FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN TINGKAT PARTISIPASI IBU DALAM PENIMBANGAN BALITA KE POSYANDU DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS DARUSSALAM KECAMATAN MEDAN PETISAH TAHUN 2013
Abstract: The scope of
under-five-year-old children weighing in Integrated Health Service is one of
indicator that show the high/low participation of community in Integrated
Health Service. The scope of under-five-years-old children weighing is
percentage of under-five-years-old children weighed in Integrated Health
Service divided by the total under-five-year-old children attending Integrated
Health Service. In Medan City, the participation was still classified as very
low in 2011 which there were 251,199 under-five-year-old children weighed only
126,107 (50.20%). The lowest scope of under-five-year-old children weighing in
Integrated Health Service was in the working area of Darussalam’s Community
Health Centre Medan Petisah Subdistrict in 2011 that amounted to 35.19%.
Design of this research was cross sectional with descriptive analytic
type in order to know some factors which were related to mothers’ participation
in weighing their babies in the Integrated Health Service’ at Darussalam’s
Community Health Centre Medan Petisah subdistrict, Medan city. The population
was all mother with their 241 babies in health center work Puskesmas Darussalam
in 2013.The technique of sampling was simple random sampling and 78 of them
were selected to be sample. Data were collected by using questionnaires. Data
analysis included univariate and bivariate by using chi-square test.
The results of research showed that the mothers’ participation in
weighing their babies in the Integrated Health Service’ was bad ; only 39.7
percent of the participation was good. The chi-square test showed that the
factors related to mothers’ participation in weighing their babies in the
Integrated Health Service’ were mother’s knowledge (p=0.019), mother’s attitude
(p=0.021), and in the Integrated Health Service cadre’s attitude (p=0.005).
It is expected to the Medan City Health Office or Darussalam’s Community
Health Centre officers to counsel mothers with under-five-year-old children to
increase their knowledge about the purpose and benefits of growth monitoring
and early childhood development through a child's weighing in Integrated Health
Service and provide information on how to read a child's growth in Road to
Health Care. It is also suggested to increase the cooperation between the
cadres with the various parties, especially with community leaders, Empowerment
of Family Welfare through the activities of Integrated Health Service and
receive the monitoring and supervision of Darussalam’s Community Health Centre
and their equipment at Integrated Health Service and encourage people to
participate in the implementation of the Integrated Health service’.
Penulis: S.hindu Mathi, Heru
Santosa, Maya Fitria
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd130215
