ANEMIA DAN PRESTASI BELAJAR ANAK SEKOLAH DASAR
Abstract: Anemia has been
becoming one of nutrition problems in Indonesia. The result of health
funda-mental research (RISKESDAS) in 2007 showed that the anemic prevalency of
children (<14y) is 12,8%. The major cause of the anemia is iron deficiency.
Furthermore, anemia can influence the cognitive development, behavior,and academic achievement of the children.The
research was conductedto ana-lyze the different academic achievement of
elementary school students who were anemic and who were not. The study was
carried out based on cross sectional design. The number of sample for the
re-search is 1143 elementary school students in Sukoharjo regency, Central
Java, Indonesia. The Hb content was analyzed by applying the method of
cyanmethemoglobin and the academic achievent was measured from the scores of
three classes such as Science, Mathematics, and Indonesian.The age average of
the subject is 9,82±1,09 years. The proportion of the male and the female
students is almost the same, each group shows 48,3% and 53,6%. The average of Hb level is 12,53±0,89 g/dL. The
proportion of the anemic children (cutoff <12mg/dL) is 22,8%. The score for Science of the anemic children
is 3,14 point lower than (p=0,001) the normal children. Furthermore, the score
of Mathematics of such children is 3,32 point (p=0,001) and Indonesian is 3,36
point lower (p=0,0002) than those who are not anemic. A significant difference
happens towards the academic achievement between the children who are anemic
and those who are not.
Penulis: Listyani Hidayatia,
Hamam Hadib, Wiryatun Lestarianab, Amitya Kumarac
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd100031
