Jurnal Kesehatan Akimal
Vol 1 No 2 (2022): Oktober

The Relationship between Mother's Knowledge and Monitoring of Toddler Nutritional Status at Posyandu Pulo U Village, Tanah Luas District, North Aceh Regency

Dedy Ahmady (Akademi Keperawatan Kesdam Iskandar Muda Lhokseumawe)
Chairannur Dara Phonna (Akper Kesdam Iskandar Muda Lhokseumawe)



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Publish Date
29 Aug 2022

Abstract

The prevalence of children under five with weight below the red line is total 526 children (0.9%), who were malnourished 1005 children (5.45%) in 2020. This study aims to identify the knowledge relationship mothers with nutritional monitoring toddler in Integrated Healthcare Center Village Pulo U District Land Area, North Aceh. This research is in the form of descriptive correlative with cross-sectional design, carried out in Pulo U Village, District Tanah Luas from October 11, 2021 to January 31, 2022 with a sample of 37 mothers. Data was collected through interview and distributing questionnaire. An Univariate-and-bivariate data analysis used the chi-square test. From the univariate test, it is known that knowledge mother about the majority of nutrition is in the good category, namely 15 respondents (40.5%), enough category 14 respondents (37.8%) and knowledge in the less category 8 respondents (21.6%). The distribution of the frequency of monitoring the nutrition of children under five is in the good category, as many as 30 respondents (81.1%), while those who are lacking in monitoring the nutrition of children under five to the Posyandu are 7 respondents (18.9%). p-value-0.014 <0.05, meaning that there is a significant relationship between the knowledge possessed by the mother and the monitoring of nutritional status toddlers to the Posyandu in the Village Pulo U Sub-district, Land Area District North Aceh. It is recommended to mothers who have toddlers to always monitor their toddler's nutrition to the Posyandu.

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jka

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Education Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

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Jurnal Kesehatan Akimal is a scientific journal which Published by Nursing Academic of Kesdam Iskandar Muda Lhokseumawe. The editors welcome scientific articles relevant to National and International medical nursing and health issues. This journal accepts submissions from all countries and ...