HUBUNGAN PELAKSANAAN FUNGSI PERAWATAN KESEHATAN: DIET KELUARGA DENGAN STATUS GIZI BALITA UMUR 2 - 5 TAHUN DI DESA SUCI KECAMATAN PANTI KABUPATEN JEMBER

Abstract

Nutritional problem is disturbance of some under five in community aspect welfare that caused by unfulfillness nutrient need from food. Nutritional problem can happen in all age groups. Under five age group is vulnerable for nutritional problem. This problem need a good management to decrease the effect. One of way for tackling nutritional problem was provided in health service or outpatient. Outpatient handling effort in nutritional problem of under five was did by family because family is nearest part with child. It very allows to give caring. A family has structure, function, role, and each task. Family function that has a big role to increase health status is health care function, mainly family diet practice. This research aimed to analyzed correlation between health care function implementation: family diet with under five 2-5 years old nutrition status in Suci Village Panti Sub-district Jember Regency. This research is including observational analytic method research using cross sectional study. Samples was collected with simple random sampling, and got 204 respondents. Data was analyzed with chi square. Statistical test showed that p value was 0,000 (α = 0,05) with odd ratio was 5,029. It means there was correlation between health care function implementation: family diet with under five 2-5 years old nutrition status in Suci Village Panti Sub-district Jember Regency. The conclusion of this study is nutrition status is important thing and influenced by health care function, mainly family diet.