Selasa, 25 September 2012

Vol.1, No.1, April 2009. Hal : 27-30


DENGAN RISIKO KEJADIAN GIZI BURUK DI WILAYAH KERJA
PUSAT KESEHATAN MASYARAKAT OEBOBO

SARCI MAGDALENA TOY
Staf Pengajar Jurusan Gizi Kesehatan Masyarakat
Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Nusa Cendana-Kupang

ABSTRACT

Nutrient is one of elements to determine Human Resources besides education, health and the others. Nutrient deficiency for children under five years can cause children growth hampered and become malnutrition if not be held immediately. Last data on November 5th 2007 show that in Nusa Tenggara Timur there are 12.340 children under five years with malnutrition without anomaly clinical disorder, 165 with marasmus/kwashiorkor, and 10 are died. At the beginning of November 2007, in Kupang city there are about 81 children under five years with malnutrition (based on BB/TB), 46 children among them at Puskesmas Oebobo area. Malnutrition is seriously problem for every year.
The aim of this research is to know related of energy and protein consumption level to risk malnutrition at Puskesmas Oebobo work area. The type of this research is analytic with case control. The populations are all children under five years on Puskesmas Oebobo work area, with 25 samples for every group (case and control), so the amount of all sample are 50 children. Simple random sampling based on criterion and use analytic statistic to test Odds Ratio (OR) confidence level a = 0,05.
Statistic test show that there is real relation between malnutrition phenomena with consumption energy variable (p=0,02 and OR=4,03), it means child with less consumption energy (<100% AKG) have risk more than 4,03 times find malnutrition while, while protein consumption is not real relation with malnutrition.

Keywords              :  Children under five years – Malnutrition

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