DESCRIPTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF PREGNANT WOMEN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BLOOD ADDED TABLETS IN SELEMADEG TIMUR I HEALTH CENTER, TABANAN DISTRICT

Abstract

Nutritional problems in Indonesia that have not been resolved, one of which is anemia. Anemia is still a problem in Indonesian women as a result of iron deficiency. The impact of anemic problems during pregnancy is to increase the risk of fetal death during the prenantal period, prematurely born babies, trigger hypertension and heart failure during pregnancy or overall Low Birth Weight (LBW) of 20-40% and 50,000 maternal deaths due to anemia when pregnancy. The purpose of the study was to obtain an overview of the knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women about the importance of blood-added tablets at the Selemadeg Timur I Puskesmas in Tabanan Regency. The population in this study were trimester I, II and III pregnant women. The sample size is 45 samples with simple random sampling technique. The data collected in May 2019 included data on sample identity, data on the level of knowledge about the importance of blood tablets, data on attitudes of pregnant women about the importance of blood tablets, data on general descriptions of Selemadeg I Puskesmas Tabanan Kabupaen, and midwifery records or Selemadeg Health Center register books. Timur I. Type of observational research with cross sectional design. This study obtained the results of the knowledge level of pregnant women mostly in the good category as many as 28 samples (62.2%) and enough as many as 17 samples (37.8%), the attitude of pregnant women about the importance of tablets added to blood is all good. Therefore, it is expected that health workers are expected to be more intensive in providing information by organizing counseling at health centers or posyandu on the importance of blood-added tablets for pregnant women so that mothers know more about blood-added tablets and want to take blood tablets regularly.

Keywords: Knowledge Level, Attitude, Consumption of Blood Add Tablets