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The Effects of Fe Tablets and Ambon Banana towards Hemoglobin Levels to Female Teenagers
The prevalence of anemia in Indonesia reaches 18.4% at the age of 15 to 24 years. Female tenagers
are prone to anemia due to growth spurt and loss of iron levels of about 12.5 to 15 mg during
menstruation. Efforts to counter anemia are done by administering fe tablet. Fe tablet absorption works
well when accompanied with food that contains a good amount of vitamin C and iron, such as Ambon
banana. This research aims to determine the effects of fe tablets and Ambon banana to increase levels
hemoglobin levels on anemic female teenagers.This research was a quasy experiment with pre test and
post test non equivalent control group design non randomize. Research population are female teenagers
from in the Midwifery Dormitory of Poltekkes, Ministry of Health Pontianak. The sample collecting
method is purposive sampling, totals of samples as 30 samples consisting of 15 interventions and 15
controls. Data analysis using paired t-test and mann-whitney. The Result of this research is increase in
hemoglobin levels in the intervention group was 1.2 g/dL higher than the control group was 0.3 g/dL. The
result of statistical test was 0.001 (P
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