Journal of Health Science and Prevention
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2018): JHSP Vol 2 No 1 - 2018

The Relationship Between The Number of Parities and Pregnancy Age with Maternal Anemia

Irul Hidayati (UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya)
Esti Novi Andyarini (UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Apr 2018

Abstract

According to the World Health Organization, the anemia prevalence was estimated reach 9% in developed countries, while in developing countries reached 43%. The most-at-risk groups were children and women at fertile age, with an estimated prevalence of anemia in infants at 47%, pregnant women by 42%, and in non-pregnant women t ages 15-49 reached 30%. This was an observational analytic research with cross sectional approach. The purpose was to analyzed the relationship between the number of parity and the pregnancy age with the incidence of maternal anemia. The population in this study were 111 pregnant womens who checked their pregnancy to Public Healt Center (PHC) Kintamani 1 at Bangli regency, the province of Bali. The simple random sampling was used in the research with 87 peoples acted as research sample. Using Rank Spearman Correllation test, it was founded that there was a relationship between the number of parity with the incidence of maternal anemia a low relationship, and there was a relationship between gestational age with maternal anemia incidence with a low degree relationship.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jhsp

Publisher

Subject

Nursing Public Health

Description

JHSP is an Open Access, double blind peer-reviewed, biannualy journal in the field of public health sciences and prevention. The aim of the journal is to stimulate dissemination of knowledge in the public health field in order to improve efficacy, effectiveness and efficiency of public health ...