Abstract
Abstract: Nutrition under the red line is a state of severe nutritional deficiency caused by low consumption of energy and protein from daily food. Sungai Tiung is the village that has the highest number of children under five with under red line (BGM) from other villages in the working area of Rawat Inap Cempaka Health Center. This study aims to know the relationship of infectious diseases history and mother factors to under red line (BGM) among toddler in Sungai Tiung. This research uses cross-sectional design. The samples are 90 respondents. Sampling used purposive sampling. The independent variables are a history of infectious disease, knowledge, education, and mother care pattern. The dependent variable is under red line (BGM). The instrument in this study used questionaire and Kartu Menuju Sehat (KMS). The result showed that there is a relationship history of infectious diseases with BGM (p-value = 0.03). The results also showed no relationship of knowledge (p-value = 0.12), education (p-value = 0.75) and mother care pattern (p-value = 0.32) with BGM. There is a relationship history of infectious diseases with BGM. So that, there should be efforts to prevent infectious diseases in toddler. Keywords : under red line, toddler, infectious diseases
Highlights
Toddler period is the second golden period
This study aims to analyze the relationship of the history of infectious diseases and maternal factors with the incidence of the Under Red Line (BGM) among toddlers in Sungai Tiung Sub district, Cempaka District, South Kalimantan
Based on the results of research on 90 respondents obtained the frequency distribution of respondents based on the history of infectious diseases, maternal factors and the under red line (BGM) presented in table 1 below: Table 1
Summary
Toddler period is the second golden period. In this childhood of nutrition plays an important role in the development of a child. The age of toddlers is the critical age in which a child will grow rapidly both physically and mentally.[1] In infancy, a child needs nutrients from various sources and foods. A toddler usually requires about 1000 - 1400 calories per day. Proper and complete nutrition will have a positive impact on the growth of the brain and physical.[2]
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