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ABSTRAK
Terjadinya rawan gizi pada bayi disebabkan antara lain oleh karena ASI banyak diganti oleh susu formula atau makanan pendamping ASI dengan jumlah dan cara yang tidak sesuai kebutuhan. Program pemberian ASI Eksklusif di Puskesmas Mandala pada tahun 2015 adalah sebesar 29,3%, masih sangat rendah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perbedaan status gizi bayi usia 6-12 bulan yang diberi ASI Eksklusif dan tidak diberi ASI Eksklusif di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Mandala.
Jenis penelitian observasional dengan desain cross sectional terhadap 55 bayi yang diberi ASI Eksklusif dan 55 bayi yang tidak diberi ASI Eksklusif sebagai sampel yang dipilih secara random sampling. Pengumpulan data melalui wawancara dan pengambilan data status gizi bayi di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Mandala. Analisis dilakukan secara univariat, bivariat dengan uji Mann Whitney.
Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa status gizi dari 55 bayi yang diberikan ASI eksklusif di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Mandala didapatkan sebanyak 37 bayi memiliki status gizi baik, 43 bayi dengan panjang badan normal dan 39 bayi dengan kondisi berat badan normal. Berdasarkan uji Mann Whitney didapatkan nilai U hitung = -2,160 dengan p-value sebesar 0,031. Oleh karena p-value 0,031 <α (0,05)
Diharapkan pada petugas kesehatan untuk meningkatkan promosi kesehatan tentang pemberian ASI eksklusif sejak lahir sampai umur 6 bulan sehingga menekan kejadian status gizi kurang atau lebih.
Kata Kunci : ASI Eksklusif, Status Gizi
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ABSTRACT
The incidence of nutritional deficiency in babies is because ASI (breast milk) is changed to powdered milk or food supplement with the amount and method which are not in accordance with the need. The coverage of breastfeeding with exclusive ASI program at Mandala Puskesmas in 2015 was 29.3% which was still low.
The objective of the research was to find out the difference in nutrition status of 6-12 month-old babies breastfed with exclusive ASI and without exclusive ASI. The research used observational with cross sectional design on 55 and 55 babies without exclusive ASI, taken by using random sampling technique. The data were gathered by conducting interviews and obtaining the data on babies’ nutrition status in the working area of Mandala Puskesmas and analyzed by using unvariate analysis and bivariate analysis with Uji Mann Whitney.
The result of the research showed that of the 55 babies that were breastfed with exclusive ASI, 37 of them had good nutrition status, 43 of them had normal body length, and 39 of them had normal weight. The result of Mann Whitney test showed that the value of Zcount = -2.160 with p-value=0.031 (p<α (0.05) which indicated that there was significant difference in nutrition status of 6-12 month-old babies breastfed with exclusive ASI from the 6-12 month-old
It is recommended that health care providers increase promotion about breastfeeding with exclusive ASI since babies are born until they are 6 months also that the incidence of nutritional deficiency or malnutrition can be warded off.
Keywords: Breastfeeding, Nutrition Status
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