Faktor-Faktor Yanh Berhubungan Dengan Status Gizi Pada Anak Belita Usia 12-59 Bulan Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Lubuk Buaya Kota Padang Tahun 2023

SEKOLAH TINGGI ILMU KESEHATAN ALIFAH PADANG
Scription, September 2023
Viona Halimatusadiah
Factors related to the nutritional status of children under five aged 12-59 months in the working area of the Lubuk Buaya Health Center, Padang City in 2023
xiii + 74 pages, 12 tables, 2 figures, 11 attachments
ABSTRACT
Toddlers are a group that is vulnerable to nutrition and easily suffer from nutritional disorders due to lack of food needed, malnutrition in children under five is caused by diet, mother's knowledge and parents' income. The Lubuk Buaya Health Center has the highest prevalence of problematic nutritional status in the city of Padang reaching 656 or (13.9%). The purpose of this study was to determine the factors associated with the nutritional status of children under five aged 12-59 months in the working area of the Lubuk Buaya Health Center, Padang City.
Quantitative research method cross sectional design. This research was conducted in March-August 2023, collecting data on May 5-18, 2023. The population in this study was 264 toddlers aged 12-59 months. The sample was taken using simple random sampling technique with 80 respondents. Data were analyzed univariately and bivariately using the Chi-Square test.
The results showed that almost half (40%) of toddlers had good nutrition, more than half (60%) of toddlers had poor diet, more than half (52.5%) had low maternal knowledge, many (36.3%) had low parental income. There is a relationship between eating pattern (p = 0.017), level of knowledge (p = 0.013) and parental income (p = 0.010) with the nutritional status of children under five aged 12-59 months in the working area of the Lubuk Buaya Health Center, Padang City in 2023.
Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that there is a relationship between diet, level of knowledge and parental income with the nutritional status of children under five aged 12-59 months. Suggestions, through the head of the Puskesmas and the person in charge of maternal and child health (KIA) to increase sources of information for mothers of toddlers by conducting health education and distributing leaflets or putting up posters at the puskesmas about the importance of checking the nutritional status of children under five.
Reading List : 29 (2013-2021)
Keywords : Diet, Knowledge, Parental Income, Status, Nutrition, Toddlers.