Perilaku Ibu Dalam Memenuhi Status Gizi Balita Berbasis Theory Of Planned Behavior (TPB) Di Kelurahan Mulyorejo Surabaya

• Main Author: Arista Dwi Ayu Wirandani
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Language: Indonesian
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: R Medicine; RC Internal medicine; RT Nursing
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/122008/1/Arista%20Dwi%20Ayu%20Wirandani_131111160.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/122008/; http://www.lib.unair.ac.id
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

The children’s nutritional status in Mulyorejo district was influenced by mother’s behavior. Behavior according to the theory of planned behavior is influenced by attitudes, subjective norms, perceptions, intention and behavior itself. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of mother’s behavior in completing the children’s nutritional status in Mulyorejo district. This study used a descriptive cross sectional analytic approach. Cluster sampling techniques used in this study. The sample was 92 respondents. Independent variable in this study is the attitude, subjective norms, perceived mother and intentions. The dependent variable in this study is the behavior of the mother and children’s nutritional status. Cluster sampling techniques is used to get the sample of the study. This study used multiple linear regression to process the data with significance level ≤ 0, 05. The study shows that attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control with intention to have a value of p (sig) for 0.002 <0.05, which means that there is a significant relationship between attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control on the intention to fulfill the nutritional status. Perceptions and behavioral intention to complete the children’s nutritional status has a value of p (sig) of 0.000 <0.05, which means that there is a significant relationship between perceptions and intentions in behavior. Mother’s behavior in completing the children’s nutritional status has a value of p (sig) for 0.048 <0.05, which means that there were significant maternal behavior toward children’s nutritional status in Mulyorejo district. The conclusion of this study is the better maternal behavior in fulfilling the children’s nutrition, the better children’s nutritional status. The mother should pay more attention to the children’s nutrition and should spend more time to fulfill the children’s nutritional status. Suggestion for the further research is to analyze other factors of mother’s behavior in completing the children’s nutritional status.