HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN IBU DAN POLA KONSUMSI DENGAN STATUS GIZI BALITA DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS SAMIGALUH I

Abstract

Tujuan penelitian ini: (1) mengetahui pengetahuan ibu tentang gizi balita, (2) mengetahui pola
konsumsi balita, (3) mengetahui status gizi balita, (4) mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan ibu tentang gizi
balita dengan status gizi balita, (5) mengetahui hubungan pola konsumsi balita dengan status gizi balita di
wilayah kerja Puskesmas Samigaluh I. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian survei korelasional. Data
dikumpulkan dengan tes bentuk pilihan ganda dan Food Frequency QuestionnaIre (FFQ). Hasil penelitian
diketahui bahwa: (1) pengetahuan ibu tentang gizi balita termasuk dalam kategori sedang, (2) pola konsumsi
balita yaitu: nasi, telur, tahu, tempe, bayam, wortel, pisang dan susu, (3) status gizi balita tergolong dalam
gizi baik, (4) terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara pengetahuan ibu tentang gizi balita dengan status gizi
balita, dengan harga koefisien korelasi sebesar 0,402 dan tingkat signifikasi 0,000, (5) Terdapat hubungan
yang signifikan antara pola konsumsi dengan status gizi, dengan harga koefisian korelasi sebesar 0,478 dan
tingkat signifikansi 0,000.

Kata kunci: pengetahuan, pola konsumsi, status gizi

The purpose of this study were to find out: (1) mothers knowledge of children nutrition, (2) pattern of
children’s food consumption, (3) nutritional status of children, (4)the relationship between mothers
knowledge of children nutrition and nutritional status of children, (5) the relationship between children’s
food consumption patterns and nutritional status of children at working area Puskesmas Samigaluh I. The
type of this study was survey correlational with cross sectional approach. The data were collected by
multiple choice test and Food Frequency Questionnare (FFQ). The results of the study revealed that: (1)
mothers knowledge of children nutrition had a medium category, (2) children’s food consumption patterns
were: rice, eggs, tofu, spinach,carrot, banana and milk, (3) the nutritional status of children was a good
nutritional status, (4) there was a relationship between mothers knowledge of children nutrition and
nutritional status, with correlation coefficient of 0.402 and significance level of 0.000, (5) there was a
relationship between children’s food consumption patterns and nutritional status, with correlation
coefficient of 0.478 and significance level of 0.000,
 
Keyword: knowledge, food consumtion patterns, nutritional status