Abstract
Anemia is a body condition characterized by deficiency in size and number of erythrocytes or in insufficient hemoglobin levels for the function of O2 and CO2 exchange between blood tissues. The prevalence of anemia in adolescents in Indonesia is quite high, namely 21.7% with anemia sufferers aged 5–14 years by 26.4% and 18.4% of patients aged 15–24 years. Banjarabaru City is the highest area of anemia in adolescents in South Kalimantan Province at 58.75%. Efforts that can be made to improve the application of balanced nutrition in adolescents in preventing anemia have not been optimal either direct efforts such as giving tablets blood or not directly through counseling and socialization. another effort to provide information related to nutrition according to their needs, one of which is to provide nutritional education in the form of counseling edutainment. Edutainment is a form of counseling or education that is packaged in the form of fun entertainment. The purpose of the study is to analyze the effect of using edutainment on changes in hemoglobin levels in young women.
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