HUBUNGAN PEMANFAATAN POSYANDU DENGAN STATUS GIZI BALITA DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS GUNUNG BARINGIN KECAMATAN PANYABUNGAN TIMUR KABUPATEN MANDALING NATAL

Abstract

Posyandu is a container that was entablished to serve the public health, especially children. One of the goals entablished posyandu is to monitor the nutritional statue of children, in order to avoid the problem of malnutrition. The purpose of this study was to determine the relatioship between the use of posyandu the nutritional statue of children in Puskesmas Gunung Baringin Kabupaten Mandaling Natal. This research is analytic survei with design, this study used a Cross Sectional ( Cross Sectional Study). The sample taken were 57 infants, using Non Propability Sampling design with purpose sampling aprroach. The research data was tested using a computer program with Chi Square test at the significance level of 95%(α<0,05). Research shows that children who do not utilze posyandu and good nutritional statue of 10 people (43,5%), children who do not utilize posyandu and undernutrition amounted to 13 people (56,5%), which utilize posyandu toddler and good nutritional statue of 27 people (77,4%) and toddlers who utilize posyandu and undernutrition ammounted to 7 people (20,6%) with p value = 0,012. Thus, the results of this study there is a relationship between the use of posyandu the nutritional statue of chlidren.Conclution of this research are posyandu utilize are very impotant in controlling the growth of children, especially in terms of nutritional statue of toddler.Suggestion in this study is that mothers can more actively utilize posyandu activities.