Open Conference Systems, The 2nd International Conference on Public Health (ICPH) 2020

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Influence of Knowledge and Attitude of Mother with Nutritional Status of Toddler
Arfah Husna, Evi susanti, Khairunnas khairunnas

Last modified: 2021-03-30

Abstract


Toddler nutritional status is the state of the body as a result of the use, absorptionand use of food consumed by toddlers. In West Aceh District, there were 110 cases ofchildren under five who experienced malnutrition and 12 cases of malnutrition. This researchuses quantitative research with cross sectional design using multiple regression test whichaims to determine the influence of knowledge and attitudes of mothers of children under fiveon the nutritional status of toddlers in the work area of the Meurebo Community HealthCenter, West Aceh Regency. The population of this study amounted to 46 people who weretaken based on the distribution of the sample, which amounted to 46. The statistical test useda regression test using a standard error of 0.05. The results showed that there was asignificant influence between the knowledge factor and the nutritional status, where the valueof sig = 0.03, which means less than the value of α= 0.05, the influence of attitude factorswith the incidence of nutritional status, where the sig = 0.001 which was smaller than thevalue. α = 0.05.

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