Effect of education through video and packaging modifications of iron tablets on female adolescent behavior in the iron supplementation intake in SMPN 2 and SMPN 1 Parigi

Objective: The purpose of this study was to reveal the effect of providing education by video and modifi- cation of iron tablet packaging on young women’s behaviour in the iron supplementation intake in SMPN 2 and SMPN 1 – Parigi.
Methods: This research was a quasi-experimental design with pretest–posttest control group design along with stratified random sampling, which was SMPN 2 Parigi as an Intervention group and SMPN 1 Parigi as a control group. The total sample of 62 respondents in each group.
Result: In the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test analysis, the Intervention group (video + modification of iron tablet packaging) valued p = 0.001 <0.05. It means that there were differences in female students’ knowledge, attitudes, and intentions in the pretest–posttest, while in the control group (video) obtained p-value = 0.001 <0.05, which showed differences in knowledge, attitudes, and intentions of female stu- dents in the pretest–posttest.
Conclusion: The development of educational media for iron tablet intake through the video along packag- ing modification of iron tablet contributed a significant effect on the knowledge, attitudes, and intentions of young women in the iron supplementation intake.