Pola Asuh, Sanitasi Lingkungan, Kejadian Underweight di Desa Alahair, Kabupaten Kepulauan Meranti, Riau

Raudhatun Nikmah, Nur Afrinis, Fitri Apriyanti

Abstract

One of the nutritional problems in toddlers is malnutrition (underweight). The factors related to the incidence of underweight in toddlers are parenting patterns and environmental sanitation. The aim of this research is to determine the relationship between parenting patterns and environmental sanitation with the incidence of underweight in Alahair Village in 2023. This research is a quantitative research with a cross-sectional design. This research was conducted in March-April 2023. The population in this study were all mothers and toddlers aged 12-59 months who were in the research location, namely Alahair Village, with a total of 371 people with a sample of 79 toddlers. The sampling technique was taken using simple random sampling technique. The measuring instruments in this research used questionnaires, scales and microtoises. Data analysis in this study used univariate and bivariate analysis with the chi square test. The research results showed that the majority of respondents had poor parenting patterns, had poor environmental sanitation and toddlers were underweight, there was a relationship between parenting patterns and the incidence of underweight in toddlers aged 12-59 months in Alahair Village with a p-value of 0.001 and there was a relationship between environmental sanitation and the incidence of underweight in toddlers aged 12-59 months in Alahair Village with a p-value of 0.002. It is hoped that parents, especially mothers who have underweight toddlers, will pay more attention to their children's diet so that their children do not become underweight.

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Raudhatun Nikmah
raudhatunnikmah01@gmail.com (Primary Contact)
Nur Afrinis
Fitri Apriyanti
NikmahR., AfrinisN. and ApriyantiF. (2024) “Pola Asuh, Sanitasi Lingkungan, Kejadian Underweight di Desa Alahair, Kabupaten Kepulauan Meranti, Riau”, Jurnal Ilmu Gizi dan Dietetik. bjm, 3(1), pp. 40-47. doi: 10.25182/jigd.2024.3.1.40-47.
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