FAMILY SUPPORT TOWARD ADHERENCE OF PREGNANT WOMAN TO CONSUME FE TABLETS IN PUSKESMAS GAMPING 2, YOGYAKARTA
Abstract
Anemia during pregnancy can lead to premature labor, bleeding and even maternal death. The low adherence
of pregnant women in consuming Fe tablets cause the ineffectiveness of Fe suplementation program held by
the government to overcome anemia on pregnancy. One of the factor that influence the adherence of pregnant
women is family support. This study aims to determine the family support toward adherence pregnant women
consume Fe tablets. This research method is descriptive quantitative. The population of this study were pregnant
women in Puskesmas Gamping 2 with a sample of 83 people with accidental sampling technique. The data
analysis is univariate. The results of this study indicate that family support is good as many as 33 people
(39.8%), quite as much as 13 people (15.7%), and less as many as 37 people (44.6%). The conclusion of the
study found that pregnant women lacked family support for compliance of Fe tablets