Factors Related to Visits Weighing Toddlers (6-59 Months) at Melati II Posyandu Region Work at Jatiuwung Community Health Center in 2019

Angelica Purba, Gisely Vionalita

2019

Abstract

Childhood is a period of determining the success of children in the next period. Based on Riskesdas, children aged 6-59 months that have not been weighed in the past six months increased from 25.5% (2007) to 34.3% (2013). The scope of the visit was weighed divided by all toddlers (% D / S) in Melati II Posyandu in 2018 in August at 43.71%, September 44.12%, October at 44.31%, November at 46.10%, December at 40,11%, and January 2019 at 80.95%. The general objective of this study was to find out the factors related to under-five weighing visits (6-59 months) at the Melati II Posyandu in the Work Area of Jatiuwung Health Center in 2019. This study used a quantitative approach with a cross-sectional research design. Sampling is done by a simple random sampling technique. The results of the Chi-square test stated that there was a significant relationship between maternal knowledge, cadre support, family support (p-value 0,000), and maternal attitudes (p-value 0.031) for under-five weighing visits (6-59 months) at Melati II Posyandu. While not to the significant relationship between employment status and under-five weighing visits. It is recommended for posyandu cadres to provide information about the benefits of visiting Posyandu.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Purba A. and Vionalita G. (2019). Factors Related to Visits Weighing Toddlers (6-59 Months) at Melati II Posyandu Region Work at Jatiuwung Community Health Center in 2019.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Health - Volume 1: ICOH, ISBN 978-989-758-454-1, pages 145-151. DOI: 10.5220/0009569301450151

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icoh19,
author={Angelica Purba and Gisely Vionalita},
title={Factors Related to Visits Weighing Toddlers (6-59 Months) at Melati II Posyandu Region Work at Jatiuwung Community Health Center in 2019},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Health - Volume 1: ICOH,},
year={2019},
pages={145-151},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009569301450151},
isbn={978-989-758-454-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Health - Volume 1: ICOH,
TI - Factors Related to Visits Weighing Toddlers (6-59 Months) at Melati II Posyandu Region Work at Jatiuwung Community Health Center in 2019
SN - 978-989-758-454-1
AU - Purba A.
AU - Vionalita G.
PY - 2019
SP - 145
EP - 151
DO - 10.5220/0009569301450151