DAMPAK PROGRAM BINA KELUARGA BALITA (BKB) TERHADAP TUMBUH KEMBANG ANAK BALITA 6-24 BULAN (Studi di wilayah kerja Kecamatan Sumbersari Kabupaten Jember)

Abstract

The growth development is two difference phenomenons, but it is related and difficult to separated, that is growth and development. The basic requirements of child to grow and development are care pattern (parenting nutrition), love pattern (emotion or affection), and teach pattern (mental stimulation). Bina Keluarga Balita (BKB) Program is one of the Keluarga Berencana (KB) program which purpose is to increase the knowledge and skills of parents and other family members to build the growth development of toddler by their ages. The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of Bina Keluarga Balita (BKB) program to the growth development toddler 624 months.The research type was observational analytic with cohort approaches. The samples were toddler 6-24 months about 130 toddlers (65 toddlers who family is participate and not participate on BKB). The research was conducted on april-august 2013 in the working area of Sumbersari subdistrict of Jember. The data was collected through interviews with questionnaires and observations. Based on Chi-Square results of statistical tests, it’s known that the difference of parenting nutrition, love pattern, teach pattern, and growth development between toddler 6-24 months who family is participate and not participate on BKB with the Sig or p = 0.0001 (p<α). Effort that could be recommended for this study was cooperation between the BKB cadre who has formed BKB group and Posyandu cadre who hasn’t formed BKB group to informed about parenting nutrition, love pattern, teach pattern, and growth development to increase skills and knowledge of the mother.