HUBUNGAN KEAKTIFAN IBU DALAM KEGIATAN POSYANDU DAN POLA PEMBERIAN  MAKAN DENGAN STATUS GIZI BALITA  USIA 24- 59 BULAN  DI DESA KLAMPISAN KECAMATAN GENENG KABUPATEN NGAWI

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTHER'S ACTIVITIES IN POSYANDU ACTIVITIES AND EATING PATTERN WITH THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF UNDER-FIVES AGED 24-59 MONTHS IN KLAMPISAN VILLAGE, GENENG SUB-DISTRICT NGAWI DISTRICT

Balita adalah anak yang telah mencapai usia di atas satu tahun dan dibawah lima tahun. Pada usia ini balita rawan terhadap permasalahan gizi. Masalah gizi pada balita dipengaruhi oleh berbagai faktor, baik faktor penyebab langsung maupun faktor penyebab tidak langsung. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara keaktifan ibu dalam kegiatan  posyandu dan pola pemberian makan dengan status gizi balita usia 24-59 bulan di Desa Klampisan Kecamatan Geneng Kabupaten Ngawi. Jenis penelitian ini adalah observasional analitik dengan desain Cross Sectional dengan jumlah sampel 44 orang yang diambil dengan cara purposive sampling. Keaktifan ibu dalam posyandu dinilai dari data kehadiran kartu menuju sehat, pola pemberian makan dinilai dengan kuesioner CFQ dan status gizi balita dinilai dengan pengukuran antropometri dengan indikator BB/U. Data penelitian dianalisis secara univariate dan bivariate melalui uji spearman.

Hasil penelitian didapatkan sebagian besar ibu telah aktif mengikuti kegiatan posyandu (59%), pola pemberian makan dengan kategori tepat (50%) dan status gizi balita dengan kategori BB normal  (45%). Terdapat hubungan yang bermakna antara keaktifan ibu dalam mengikuti kegiatan posyandu dengan status gizi balita (p<0,000) serta terdapat hubungan antara pola pemberian makan dengan status gizi balita (p<0,001). Kesimpulan terdapat hubungan antara keaktifan ibu dalam kegiatan posyandu dan pola pemberian  makan dengan status gizi balita  usia 24  - 59 bulan  di desa Klampisan Kecamatan Geneng Kabupaten Ngawi.

Kata Kunci: balita, keaktifan ibu, posyandu, pola pemberian makan, status gizi. 

Toddlers are children who have reached the age of one year and under five years. At this age toddlers are prone to nutritional problems. Nutritional problems in toddlers are influenced by various factors, both direct and indirect factors. This study aimed to determine the relationship between mother's activeness in posyandu and child feeding patterns with the toddler's nutritional status belong to age 24-59 months in Klampisan Village, Geneng District, Ngawi Regency. This research was an analytic observational based on a cross sectional approach. The amount of the sample are 44 people chosen by purposive sampling. Mother's activeness in posyandu was assessed from KMS toddler book, feeding patterns were assessed by the CFQ questionnaire and the toddler's nutritional status was assessed by anthropometric measurements by (BB/U) indicator. The research data were analyzed univariately and bivarialty using the spearman test.

The results showed that most of the mothers had actively participated in posyandu (59%), feeding patterns were in the appropriate category (50%) and the toddler's nutritional status was in the normal weight category (45%). There is a significant relationship between mother's activity and toddler's nutritional status (p<0.000) and there is a relationship between feeding pattern and toddler's nutritional status (p<0.001). The conclusion is there is a relationship between mother's activeness in posyandu and child feeding patterns with the nutritional status of toddlers aged 24-59 months in the village of Klampisan, Geneng District, Ngawi Regency.

Keywords: toddlers, mother's activity, posyandu, feeding patterns, nutritional status