The Influence of Nutrition Education Using Lecture and Video Animation Methods on Balanced Nutrition Knowledge for Adolescent Anemia Prevention at SMA Al-Mubarok Serang City in 2023

Abstract

Anemia in adolescents is still a significant nutritional problem. Adolescent girls have ahigher risk of developing anemia compared to boys for two main reasons. Firstly,teenage girls experience a monthly menstrual cycle, and secondly, they often havepoor eating habits, which can lead to deficiencies in essential nutrients such as iron.The aim of this research is to determine the influence of nutritional education usinglecture and animated video methods on balanced nutritional knowledge for theprevention of anemia in adolescents at SMA Al-Mubarok Serang, in the year 2023. Theresearch method employed is quasi-experimental with a One Group Pre-test Post-testdesign. The results of the Wilcoxon test indicate a significant difference inrespondents' knowledge between the pre-test and post-test phases, demonstratingthe impact of nutritional education through lecture and animated video methods onbalanced nutritional knowledge for the prevention of adolescent anemia. Inconclusion, 53 respondents exhibited an improvement in knowledge from the Pre-testto the Post-test, with an average increase of 27.00. There is a difference betweenknowledge before and after being educated through lecture and animated videomethods, with a p-value of 0.000 (<0.05), indicating the influence of education throughlecture and animated video methods on knowledge enhancement.