Original Research Article
Year: 2023 | Month: April-June | Volume: 8 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 413-422
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20230252
The Relationship of Parenting Patterns with Nutritional Status and Development of Toddlers in Kuta Alam, Banda Aceh
Isrianti
Universitas Prima Indonesia
ABSTRACT
Background: Parenting is a pattern of interaction between parents and children. More specifically, namely how the attitude or behavior of parents when interacting with children, Nutritional status is an important part of a person's health status. What babies eat from an early age is an important foundation for their health and well-being in the future and the development of toddlers is the toddler period, because at this time basic growth will affect the next child's development. In child development there is a critical period, where stimulation is needed so that the potential is developed.
Objective: To describe the relationship between parenting style and nutritional status and toddler development.
Materials and Method: analytic observational research. The design of this research is Cross Sectional which is carried out with a quantitative approach. Meanwhile, to complement the data obtained, qualitative data collection was also carried out, namely by conducting research on mothers of toddlers and toddlers. Assessment of the nutritional status of children was carried out using the WHO-Anthro software and then the ZScore value of the child was determined. The nutritional status variable (TB/A) is categorized into 2, namely: Normal, if the Z-score is -2 SD. Short, if the Z-score lies -3 SD to -2 SD.
Result: Most of the heads of families have jobs in the private sector and only a small proportion (8.57%) work in the government sector as members of the military or civil servants, meanwhile the majority of respondents (mothers) are housewives (74.29%) and the rest working in the private sector. The nutritional care pattern score of the respondents ranged from 50 – 95.45 with an average of 70.11 which was included in the sufficient category. As many as 22 respondents (62.86%) had a nutrition care pattern score in the adequate category, 8 respondents (22.86%) were included in the poor category and only 5 respondents (14.28%) were included in the good category. Development indicates increased ability in more complex body structures and functions in regular and predictable patterns as a result of the maturation process. The developmental level of the majority of respondents (65.71%) is included in the appropriate category (based on the Developmental Pre-Screening Questionnaire) and the rest are in the doubtful category.
Conclusion: Family parenting style which includes nutrition and health care has an effect on the nutritional status of toddlers in Kuta Alam. The characteristics of the respondents in general are housewives, with an education level at the basic education level, aged 25-29 years. experience of caring for children for 7.08 years and usually from the mother and family environment, with 1-2 children, 54.29% are nuclear families. Most of the respondents' nutritional status is in the normal category with an average Z-score = -1.8. Nutritional Status (Z-Score value) = -5.8 + 0.52 (pa. nutrition) + 0.004 (pa. health).
Keywords: Parenting, Nutritional Status and Toddler Development