<![CDATA[Latar belakang penelitian adalah permasalahan status gizi pada balita. Pada tahun 2013, kasus gizi di Kabupaten Semarang tercatat sebanyak 1,05% balita dengan gizi buruk dan 6,63% balita dengan gizi kurang. Selain itu, berdasarkan data Kohort tahun 2016 di Dusun Gondang terdapat sebanyak 21,4% balita dengan gizi kurang dan 14,3% balita tidak secara rutin mengikuti program Posyandu. Meskipun Posyandu telah dilaksanakan secara rutin, terdata pada tahun 2014 Posyandu sebanyak 289.685 tersebar di wilayah Indonesia. Padahal adanya program Posyandu memiliki 5 kegiatan utama, salah satunya yaitu mengenai gizi. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui kebijakan yang mendasari program Posyandu, aktivitas Posyandu dilaksanakan, dan status gizi balita di Dusun Gondang, Desa Getasan. Penelitian menggunakan metode studi kasus dengan beberapa teknik pengumpulan data seperti observasi, wawancara dan pembelajaran terhadap dokumentasi. Data penelitian dideskripsikan, dilanjutkan mentranskrip dan reduksi data. Penelitian dilakukan selama 1 bulan pada Februari 2017 di Dusun Gondang, Desa Getasan. Simpulan penelitian adalah bahwa Program Posyandu di Desa Getasan telah mengikuti kebijakan pemerintah pusat dimana aktivitas Posyandu sudah cukup sesuai dengan ketetuan yang ada dan kondisi balita dengan gizi kurang sebanyak 4 balita di Dusun Gondang. Nutritional problem on children’s age has long become a concern. In 2013, Semarang recorded 1.05% of under-fives children with poor nutritional status and 6.63% of under-fives with malnutrition status. In addition, based on the cohort data in 2016 there were 21.4% of under-fives children who had poor nutrition and 14.3% of children did not regularly come to the Posyandu program, eventhough it had been carried out regularly in Dusun Gondang. It is identifiied that in 2014, there are 289,685 Posyandu which had been carried out nation-wide. Posyandu has 5 main activities, and one of them focused on nutritional problem. The purpose of this study is to understand the underlying policy of Posyandu program, activities which implemented in each program, and nutritional status of under five children in Dusun Gondang, Getasan Village. This study used case study method, which utilizied several data collection techniques, which were: observation, interview and documentation study. This study was held for 1 month started from February, 2017. The collected data then described and reduced. The conclusion which emerged from this study especially describes the Posyandu program in Getasan village which had been carried out according to the central government policy. The implementation of programs in Posyandu has been done according to the current policy, however there were still 4 under five children identified with poor nutritional status.]]>
