THE CORRELATION BETWEEN PREGNANT WOMEN’S LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND THEIR BEHAVIOR OF CONSUMING FE TABLETS DURING PREGNANCY IN PUSKESMAS MELAYU KOTA PIRING IN 2019

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Pregnant women’s knowledge on health, especially anemia, will be related to their behavior in the execution of anemia prevention program as knowledge holds a prominent role. Those with knowledge tend to be more compliant in meeting the needs of iron tablets and in consuming nutritional foods. The behavior of Fe consumption is measured by the amount of Fe tablets taken. This research seeks to know the correlation between pregnant women’s knowledge and their behaviors of consuming Fe tablets during pregnancy in Puskesmas Melayu Kota Piring, in 2019. This is an analytical research using cross-sectional approach, with knowledge as independent variable and behavior dependent variable. This research was conducted between 3 May to 12 May 2019 using 54 respondents as the sample. Accidental Sampling technique was utilized in the sample collection while to process the data, computerization with Chi-square test was employed. The research shows that 9 respondents (28,1%) possess low knowledge with good behavior while 7 (31,8%) possess high knowledge with poor behavior. The Chi- square shows the p-value of (0,008 < 0,05), so that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. It means that there is a relation between pregnant women’s knowledge and their behavior of consuming Fe tablets during pregnancy in Puskesmas Melayu Kota Piring in 2019. Hence, it is clear that people’s knowledge influences their behavior. During pregnancy, pregnant women’s high level of knowledge on Fe leads to good behavior and low level of knowledge leads to bad behavior of consuming Fe tablets.

Keywords: Knowledge, behavior of consuming Fe tablet