Faktor-faktor yang Mempengaruhi Kejadian Wasting pada Balita Usia 1-5 Tahun di Puskesmas Talang Betutu Kota Palembang

Abstract

Affecting Factors The Incident of Children Wasting in Ages 1-5 years in Talang Betutu Community Health Center Palembang. Wasting is an acute malnutrition which could indirectly cause of death in children. Currently wasting was serious public health problem in Indonesia with 12.1% of prevalance. This study aimed to determine the incidence of wasting in Talang Betutu Health Center in Palembang and the factors that influenced it. An analytic survey with cross sectional design were used in this study, the sample were 100 by accidental sampling. Data analyszed by univariate, bivariate using Chi-Square test, Rank Spearman test and Cochcran-Mentel Haenzel to analized the conditional assosiation. The incidence of wasting were 19% as the result, most of the respondents had children with nutrition in the poor category (51%), without history of infectious diseases (66%), who had completed immunization (82%) and breastfed exclusively (75%). Furthermore, most respondents who had food security (65%) and higher income level (53%). The bivariate analysis showed significant association between nutritional intake with the incidence of wasting (p-value: 0.001). There was a significant association between a history of infection with the incidence of wasting disease by immunization status (p-value = 0.000) in children under five at Talang Betutu Health Centre Palembang 2015. It concluded that the incidence of wasting in the Talang Betutu Health Center were still high. Factors affecting the incidence of wasting was nutrition and a history of infectious diseases based immunization status. Models of early detection of wasting and the infectious diseases and coverage imunization surveilance in Talang Betutu Health Center were need to develop.