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Faktor-Faktor Yang Berhubungan Dengan Status Gizi Pada Balita Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Margototo Kecamata N Metro Kibang Kai3upaten Lamp Ung Timur (Factors Correlating With Nutritional Status Of Under Five Years Old Children In The Region Of Society Health Center Of Margototo, Metro Kibang Subdistric, Lampung Timur Distric )
This study is aimed to determine the nutritional status of under five years old children as well as to identify the correlation between risk factors and nutritional status on the region of society health center of Margototo, Metro Kibang Subdistric, Lampung Timur Distric, in 2012. The design of this study was analytical with case control study.
The population of this study is all the under five years old children in the region of society health center of Margototo in year 2012 with the amount 1767 children. And as the sample of this study is 160 under five years children. Total sampling is used toward malnutrition under five years children which is 80 children and accidential sampling toward normal nutritional status under five years children. Nutritional status is measured with indicator weigh for age and also as dependent variable. While infection disease,nutritional intake,mother knowledge, parental income, children care practices as independent variable in this study. The instruments are : weigh-beam, microtoise, software WHO anthro, nutrisurvey, questionaries, and recall sheets. Correlation among variables was then analyzed using chi-square test with believe degree 95%.
Based on the chi-square test, infection disease, intake energy, carbohidrat and fat has p value=0,000. Intake protein has p value = 0,003, parental income has p value = 0,007, and concluded there is significant correlation with the nutritional status. While mother knowledge has p value= 0,057, and children care practices has p value=1,000, so can concluded have no significant correlation with nutritional status.
Key Words : nutritional status, under five years children, malnutrition, lampung timur, puskesmas margototo.
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