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DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILE-APPLICATION SUN4CATIN TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF PROSPECTIVE BRIDES REGARDING ANEMIA AND CHRONIC ENERGY DEFICIENCY

Ester Gabrielle A. Hartiono*, Citrakesumasari, Anna Husaimah, Rahayu Indriasari, Burhanuddin Bahar, Shanti Riskiyani

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ABSTRACT

Anemia and Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED) are nutritional problems that often occur in women of childbearing age. Efforts to increase knowledge about nutrition can be done through counseling, flip sheets, leaflets or using smartphone applications(Arieska & Arieska, 2023). This study aims to understand the development of applications (SUN4Catin) for the knowledge and attitudes of prospective brides and grooms regarding anemia and CED.

This research is quasi experiment and using simple random sampling. This research is conducted on 21 pairs of prospective brides and grooms in Bacukiki district in Pare-pare. Data collection is done by taking secondary and primary data. Primary data was taken through a pre-post test on prospective bride and groom couples. Secondary data was obtained from Bacukiki religious affairs office.

The results of this study show the p-value for increasing knowledge about anemia is 0.011 and CED is 0.012, means there is a significant increase in knowledge among prospective bride and groom couples. Meanwhile, the p-value for the change in attitude of the prospective bride and groom regarding anemia is 0.004 and for CED is 0.007, meaning that there is a quite significant change in attitude among the prospective bride and groom regarding anemia and CED

Keywords: mobile-application, anemia, chronic energy deficiency, prospective bride and groom, knowledge, attitude