HUBUNGAN KARAKTERISTIK IBU YANG MEMPUNYAI BALITA DENGAN KENAIKAN BERAT BADAN PADA BALITA USIA 6-59 BULAN DI POSYANDU PERMATA BUNDA MELONG TENGAH KOTA CIMAHI TAHUN 2024

Abstract

Background: Body weight is a parameter to determine nutritional status, nutritional status is an indicator to determine the health of growth and development of toddlers. Suboptimal weight gain has an impact on nutritional problems such as stunting, malnutrition and severe malnutrition. In Cimahi City, the prevalence of stunting in toddlers is 9.7%, malnutrition is 7.6%, severe malnutrition is 3.1%. In 2023 at the Melong Tengah Health Center, the number of weight achievements according to the KBM was 76% but only 63.8% were achieved. Objective: This study aims to analyze factors related to weight gain in toddlers. Methods: The research design used is an observational analytical study with a cross-sectional approach. Quota sampling is used to determine the number of samples of 58 respondents. Data analysis was carried out univariately and bivariately with the chi-square test. The study was conducted on August 9-11, 2024. Results: The results showed that there was a relationship between maternal occupation factors (p-value=0.028), parity (p-value=0.001), parental income (p-value = 0.026), infectious diseases (p-value=0.040), maternal knowledge (p-value=0.001) and diet (p-value=0.026) with weight gain in toddlers. While maternal education (p-value=0.174) had no relationship with weight gain in toddlers. Conclusion: The conclusion is that occupation, parity, income, infectious diseases, knowledge and diet are related to weight gain, while occupation is not related, so it is recommended to improve the quality of education about nutrition to parents of toddlers in the form of information about the importance of a healthy lifestyle to prevent infection, proper feeding.