Analisis Anemia Pada Remaja Wanita

Organization  (WHO)  in  world  health  statisticsin  2021  shows  that  the  prevalence  of anemia in women of reproductive age (15-49) in the world in 2019 is around 29.9%. The results of the 2018  Basic  Health  Research  report  by  Balitbangkes,  in  Indonesia  the  prevalence  of  anemia  in adolescent girls is around 27.2% in the 15-24 year age group. The cause of anemia is generally due to lack of knowledge about anemia, iron deficiency, folic acid, vitamin B12 and Vitamin A. The purpose of this study was to determine anemia in adolescent girls in the Ciputat Region, South Tangerang.This research is a qualitative research. The sample in this study were 7 young womens. Data was collected using  triangulation  test,  processed  by  data  reduction  method  and  presented  in  the  form  of  narrative text.Most  of  the  young  women  do  not  understand  anemia  so  well,  so  they  do  not  do  prevention of anemia such as taking Blood Supplement Tablets (TTD), as a result, young women feel the effects such as dizziness and light-headedness. Poor eating and sleeping patterns and heavy menstruation are the causes  of  anemia  in  adolescent  girls.  Young women  still  do  not  understand  clearly  about anemia,  so that  anemia  suffered  by  young  women  is  caused  by  poor  eating  and  sleeping  patterns  and  heavy menstrual  expenditure.  Teenage  girls  often  experience dizziness  and  light-headedness  due  to  the anemia they suffer. Adolescent girls have never done prevention of anemia and rarely consume Blood Add Tablets (TTD).It is expected that young women can increase knowledge about anemia.