Factors RelatedtoThe Incidence of Nutritional Deficiencies in Children Under Five

Abstract

The nutritional deficiencies cases for under five can be caused by poverty, food supply, poor environmental sanitation, lack of community knowledge about nutrition, and the existence of poor areas of iodine and infectious diseases. The result of weighing at posyandu of Sekip Village, Lubuk Pakam Subdistrict, Deli Serdang Regency, shows that of the 1,712 below five year-old children with the weighing coverage of 1,404 below five year-old children (82%), 1,372 of them (80.1%) had good nutrition, 339 of them (19.8%) had nutritional deficiency, and 1 of them (0.06%) had malnutrition. Based on this, it is necessary to analyze the relationship between the characteristics and parenting factors for children to the amount of malnutrition in children in the area.The m0ethod used in this study is a survey with a cross sectional approach. The population in this study were mothers with under fives as many as 1,712 people and a total sample of 100 people. Data collection through questionnaires. The method of data analysis with univariate and bivariate using the chi square statistical test at a significance level of 5%.The results showed that there was a relationship between maternal characteristics of education, income, knowledge, and parenting factors about the practice offeeding and health practices with the incidence of malnutrition in under five.The conclusion of the study is that under five experiencing malnutrition are caused by education, income and low knowledge and poor diet and health patterns