INTERVENSION OF FAMILY NUTRITIONAL AWARNESS TO INCREASE FAMILY’S FOOD SECURITY
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2016-12-09Author
FEBRI, FATMALINA
RAHMIWATI, ANITA
ETRAWATI, FENNY
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The implementation of food security must begin from the small thing such as
family. Because decreasing of food security can causes nutritional’s problem. One of
way that can do to increase nutritional is family nutritional awareness concept. The aim
of this study is to analyze the effect of intervention of family nutritional awareness to
knowledge and attitude as early indicator to measure food security. This research is a
quantitative research with quasi experiment as research design, using prepost test one
groupdesign approach. The population of this research are mothers who have infants
at IbulBesar I village in sub-districts Pemulutan district OganIlir. The sample using
purposive sampling consists of 50 respondents. The counseling of 5 aspects (weighing
weight regularly, giving exclusive breastfeeding to baby from newborn until six months
year old, eating variety of foods, using iodized salt, drinking nutritional supplement
based recommendation) are given by trained health counselor. Those aspects are
given to small groups every week (each of groups consists of 5 infants mother). Pretest
and posttest to mother’s knowledge and attitude about family nutritional awareness
would be done before and after intervention. Data were analyzed by pair t- test.The
result of this research obtained that average respondents knowledge each indicator
has increased 0.72 until 1.28 after intervention. Then, average respondents attitude
has increased 0.52 until 2.42 after intervention. Respondent knowledge and attitude
about family nutritional awareness indicator have weak and positive correlation value,
only variable knowledge using iodized salt and attitude weighing weight regularly have
moderate and positive correlation value.