventional procedure and performed pretest and posttest to get scores of the respondent’ knowledge.  38 Samples were taken by purposive sampling (19 experiment group and 19 control group). The results showed that the average knowledge in the experimental group before the intervention was given 13.26 to 25.36 with a value (P = 0,000). While the average knowledge in the control group before the intervention was given 15.10 to 20.05 with a value (P = 0.000). The conclusion of this research is health education with pop-up book media can increase pregnant women’s knowledge on anemia.