Early Initiatation of Breastfeeding and Vitamin A Supplementation with Nutritional Status of Children Aged 6-59 Months
Abstract: Toddler period,
especially the first two years of life is considered as golden age for children
because of their rapid growth and development. Therefore, the occurrence of
nutritional disorders in the period can be permanent and irreversible. This
study tried to assess correlation between early initiation of breastfeeding and
vitamin A with nutritional status. The total of samples analyzed in this study
was 1,592 toddlers aged 6-59 months that were drawn from 2015 Indonesia
Nutritional Status Monitoring Survey in Bengkulu. Data including age, sex,
early initiation of breastfeeding, birth length, birth weight, vitamin A
supplementation were collected by using questionnaire. Weight and height of
children were obtained through anthropometric measurements. More than half of
the toddlers (54.6%) did not get early initiation of breastfeeding. Based on
multivariate analysis results, most dominant variables related to weight/age,
height/age and weight/height indicators were early initiation of breastfeeding
and Vitamin A supplementation. Toddlers who did not get early initiation of
breastfeeding are at risk of 1.555 times stunting compared to toddlers who got
early initiation of breastfeeding. The most dominant variable related to
height/age is vitamin A supplementation. Children who do not get vitamin A
supplementation are at risk of stunting 2.402 times compared to children who
get vitamin A supplementation.
Keywords: Early initiation of
breastfeeding, nutritional status, vitamin A supplementation
Author: Betty Yosephin
Simanjuntak, Miratul Haya, Desri Suryani, Che An Ahmad
Journal Code: jpkesmasgg180001
