Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Sepertiga jumlah balita di dunia masih mengalami malnutrisi, stunting (terlalu pendek untuk usianya), wasting (kurus), dan berat badan berlebih. sangat penting memperhatikan pemenuhan nutrisi secara cermat sesuai kebutuhan balita. salah satunya perlu memperhatikan social support, dimana akan berdampak pada dukungan yang diperoleh orang tua selama memenuhi nutrisi balita. tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui gambaran social support dalam pemenuhan nutrisi balita di kecamatan kuta alam kota banda aceh. jenis penelitian ini deskriptif kuantitatif dengan desain cross sectional study. teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan proportionate stratified random sampling dengan metode quota sampling didapatkan jumlah sampel 106 responden, dengan analisa data univariat. teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan membagikan angket pada responden dengan metode self report. hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa social support dalam kategori tinggi 60 orang (56,6%), dengan sub variabel social support dari keluarga pada kategori tinggi yaitu 86 orang (81,1%), social support dari teman dekat pada kategori sedang 48 orang (45,3%), serta social support dari significant other (suami) pada kategori tinggi 73 orang (68,9%). kesimpulan dari penelitian ini didapatkan bahwa responden memiliki social support yang tinggi, namun social support yang didapat dari teman masih dalam kategori sedang. disarankan kepada pihak pelayanan kesehatan khususnya perawat komunitas dan keluarga dapat memberikan promosi dan edukasi terkait pentingnya social support dari teman dekat dengan melibatkan masyarakat dalam proses pemenuhan nutrisi balita.

One third of children under five in the world still suffer from malnutrition, stunting, wasting, and overweight. Therefore, paying attention to the fulfillment of nutrition carefully according to their needs is important. One way is to pay attention to the social support that parents get in fulfilling the nutrition of the children under five. The purpose of this study was to find out the overview of social support in nutrition fulfillment of children under five in Kuta Alam Sub-District of Banda Aceh City. This descriptive-quantitative research was conducted by means of a cross-sectional study approach. A number of 106 respondents were chosen as the research samples by employing a proportionate stratified random sampling, specifically the quota sampling method. The data were collected by distributing questionnaires to the respondents with self-report method and analyzed by using a univariate data analysis. The results indicated that social support obtained by 60 respondents (56.6%) was in high category. The sub variable social support from family obtained by 86 respondents (81.1%) was in high category while social support from close friends accepted by 48 respondents (45.3%) was in medium category. In addition, the sub variable social support from significant other (spouse) accepted by 73 respondents (68.9%) was in high category. It could be concluded that, except for the social support from close friends, most of the social support accepted by the respondents was in high category. Hence, the relevant health workers, especially the community nurses as well as the family are suggested to keep educating and promoting the importance of social support from close friends by involving the community in supporting the nutrition fulfillment of children under five in the area.