Hubungan pengetahuan dan sikap ibu mengenai gizi seimbang dengan status gizi anak balita di Posyandu Kamajaya
H ubungan pengetahuan dan sikap ibu mengenai gizi seimbang dengan status gizi anak balita di Posyandu KamajayaLATAR BELAKANGBalita merupakan kelompok anak usia 0-60 bulan. Penanda kesehatannya berupa status gizi karena tingkat kerentanan terhadap masalah gizi pada balita cukup tinggi. Status gizi adalah kondisi tubuh sebagai efek pengonsumsian zat gizi. Pengetahuan serta sikap ibu mengenai gizi seimbang sangat penting dalam mencegah masalah gizi. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan dan sikap ibu mengenai gizi seimbang dengan status gizi anak balita.METODEPenelitian ini menggunakan studi analitik observasional dengan desain cross sectional. Lokasi penelitian di Posyandu Kamajaya, Kota Serang, Provinsi Banten. Besar sampel sebanyak 61 ibu dan balitanya dengan teknik sampling Consecutive Non-Random Sampling. Pengukuran variabel menggunakan kuesioner pengetahuan dan sikap ibu mengenai gizi seimbang serta timbangan dan microtoise/length board. Analisis data menggunakan SPSS v25.0 dengan tingkat kemaknaan <0,05.HASILHasil penelitian terdapat hubungan yang bermakna antara pengetahuan ibu mengenai gizi seimbang dengan status gizi anak balita (p= 0,000) dan tidak terdapat hubungan antara sikap ibu mengenai gizi seimbang dengan status gizi anak balita di Posyandu Kamajaya (p = 0,549)KESIMPULANPada penelitian ini terdapat hubungan yang bermakna antara pengetahuan ibu mengenai gizi seimbang dengan status gizi anak balita di Posyandu Kamajaya. Namun, tidak terdapat hubungan yang bermakna antara sikap ibu mengenai gizi seimbang dengan status gizi anak balita di Posyandu Kamajaya.Kata kunci : Pengetahuan, Sikap, Status gizi balita, Posyandu Kamajaya
R elationship of Maternal Knowledge and Attitude Towards Balanced Nutrition With Nutritional Status of Underfives at Posyandu KamajayaBACKGROUNDUnderfives are group of children aged 0-60 months. Their health marker is nutritional status because the level of vulnerability to nutritional problems in underfives is quite high. Nutritional status is the condition of the body as an effect of consuming nutrients. Maternal knowledge and attitude towards balanced nutrition are very important in preventing nutritional problems. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of maternal knowledge and attitude towards balanced nutrition with nutritional status of underfives.METHODSAn observational analytic study with a cross sectional design was done. The research location was Posyandu Kamajaya, Serang City, Banten Province. The sample size was 61 mothers and their toddlers with Consecutive Non-Random Sampling technique. Measurement of variables using a questionnaire of maternal knowledge and attitude towards balanced nutrition and scales, microtoise or length board. Data analysis using SPSS v25.0 with a significance level of <0.05.RESULTSThe results of the study there is a significant relationship of maternal knowledge towards balanced nutrition with nutritional status of underfives (p = 0.000) and there is no relationship of maternal attitude towards balanced nutrition with the nutritional status of underfives at Posyandu Kamajaya (p = 0.549).CONCLUSIONSIn this study, there is a significant relationship of maternal knowledge towards balanced nutrition with nutritional status of underfives at Posyandu Kamajaya. However, there is no significant relationship of maternal attitude towards balanced nutrition and the nutritional status of underfives at Posyandu Kamajaya.Keyword : Knowledge, attitude, nutritional status of underfives, Posyandu Kamajaya