Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan Pengasuh dengan Pola Asuh Makan dan Status Gizi Balita di Puskesmas Sangkrah Surakarta

Wicaksono, Agil Wahyu
Prasetyawati, Arsita Eka
Damayanti, Kusmadewi Eka

Nexus Kedokteran Komunitas
Vol 2, No 3 (2013): Nexus Kedokteran Komunitas

Background:Recently the role of mothers in child parenting replace by caregivers because many mothers also act as workforces. The role of parenting especially during meal is very important in determining the nutritional status of children. This studyaim is to determine whetherlevel ofknowledgehas strong relationshipwithfeeding patternandnutritional status of children. Methods:This studyis anobservationalstudywith crosssectionalanalytic. The researchwas conducted inApril-June2013 in theworking area ofSangkrahHealth Center, Surakarta. Sample of121caregiversandtheir childrenwereselectedby multistage areasampling .Examined variables includingcaregiver’slevelof knowledgeas independent variable, and feeding patternandnutritional status of childrenas dependent variable. ThisresearchusesCaregiver’sFeedingStyleQuestionnairetodeterminefeeding patternandQuestionnaire of Knowledge Leveltomeasure thelevel ofcaregiver’sknowledge. Bothquestionnaireshave beentestedfor validity and reliability. Nutritional status ismeasuredbystandard anthropometry method. Data wereanalyzedby SPSS 17 for Windows usingKendalls Taumodels. Results:This studyshows there is no significant correlation between the degree ofcaregiver’s knowledge andfeeding pattern(correlation coefficient  = 0.132; degree of significance = 0.110) besides there is also no significant correlation between the degree ofcaregiver’s knowledgeand children’snutritional status(correlation coefficient = 0.030; degree of significance = 0.716). Conclusions:There is nostatistically significantrelationshipbetween thedegree ofcaregiver’sknowledgewithfeeding patternandthe nutritional status ofchildren. Keywords:Degree of caregiver’s knowledge, feeding pattern, nutritional status of children.