Weighing the child's weight every month to find out the nutritional status of children is one of the routine activities at the Posyandu. One effort to reduce the problem of malnutrition in children is to increase the participation of mothers in visiting and weighing their children to the Posyandu every month. This study aims to determine the relationship of the number of Posyandu visits with the nutritional status of children under five (1-5 years). This study uses a descriptive correlation design with a retrospective approach. The study was conducted in the working area of the Amplas Health Center with a sample of 382 mothers and children under five years old using proportional random sampling technique based on the number of Posyandu. The measuring instrument used was a questionnaire for demographic data and a child's weight-weighing registration book. The analysis used is univariate analysis to determine the frequency distribution and bivariate analysis using chi-square. The results showed that 145 people (38%) regularly visited Posyandu and 237 people (62%) did not regularly visit Posyandu. Children who have good nutritional status are 203 people (53.1%), malnutrition is 109 people (28.5%), and malnutrition is 70 people (18.3%). The bivariate analysis results obtained p value (0.00) <ɑ (0.05), so it can be concluded that there is a correlation between the number of Posyandu visits and the nutritional status of children under five. Suggestions for puskesmas staff to be able to conduct training and health education to cadres and improve health facilities in Posyandu.
Dalam hal mencegah perilaku merokok pada remaja dapat dilakukan tindakan promotif melalui pendidikan kesehatan dengan menggunakan media sosial. Stain gigi adalah noda coklat pada permukaan gigi dan merupakan salah satu masalah estetik. Tujuan penelitian untuk menganalisis pengaruh media sosial dalam peningkatan pengetahuan dan sikap siswa perokok terhadap pencegahan stain gigi di SMA Negeri 1 Sei Lepan, Kabupaten Langkat. Jenis penelitian adalah quasi experiment dengan rancangan pretest dan posttest. Penelitian dilaksanakan di SMA Negeri 1 Sei Lepan Kabupaten Langkat, total keseluruhan sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah 76 orang, yaitu kelompok intervensi dan kontrol dengan kuesioner. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan media sosial secara signifikan (p<0,05) memberikan pengaruh terhadap tingkat pengetahuan dan sikap siswa perokok terhadap pencegahan stain gigi, dibandingkan remaja yang tidak dilakukan intervensi dengan media sosial. Media sosial lebih efektif meningkatkan pengetahuan dan sikap siswa perokok terhadap pencegahan stain gigi. Disarankan kepada orang tua untuk menghindari perilaku merokok didepan anak dan memberikan edukasi tentang bahaya merokok yang dapat merusak gigi, pihak sekolah meningkatkan kerja sama dengan orang tua untuk membicarakan perkembangan akademik dan perilaku siswa.
Kata Kunci: Media Sosial, Merokok, Stain gigi
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