Optimalisasi Kesehatan Remaja Putri Anti Anemia dengan Membentuk Kelompok “Healthy Beauty” di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Kota Tengah

Abstract

Every month, teenage girls experience menstruation so they are at risk of anemia, in addition to unhealthy dietary habits, lack of consumption of nutritious and iron-rich foods are the causes of the risk of anemia in teenage girls. Based on WHO data, in 2021 the prevalence of anemia in teenage girls was 30%, in Indonesia it was 32%, Gorontalo Province there were 213 cases of anemia in teenagers in 2021, at the Kota Tengah Health Center the number of teenagers given FE Tablets in 2021 was 168 teenage girls. one of the handling efforts that has been made includes ensuring the consumption of Iron Supplement Tablets (TTD) that have been obtained at the nearest health center. The purpose of community service is to form a special group of teenage girls in preventing anemia through early hemoglobin examinations and healthy lifestyles and implementing the healthy beauty application in conducting anemia screening. The method of implementing community service consists of two stages, namely the preparation stage, preparing permits and educational media and the implementation stage, conducting education and training, forming a special group of teenage girls in preventing anemia through early hemoglobin examinations and healthy lifestyles and implementing the healthy beauty application in conducting anemia screening. The results of the activity were an increase in the knowledge of young women, as well as the formation of a group of young women against anemia.