PENGARUH PENGETAHUAN IBU HAMIL TENTANG ANEMIA DENGAN PERILAKU PENCEGAHAN ANEMIA DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS PEKAN HERAN TAHUN 2023

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Prevention of anemia in pregnant women can be done with appropriate health behavior. Health behaviors such as maintaining a diet high in iron, regularly consuming iron tablets, and carrying out ANC during early pregnancy can reduce the prevalence of anemia in pregnant women. . This research aims to determine the effect of pregnant women's knowledge about anemia on anemia prevention behavior in the Pekan Heran Community Health Center Work Area in 2023. Using quantitative methods, the population of this study is 945 pregnant women at the Pekan Heran Community Health Center. The results of the anemia research have no effect on anemia prevention behavior in pregnant women, proven by a simple linear regression test on the results of the anova test where Fcount is 7.001 with a value (sig) of 0.010 <0.05, so Ho is rejected which means knowledge Anemia influences anemia prevention behavior. In October, in 2023, there were 1 pregnant women affected by severe anemia, while there were 71 pregnant women who were not anemic/preventing anemia. Then, when research was conducted on pregnant women at the Week Health Center, the surprise was that the behavior of preventing anemia in pregnant women had increased compared to before.