PENGARUH HOME VISIT TERHADAP PENURUNAN EPISODE PENYAKIT INFEKSI DAN PENINGKATAN ANGKA KECUKUPAN GIZI PADA BALITA MALNUTRISI AKUT BERAT
ABSTRACT: Malnutrition is one
of the principal causes of child mortality in developing countries including
Indonesia. Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) is the most serious form of
malnutrition affecting children under-five and is associated with many
infectious diseases and nutrition intake. In the last few decades, there has
been a paradigm shift in the management of acute malnutrition from a
facility-based to community-centered approach. The purpose of this study was to
evaluate effect of home care intervention in decreasing infectious diseases
episode and increasing nutrition intake of severe acute malnutrition children
aged 6-60 months. Quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest control group design
was carried out for this study. The study was done in two district involving 32
health centers of Yogyakarta province. 56 children with SAM were selected using
purposive sampling. The study was performed in three phases, intensive,
strengthening and independent phase applying nursing care approach. Data
analysis was done by SPSS software. Mean episodes of infectious diseases in the
baseline at home care group was 2,64 days and after the intervention the mean
was 0,21 days. Nutritional adequacy rate in the baseline only reached 83,65%
and after intervention reached 106,23%. During the three months intervention of
home care, there were significant decreases in infectious diseases episode and
increases nutrition intake with p value 0,0003 and 0,003 respectively
KEYWORDS: severe acute
malnutrition; children; home visit; infectious diseases episode; nutrition
intake
Penulis: Titih Huriah
Kode Jurnal: jpkebidanandd170388
