1 Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangg, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
2 Doctoral Program of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
3 Dengue Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Disease, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
4 Biology Department, Universitas Hindu Indonesia, Bali, Indonesia.
5 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, East Java, Indonesia.
6 Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tamilnadu, India.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 24(01), 2243-2249
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2024.24.1.3247
Received on 14 September 2024; revised on 23 October 2024; accepted on 25 October 2024
Media has a impactful role for the spread of wellness, which was essential to attract public awareness. Media can facilitate health communication which targetted many stakeholders including governments and public citizen. Anemia is an individual contion which the number of haemoglobin concentration is lower than normal value. This study was carried out in Menganti Senior High School, East Java, Indonesia. Anemia comics were distributed to female student in this school. A total of 75 students were participated in this study. Every student were given pretest and posttest to assess their knowledge about anemia, including the clinical manifestation of anemia, diagnosis of anemia, prevention of anemia, and also long impact of anemia. Anemia comics can be used as a learning medium for the prevention of anemia which targeted adolescent girls. This study shows the difference significant result between pretest and posstest of targeted group after get the intervention.
Anemia; Blood loss; Adolescent girl; Hematology; Hemoglobin
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Budi Utomo, Pirlina Umiastuti, Shifa Fauziyah, Teguh Hari Sucipto, I Made Dwi Mertha Adnyana, Dwinka Syafira Eljatin and Pandarham Muthu. The use of anemia comics as the learning medium in Senior High School Students from Gresik, East Java, Indonesia. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 24(1), 2243-2249. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.24.1.3247