Nutritional Status of Infants 0-23 Months of Age and its Relationship with Socioeconomic Factors in Pangkep
| Main Author: | Hadju, Veni; Yunus, Rabina |
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, 2017
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.unhas.ac.id/handle/123456789/25432 |
Daftar Isi:
- Background and Objective: Nutritional status of infants during a thousand 1st day of life has been used to monitor the achievement of the program. Obviously, nutritional status affected by several factors including the socio-economic of the family. This study specifically asked a question the relationship between nutritional status and socio-economic factors in urban areas of district of Pangkep. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study whereas, subjects were selected from four areas, closed to capital city of Pangkep district. Most of children under two were visited and measured by field workers. A pre-tested questionnaires was used and anthropometric measurements as well as weight, length were measured by trained field workers. Data was analyzed using SPSS, nutritional status was determined by using WHO anthro program. Results: Results showed that prevalence of undernutrition, stunting and wasting were 23.6, 17.8 and 23.0%, respectively. According to sex, the prevalence were higher in boys compare to girls (32.6 vs.14.2%, 25.9 vs. 9.4% and 27.0 vs. 18.0%, respectively for undernutrition, stunting and wasting. The variation of nutritional status was seen also through villages whereas higher in Bontolangkasa and Biraeng and lower in Kabba and Bonto Kio. Bivariate analysis showed no relationship between socioeconomic variables and all nutritional status indices except for relationship mother??s education. In addition, after controlling for recent breastfeeding status, the underweight and stunting was significantly related to protein intake (p = 0.036 and p = 0.044, respectively). Conclusion: Finally, it could be concluded that the problem of malnutrition in the study was acute malnutrition and it related to mother??s education. Protein intake should be an important nutrient to prevent underweight and stunting.