Evaluation of The Implementation of Fe Tablets for Adolescent Girl in 2019 at Pekanbaru City

Abstract

Background: The program for giving Fe tablets is one of the efforts to overcome anemia based on WHO recommendations, one of the targets is the adolescent girl. Indicators of the success of this program are decreasing the incidence of anemia in adolescent girls and increasing adherence to iron tablets consumption. Objectives: This research aims to determine the implementation of the Fe tablets program for adolescent girls in 2019 in Pekanbaru City. Methods: This research uses a qualitative method which is then presented with a descriptive narrative. The data obtained are primary data obtained and collected by in-depth interviews with informants and secondary data by document review and then analyzed by content analysis. Results: The results showed that the implementation of the Fe tablets program for young women in Pekanbaru City has been running, but there are still many obstacles in its implementation so that the scope of success of this program has not reached the national target. Constraints in its implementation include the lack of coordination of cross-sectoral cooperation, the lack of provision of IEC media in socialization, and the low level of compliance of adolescent girls in consuming iron tablets.Conclusions: It is necessary to strengthen coordination and control in the implementation of the Fe tablets program for adolescent girls in Pekanbaru City, it is necessary to increase the procurement of IEC media to support the success of this program and there is a need for improvement providing education to the adolescent girl and even parents or guardians on the knowledge about the importance of this Fe tablets program.Keywords: Fe tablets, adolescent girl, IEC

Study Characteristics of School Adolescent Girls on Iron Folic Acid Supplementation Program as the Prevention of Anemia in Adolescent

“…It is suggested that the importance of knowledge and understanding of adolescent school girls towards anemia may promote the adherence and outcomes post IFA supplementation. Lack of socialization about IFA and anemia to teachers and students, resulting to low knowledge of IFA and anemia as presented in quantitative key findings 19 . In this present study, only 31.1% students have obtained the information about anemia through media and it is in line with previous study that showed as many as 93.8% students did not expose by media health education about anemia and IFA at their school 18 .…”

“…Roles of teachers, parents, and health workers could be affected to the outcome, since the source of information related anemia were majority provided by the teachers (52.5%), health workers (39.3%), and parents (33.6%). A qualitative study at Pekanbaru City reported that there are still shortcomings in the procurement of informationeducation-communication media for the implementation, lack of coordination in implementing existing regulations 19 .…”