Pengaruh Pemberian Tablet Besi Satu Kali Seminggu terhadap Status Hb dan Status Besi Anak Sekolah Penerima PMT-AS

Saidin, Muhamad (1999) Pengaruh Pemberian Tablet Besi Satu Kali Seminggu terhadap Status Hb dan Status Besi Anak Sekolah Penerima PMT-AS. Project Report. Center for Research and Development of Nutrition and Food, NIHRD.

Abstract

It had been conducted a study on : "The effect of weekly iron supplementation on the status of Hb and iron among school children receiving PMT-AS". The main objective of the study was to investigate the effect of iron tablets supplementation to iron status of school children receiving PMT-AS. The subjects of this study was primary school children in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades in six schools receiving PMT-AS in sub district of Sidomulyo, south Lampung. The schools were randomly assigned into three groups. The first group received iron tablets given by school teacher. The second group received iron tablets given by school teacher and under supervision of researcher (nutritionist), and the third group was control. Iron tablet containing 60 mg elemental iron were given weekly for the duration of 4.5 months. The results of study showed : 1). The percentage of anemia subjects at the beginning of study in group I, II, and III were 60.0 percent, 58.0 percent and 55.1 percent respectively. 2). Weekly iron supplementation reduced significantly the percentage of anemia subjects (p<0.05). 3). Weekly iron supplementation increase Hb status and iron status significantly (p<0.05). 4). Iron tablets distribution conducted by the school teacher without supervision was as effective as iron tablets under supervision of researcher.

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