PERILAKU IBU HAMIL TENTANG KONSUMSI TABLETZAT BESI DI DESA HUTA PADANG KECAMATANHUTAIMBARU KOTAPADANGSIDIMPUAN TAHUN 2016

Abstract

Iron nutritional anemia is one of the major nutritional problems that Indonesia prevalenya d in pregnant women is still high. Problem for the government implement a program providing iron tablets to pregnant women. Although the program has been running since 1970 but there are still many cases due to anemia during pregnancy. Suppose that low birth weight, stillbirth, maternalmortalityandneonatalmortality. The most likely culprit is a pregnant woman not consume iron tablets she had received because there are many factors associated with adherence to consume iron tablets. This research was conducted at the Huta Padang aims to determine the behavior of pregnant women consume tablets of iron in Huta Padang Kecamatan Hutaimbaru city Padangsidimpuan old 2016. This is the kind ofresearch isdescriptive withquantitativeapproach.Populationinthisstudywas allpregnant women in Huta Padang Kecamatan Hutaimbaru city Padangsidimpuanold2016. The results showed that 62,5 % of respondents have sufficient knowledge and81,2 % of respondents have sufficient knowledge attitude while 53,1.% of respondents have sufficient knowledge action in both categories. Based on our research and actions recommended results, attitude of pregnant women who had either to be maintained and further improved, while the knowledge ofpregnant women should be increased again, by providing seminars, giving a picture or a posterabouttheeffectsofanemiaonpregnantwomenandfetus