Factors Affecting Malnutrition in Toddlers at Blitar City

Nugroho, Riezky Faisal and Wardani, Erika Martining (2023) Factors Affecting Malnutrition in Toddlers at Blitar City. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences (MJMHS), 19 (Supp 6). pp. 31-36. ISSN 2636-9346

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Abstract

Introduction: Malnutrition is a picture of a child’s weight that is not in accordance with his age. Poor nutrition is influenced by several factors: family income, mother’s knowledge, and mother’s parenting pattern. This study aims to analyze the effect of family income, mother’s knowledge, mother’s parenting in toddler at Blitar City. Methods: This study is an analytic observational study, with a case-control design. The sample size is 32 cases and 32 controls. The dependent variable in this study was the incidence of malnutrition and the independent variables consisted of family income, mother’s knowledge and mother’s parenting pattern. The independent and the dependent variables were measured by questionnaire. Data analysis was performed univariately and bivariately. Results: The results showed that, there are two variables that affect the incidence of malnutrition. The two variables are family income with a p-value of 0.001 with an OR value of 7.566, and maternal parenting with a p-value of 0.01, with an OR value of 3.770. Conclusion: Efforts to improve education on maternal parenting need to be carried out, which include simple feeding and food processing, the process of bathing children under five and the application of hygiene practices, such as washing hands before processing and serving food.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Malnutrition; Income; Knowledge; Parenting; Toddler
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC620-627 Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases
Divisions:	Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery > Program Study of Nursing Bachelor
Depositing User:	Mr. . Bagas
Date Deposited:	03 Mar 2024 09:08
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 06:53
URI:	http://repository.unusa.ac.id/id/eprint/10702

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