Mother’s Nutritional Knowledge, Posyandu Participation, and Nutritional Status of Children Under Two Years in Tenggarong District, Indonesia

Ratih Wirapuspita Wisnuwardani, Lisa Ariana Putri, Ismail Kamba

2023

Abstract

Most nutrition education in Indonesia operates on the promise that nutritional knowledge can have an impact on children’s nutritional status. In addition, the participation of mothers in Posyandu (integrated service post) can improve the basic health effort of mothers and children. This study aims to evaluate the association between mothers’ nutritional knowledge, posyandu participation, and the nutritional status of children. This study was a cross-sectional study with purposive sampling which takes in the working area of Rapak Mahang Health Centre, Tenggarong district, nutritional status of 103 children aged six to 23 months was measured. Moreover, mothers’ nutritional knowledge and mothers’ participation in Posyandu were assessed using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Rank Spearmen Correlation and Chi-Square. Amount of 48% of mothers have good knowledge regarding balanced nutrition fulfillment, while only 19.4% of mothers are inactive in taking their children to the Integrated Services Posts (Posyandu). Data analysis showed no significant association was found between mothers’ knowledge of balanced nutrition fulfillment and nutrition status (p=0.590) and a significant association for mother’s participation in Posyandu (p=0.0001). There is an association between mothers’ participation in Posyandu and the nutritional status of children aged 6-23 months in the working area of Rapak Mahang Community Health Center. It is recommended that Rapak Mahang Health Center improve nutritional education programs and promote mothers to Posyandu with a digital system and local wisdom in Tenggarong.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wisnuwardani R., Putri L. and Kamba I. (2023). Mother’s Nutritional Knowledge, Posyandu Participation, and Nutritional Status of Children Under Two Years in Tenggarong District, Indonesia. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH; ISBN 978-989-758-727-6, SciTePress, pages 155-159. DOI: 10.5220/0012902500004564

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsdh23,
author={Ratih Wirapuspita Wisnuwardani and Lisa Ariana Putri and Ismail Kamba},
title={Mother’s Nutritional Knowledge, Posyandu Participation, and Nutritional Status of Children Under Two Years in Tenggarong District, Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH},
year={2023},
pages={155-159},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012902500004564},
isbn={978-989-758-727-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH
TI - Mother’s Nutritional Knowledge, Posyandu Participation, and Nutritional Status of Children Under Two Years in Tenggarong District, Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-727-6
AU - Wisnuwardani R.
AU - Putri L.
AU - Kamba I.
PY - 2023
SP - 155
EP - 159
DO - 10.5220/0012902500004564
PB - SciTePress