Abstract

Initial survey of 10 mothers 7 mothers did not know and found 6 mothers did not participate to posyandu and 5 people said posyandu cadres were less active in posyandu. Nutrition Report of South Pesisir District Health Office in 2010 the level of community participation came to posyandu D / S 49.27% and in 2015 increased by D / S 69.8%. Coverage of toddlers visit to the lowest posyandu Salido Health Center 45.35%. The purpose of this study is to determine the factors associated with toddler visits to Posyandu Work Area Puskesmas Salido Pesisir Selatan Regency in 2017. Type of research used is analytic with the research design is crosssectional. The population in this study were all mothers who have children under five in the working area of Puskesmas Salido Pesisir Selatan Regency in 2017 as many as 3,379 people with the mother of a toddler with a sample of 97 people. The sampling technique is simple random sampling. The data were collected using a questionnaire in August. Data were analyzed by computerized and univariate to see frequency distribution by chi square test. The result showed that 46.4% of under-five mothers had low knowledge level, 33.0% of under-five mothers had low education, 47.4% of mothers had negative attitudes. 46.4% of infant mothers are not complete following posyandu toddlers. There is a relationship of knowledge with toddler visit to posyandu Pvalue = 0,022. There is a relationship of mother education with toddler visit to posyandu Pvalue = 0,000. There is a relationship attitude with the visit of children to posyandu pvalue = 0,035. There is a relation of cadre role with toddler visit to posyandu Pvalue = 0,035. Factors of knowledge, education, attitude and role of cadre influence toddler visit to posyandu. It is expected that health workers in collaboration with community leaders in the region are equally raising community awareness of posyandu, one of which is by increasing information about the importance of posyandu with the help of cadres can be given in groups.

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