The Association Between Mother’s Care Practices With Stunting Incident In Children Age 12-35 Months In Air Dingin Primary Health Center Padang 2018

Abstract

Stunting is the long-term outcome of nutritional deficiency with height by age less than -2SD below the median length who affects to decreased cognitive and physical abilities in children. The aims of this study is to determine the association between mother’s care practices with stunting incidennt in the children age 12-35 months in Air Dingin Primary Health Center Padang 2018. This study was a quantitative study with cross sectional design conducted at Air Dingin health center from April 2018 to May 2018. There were 77 mothers with 12-35 month childrens became sample of this study. The mother as the respondent was interviewed directly with a questionnaire. While the stunting incident was measured by body height/age and interpreted by WHO-antro software. Data will analyzed in univariate and bivariate by using chisquare analysis (p<0,05). The result of the study showed that 46,8% childrens suffered stunting. The result of chi-square analysis revealed p-value between care practice for feeding (p=0,000), care practice for hygiene (p=0,000), care practice for health (p=0,000) and care practice for psychosocial stimulation (p=0,000). There is an association between care practice for feeding, care practice for hygiene, care practice for health and care practice for psychosocial stimulation with stunting incident. It is expected that mothers to pay more attention to care practices provided to children so as to prevent the occurrence of stunting in children.

Keywords

• stunting, care practice for feeding, care practice for hygiene, care practice for health and care practice for psychosocial stimulation