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Red Guava Juice Increased Hemoglobin Levels of Pregnant Women: A Study Case in Public Health Center

Heni Voni Rerey, Rustam Aji, Sofietje Gentingdatu, Anna Veronica Pont and Agussalim*

Corresponding Author: Agussalim, Pare-pare Nursing School, Makassar Health Polyetchnic, Jalan Laupe, Kelurahan Bukit Harapan, KecamatanSoreang, Kota Parepare, Sulawesi Selatan Province, Indonesia

Received: January 26, 2022 ;    Revised: February 12, 2022 ;    Accepted: February 15, 2022 ;   Available Online: April 30, 2022

Citation: Rerey HR, Aji R, Gentingdatu S, Pont AV & Agussalim. (2022) Red Guava Juice Increased Hemoglobin Levels of Pregnant Women: A Study Case in Public Health Center. J Nurs Midwifery Res, 1 (1): 1-7.

Copyrights: ©2022 Rerey HR, Aji R, Gentingdatu S, Pont AV & Agussalim. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Fruit is one that can increase hemoglobin levels in the blood. One of them is guava, the content chemicals of guava is amino acids (Tryptophan, lysine), calcium, phosphorus, iron, sulfur, vitamin A, vitamin B1, and vitamin C. High vitamin C content in guava can be utilized by pregnant women for the formation of red blood cells. The purpose of this study is to find out the effect of consuming red guava juice on the increase in hemoglobin levels of pregnant women. The research method used is Pre-Experimental Design with the design used by One Group Pretest-Posttest. The population in this study was 460 pregnant women. The sampling method used is purposive sampling with the number of samples is 230 pregnant women who are anemia. The results showed that the average hemoglobin of mothers before the consumption of guava juice was 9.9200, while after the administration of guava juice obtained an average of 11.6650. From the results of the test paired t-test obtained a value of ρ=0,000. The ρ value is smaller than 0.000 (ρ=0,000˂ 0.05). In conclusion, there is an effect of consuming red bean juice on the increase in hemoglobin levels of pregnant women indicated by the increase in hemoglobin. It is recommended that pregnant women can consume guava juice in order to prevent the insolence of anemia, and it is expected to be to health officials to counsel about the benefits of guava juice content.

Keywords: Guava Juice, Hemoglobin, Pregnant Women, Anemia


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