Hubungan Pemeliharaan Kesehatan Tidak Efektif dengan Pertumbuhan Balita

Relationship between Ineffective Health Maintenance and Toddler Growth

Abstract

Introduction: The family is the smallest social unit that is interdependent regarding various supports. Healthy behavior in the family is thought to be one of the supports to maintain the health of members, especially the growth of toddlers. Objective: This study aims to determine the relationship of health maintenance, especially in the family with the growth of toddlers. Methods: The study was conducted in the working area of Kalasan Health Center, Sleman, Yogyakarta, involving 97 families with toddlers. Using purposive sampling method which was selected based on the availability of parents in filling out the questionnaire. Results: Univariate results showed that 53 respondents (54.6%) were female and 44 respondents (45.4%) were male. While the average height of toddlers in the kalasan health center area is 84.98 cm. In this study also showed that 49 respondents (50.5%) had normal weight with the results of health maintenance indicators there were 53 respondents (54.6%) had effective health maintenance. Bivariate results showed that 23 respondents (52.3%) had abnormal height and ineffective health maintenance with p-value = 0.617 (>0.05). Conclusion: Although the p-value > 0.05 can be seen from the results that there is an increase in growth faltering followed by ineffective health maintenance. This concludes that there is a relationship, although it is not statistically significant.