HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN IBU TENTANG GIZI BALITA DENGAN STATUS GIZI BALITA BERDASARKAN BERAT BADAN / UMUR DI BIDAN PRAKTEK MANDIRI NUNIK MURTININGSIH Amd.Keb DESA PASINGGANGAN KECAMATAN BANYUMAS KABUPATEN BANYUMAS
ABSTRA: Many factors
contribute to the problem of malnutrition may be partly due to poverty, lack of
food supplies, poor environmental sanitation, including lack of public knowledge
about nutrition and health. Poor nutritional status in childhood can lead to disruption
of the growth process. Due to lack of nutrition will cause some serious side
effects such as physical growth failure, not optimal development and
intelligence, decreased productivity, and decrease the body's resistance to
disease which increases the risk of morbidity and mortality.
Objective: To determine the relationship of nutritional knowledge of
mothers about thenutritional status of children based on weight / age in
MIDWIFE PRACTICES SELF NunikMurtiningsih village Amd.Keb Pasinggangan District
of Banyumas Banyumas in 2012.
Methods: The study design is Correlation study with cross sectional
approach. The population in this study were mothers with babies in the village
Pasinggangan. The samples are saturated sample, sample of this research is all
mothers with children under five in the village Pasinggangan Banyumas. Analysis
of the data in this study is a statistical test by using Chi-square formula
(χ²).
Results: From the research, the majority of mothers about infant
nutritional knowledge ispretty much as 8 respondents (40%), most of the
nutritional status of children was as much as 8 respondents (40%). The results
of this study based on the value of the correlationcoefficient pvalue <α
(0.010 <0.05), then Ho is rejected and Ha accepted. It can be concluded that
the strength of the relationship is strong.
Conclusion: Most of the mothers in the village Pasinggangan knowledge
about good nutritional and nutritional status of children is also good. There
is a relationship betweenknowledge of mothers about infant nutrition with
nutritional status based on weight / agewith a strong correlation coefficient.
Keywords: Toddlers Nutritional
Status, Knowledge, Toddler Nutrition
Penulis: Sintya Dwi Utami,
Wilis Sukmaningtyas
Kode Jurnal: jpkebidanandd100064
