Health Problems of Prospective Brides in Rural Area of East Java, Indonesia

Background: Health conditions of prospective brides were very important to identify before marriage because they will be “the main actors” in reproduction process of the next generation.

Objectives: The objectives was to describe the health problems of prospective brides in rural area, East Java, Indonesia.

Materials and Method: The study was an observational study. Samples of this research were all prospective brides and grooms who had been registered in nine Religious Affairs Office and nine Public Health Center in Proboling go through Pre-Marital Integrated Services by using Laduni cards in 2015. Variables under the study were consists of some demographic and health variables. Data processing and analysis were did descriptively based on the results of cross tables.

Results: Anemia tends to be more prevalent on the younger age group as well as the Body Mass Index status <18.5 and Less Energy Calories. Hip Waist Ratio >0.85 had a high enough percentage in all age groups.

Conclusions: There were many prospective brides who did not use contraception but also they did not want to have the children within one year of marriage. Anemia, underweight BMI status and Chronic Energy Malnutrition have more occur on younger age group, while the older age group have more high risk of degenerative diseases.