THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH EDUCATION WITH MEDIA LEAFLETS ON KNOWLEDGE STUDENTS OF SMP COUNTRY 08 PRAFI ABOUT ANEMIA 2023

Abstract

Anemia is a condition where the level of hemoglobin (HB) in the blood is less than WHO
standards based on gender and age. Young women are more susceptible to anemia because they
experience menstruation every month (Fitranti, D.yudi., 2022). This research was carried out
according to the planned research time after obtaining research permission. The research was
conducted at Prafi 08 Public Middle School for 1 month from February to March with the stages:
licensing, research, to data analysis, data interpretation, drawing conclusions. With a population of 41
class IX students. The sample for this study was 41 respondents who were given health education
interventions about anemia through leaflets. The data collection or intervention stage was carried out
for 20 days which was divided into 2 stages, namely the pre-test knowledge measurement stage
before being given a leaflet about anemia and the second stage, namely the post-test measurement
stage after being given a leaflet. leaflet about anemia by measuring respondents' knowledge again on
the 20th day. From the results of research conducted at Prafi 08 Public Middle School regarding the
effect of health education using leaflet media on students' knowledge of Prafi 08 Public Middle
School about anemia, there was an effect of health education using leaflet media on junior high
school students' knowledge of Prafi 08 Public Middle School students regarding anemia Based on the
results of the Wilcoxon test, p-value = 0.0001 (p<0.05). This means that there is an influence of
health education through leaflet media on Prafi 08 Public Middle School students.