The Role of Sharing Peer Group Intervention on Nutritional Anemia Prevention to Children at Bayang Public Elementary School in Makassar City

The prevalence of nutritional anemia is one of elementary shool-aged children’s nutritional problems andbrings an impact on students’ learning achievements. This study aimed to analyze the role of sharing peergroup intervention on nutritional anemia prevention to elementary school-aged children. The research designused was quasi-experiment with control group design. Population and samples of students from IV and Vclasses were 54 and the students were chosen through purposive sampling method. Data were analyzed withpaired test. Results showed that there were increment scores in cognitive aspect after sharing peer groupmethod was applied as research intervention (M=24.07; SD=11.851). The value was greater than cognitivescores increment after counseling method applied as research intervention (M=14.81; SD=8.931) with pvalue=0.002 less than significance value (p