HUBUNGAN ANTARA PEMBERIAN MAKANAN PENDAMPING ASI DAN STATUS GIZI PADA BALITA DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS TUMINTING

Abstract

Pemberian Makanan Pendamping ASI (MP-ASI) merupakan salah satu faktor yang berperan penting dalam pencapaian tumbuh kembang balita pada masa Seribu hari pertama kehidupan (1000 HPK). Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menganalisis hubungan antara pemberian makanan pendamping ASI dan status gizi pada balita di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Tuminting. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian dengan desain cross sectional (potong lintang) yang dilaksanakan di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Tuminting. Sampel pada penelitian ini berjumlah 100 balita usia 6-12 bulan. Data dianalisis mengunakan uji rank spearman. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan sebesar 82% memiliki status gizi baik berdasarkan indeks BB/U dan 15% status gizi kurang. Status gizi berdasarkan indeks BB/PB didapati 76% balita memiliki status gizi normal dan 15% memiliki status gizi kurus. Pemberian MP-ASI menunjukkan hasil sebesar 52% balita diberikan MP-ASI pertama kali pada usia yang tidak tepat. Sebesar 47% balita mendapatkan MP-ASI pertama kali di usia yang tepat yaitu mulai 6 bulan. Jumlah MP-ASI menunjukkan 71% balita diberikan MP-ASI sesuai dengan umur dan jumlahnya, Sebesar 93% MP-ASI yang diberikan pada balita tidak bervariasi. Kesimpulan penelitian ini yaitu terdapat hubungan antara usia pertama pemberian MP-ASI dengan status gizi berdasarkan indeks BB/U, Tidak Terdapat hubungan antara usia pertama pemberian MP-ASI dengan status gizi indeks BB/PB, Tidak terdapat hubungan antara jumlah pemberian MP-ASI dengan status gizi indeks BB/U maupun status gizi indeks BB/PB, Tidak terdapat hubungan antara variasi pemberian MP-ASI dengan status gizi indeks BB/U, dan status gizi indeks BB/PB. Diharapkan Pengoptimalan program promosi terkait pemberian makanan pendamping ASI oleh petugas gizi maupun petugas promosi kesehatan.

Kata Kunci: Pemberian MP-ASI, Status Gizi, Balita

ABSTRACT
Complementary feeding is one of the factor that plays an important role in the achievement of infant growth during the first thousand days of life. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between complementary feeding and nutritional status of children in the area of Tuminting Public health care center. This study was a cross sectional research that design and conduct in work area of Tuminting health care center. The sample in this study was 100 children of 6-12 months. Data were analyzed using Spearman-rank test. The results on children is showed that 82% are good of nutritional status and 15% are deficient of nutritional status on weight-for-age index. Nutritional status on weight-for-height index that 76% are normal and 15% are wasting. While the complementary feeding showed 52% being given the first-time complementary food at an inappropriate age. There are 47% children get the first complementary feeding at the right age; starting from 6 months. In this study showed that 71% of children, according to the amount and their age were given complementary food. While complementary food, 93% that given to children was not vary. The conclusion is that there is a relationship between complementary feeding and the nutritional status of weight-for-age index, but there is no relationship between complementary feeding and the nutritional status of weight-for-height index. There is no relationship between the amount of complementary feeding and nutritional status of weight-for-age and weight-for-height index and there is no relationship between variation of complementary feeding with nutritional status of weight-for-age and weight-for-height index. Nutrition workers and health promotion officers are expected to optimize promotional programs that related to complementary feeding.

Keywords: Complementary Feeding, Nutritional Status, Children.