Faktor resiko kejadian gizi buruk pada anak balita (12-59 bulan) di wilayah kerja puskesmas Andalas Kecamatan Padang Timur Kota Padang tahun 2007

Abstract

Severe wasting is a kind of under nutrition that happened on a long term and generate the impact on a long-range term also. Based on mass measure weight of under five year old children Padang ih 2006, there were severe wasting children (1,1%). One of district in Padang, that is Kecamatan Padang Timur, found children with severe wasting that is 2.4%. If this problem is still going on, it will affect growth and development of children to cause arising loss generation. This research used design of case-control study, to know child feeding practices, health status, access to health centre, education level of mother, working status of mother and economic status [of] mother is risk factor to the happening of severe wasting. Research done in sub district of Padang Timur, Padang city, with consideration there are high of severe wasting. Cases of severe wasting were taken away from villages in sub-district purposively and as control taken the children who don't suffer from severe wasting around case house with comparison of cases : controls ofl:2. Analysis done univariate and bivariate to know OR and significant, and also multivariate to know variable most dominant.'Pursuant to analysis result, variable following is risk factor and correlate significantly (p < 0.05) that is, child feeding practices (OR = 12.8), health status (OR = 5), accessing to health centre (OR = 10), economic status (OR = 3.5) and educational level (OR = 4.2). Variable that dominated to the happening of severe wasting were childfeeding practices (OR = 7), health status (OR = 6) and access to centre of health (OR = 12). In intervention to improve of the nutritional status of children in sub district of Padang Timur, needed to pay attention to the three variables which have an effect on dominantly by increase of role of mother in family, improvement of role posyandu and give the health and nutritional education to society.