Tingkat Pengetahuan Ibu Hamil Trimester II Tentang Kebutuhan Nutrisi
Abstract
Background : Pregnant mothers’ nutritional status is partly influenced by knowledge level. Early study signaled that there were 47,25 % of pregnant mothers who suffered Chronic Energy Deficiency and the result of interviews found out that 7 out of 10 pregnant mothers had insufficient understanding about nutritional need. This fact encouraged the researcher to hold a study about the knowledge level of second term pregnant mothers about nutritional need in Sanden Community Health Center, Bantul, Yogyakarta
Objective : To uncover the knowledge level of second term pregnant mothers about nutritional intake need in Sanden Community Health Center, Bantul, Yogyakarta
Method : This was a quantitative descriptive study. Population in this study was Second Term pregnant mothers who underwent pregnancy examination in Sanden Community Health Center, Bantul, Yogyakarta, during June – July 2014. 30 respondents were sorted with Incidental Sampling technique. Data collecting used primary data and the instrument used was closed questionnaire.
Result : This study finally categorized the knowledge level of pregnant mothers in Good category (33,3 %), Sufficient category (60,0 %), and Poor category (6,7 %).
Conclusion : The knowledge level of second term pregnant mothers about nutritional need were categorized as enough so that it is recommended that pregnant mothers improve their understanding about nutritional need during pregnancy.
Suggestion : Midwives in Community Health Centre are supposed to hold dissemination about nutritional need during pregnancy so that it may prevent any Chronic Energy Deficiency.
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