Efforts to Prevent Anemia in Adolescent Girls through Education: A Sistematic Literature Review

Abstract

Iron deficiency anemia is one of the leading causes of morbidity and disability in adolescents. The prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls in Indonesia was 37.1%, which increased to 48.9% in 2018, with the proportion of anemia in the age group of 15-24 years and 25-34 years. Low knowledge of anemia and nutrition in adolescents will cause them to not care about daily food intake. To estimate efforts to prevent anemia in adolescent girls through education that can be used as an intervention. This study used a literature review using the Prisma method (2020), searching journals through Scopus and Pubmed, using keywords, and obtaining 7 major international journals, which were reviewed and analyzed by researchers. Efforts to prevent adolescent anemia can improve knowledge and attitudes and influence adolescent behavior. School-based interventions through health education about the causes of iron deficiency anemia are very important to reduce the number of people with iron deficiency anemia in adolescents. There is an influence on the level of knowledge of adolescent girls after being given education, but prevention efforts need monitoring and support from related parties such as family, peers, schools, communities, and governments so that the program's success can be adequately achieved. This literature study can be used as reference material for future researchers to examine anemia-related studies using other concepts and methods.