Hubungan Antara Kunjungan Posyandu dengan Pengetahuan Gizi Ibu dan Status Gizi Balita di Masa Pandemi Covid-19 The Correlation between Posyandu Visits with Mother’s Nutrition Knowledge and Nutritional Status of Children Under Five During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the correlation between posyandu visits, mothers' knowledge, and the level of adequacy of food intake during the COVID-19 pandemic with the nutritional status of children under five. This research design is a cross-sectional study with 88 children under five as a subject. The data collected are characteristics of mothers, characteristics of toddlers, levels of posyandu visits, and levels of mother’s knowledge. Nutritional status of toddlers obtained by anthropometric measurements. Intake data obtained from food recall 2x24 hours. The results showed that there was no correlation between posyandu visits with mothers' nutrition knowledge and the nutritional status of children under five in both WAZ, HAZ, and WHZ. There is no correlation between mother’s nutrition knowledge with the level of energy adequacy and nutritional status of children under five both WAZ and HAZ. The knowledge level is related to the nutritional status of WHZ (p=0.044 r=0.215).