RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PREGNANT WOMEN AND THE INCIDENCE OF ANEMIA

Abstract

Pregnant women are people who are in the process of being separated to continue offspring. In the body of a pregnant woman there is a fetus that is a body in the womb. monthly MCH book of the Cimalaka Sub-district Health Center, that in 2020 the coverage of anemia to pregnant women was recorded at 76,3%, while the coverage of anemia for pregnant women in 2021 increased to 85,6%. Knowing the relationship between the nutritional status of pregnant women and anemia in the Cimalaka Health Center area in 2022. The type of research to be used is a type of quantitative research with a cross-sectional design. The sampling technique in this study was by means of total sampling with a population of 58 respondents. Nutritional status is in the category of less than 55,2, while the status of anemia is 63,8%. There is a relationship between nutritional status and the incidence of anemia in pregnant women with a p-value of 0,049. From this study there is a significant relationship between the nutritional status of pregnant women and the incidence of anemia in the Cimalaka Health Center Working Area. Suggestions for this research public health centre need to hold activities about the risk of anemia in pregnant women, such as conducting examinations on pregnant women for each trimester, so that the incidence of anemia in pregnant women can be prevented.