Analysis of Factors Affecting the Implementation of Nutrition Awareness Family (Kadarzi) in Tanjung Village Klego Sub-district Boyolali Regency Central Java Province

Abstract

The nutrition awareness family is the family effort to improve their nutritional status. The efforts could be through monitoring regular weighing, giving exclusive breastfeeding, consuming various foods, using iodized salt, and consuming vitamin A. This research aims to analyse the factors influencing the implementation of nutrition awareness family. The study used analytic observational study with a cross-sectional design. The samples obtained was 176 that met the restriction criteria of purposive sampling. The data collection was done through interview, body weighing, and the iodized salt checking. Two applied tests were chi-square analysis for bivariate analysis test and logistic regression analysis for multivariate analysis test. The bivariate analysis shows the factors influencing the behaviour of nutrition awareness family were the mother’s age (p=0,000 and OR=14,841), mother’s education (p=0,000 and OR=3,701), mother’s employment (p=0,000 and OR= 0,164) and the birth spacing (p=0,000 and OR=0,095). The multivariate test performs the mother’s age (OR=9,732), mother’s education (OR=2,627), mother’s employment (OR=0,373), and birth spacing factor (OR=0,244) simultaneously influenced the behaviour of nutrition awareness family. The result of the research indicates that the mentioned factors influence the behaviour of nutrition awareness family. The factor giving the greatest influence on the behaviour of nutrition awareness family is the mother’s age.