Hubungan Pengetahuan Ibu Tentang Status Nutrisi pada Anak Usia Sekolah(6-12 Tahun) Di Desa Medan Krio Kabupaten Deli Serdang

Abstract

Nutritional problem is essentially a public health problem, but it can not be done to overcome the medical and health services approach alone. However, all aspects that impact needs to be studied, including aspects of food patterns, socio-cultural, and the effect of food intake on nutritional status especially in the nutritional status of school children. The purpose of this study is to describe the mother's knowledge about nutrition in school age children (6-12 years). This study was descriptive research with cross sectional approach. This research was conducted in September-October 2013. Total population of 180 respondents, namely mothers with school-age children, samples used in this study were 45 respondents. The variables in this study consists of one variable that mother's knowledge on the nutritional status of school-age children. The collection of data taken using a questionnaire and using univariate analysis.. The result is that the majority of respondents knowledgeable enough as many as 30 respondents (66.7%) in the age group> 30 years as many as 22 respondents (48.9%), family education largely secondary education as much as 20 respondents (44.4%), employment of family members is a housewife of 20 respondents (44.4%) of the respondents dansebagian obtain health information through electronic media as much as 25 respondents (55.6%). Researchers suggested that health officials continuously provide counseling to families about good nutrition for children of school age so as to increase the nutritional status of their-children. Health workers are expected to provide motivation to the family-so that the family knowledge about the better nutritional status.