Civil Servant and Heigt Level Education of Bugineses Mother not Significance for Support Paticipation in Growth Monitoring of Child

Abstract

Agent of changes in the health program are civil servant and height education level. The objectives of this study was to analyze maternal employment status and education to the participation in Growth monitoring for child (GMFC). The design of this study was cross sectional in October 2014. The unit of analysis was the mother who has children aged 0-24 months in District Soppeng Riaja and Mallusetasi Barru. Sample size was 416 children were taken by randomly on 15 clusters villages. Data were analyzed using Chi Square test. The results that the characteristics of the mother was having children aged 0-5 months (60.1%), mother's education was basic education down (54.6%), maternal employment was not as civil servants (93.8%), aged mother between 15-35 years (84%), participation had not good (67.5%). The results was no relationship between the work of the father, mother and mother's education work with participation GMFC in Posyandu, respectively p = 0.586, p = 0.449 and p = 0.779. There was a significant correlation between age children with participation in monitoring the growth of children in Barru (p = 0.000). Keywords: child; growth monitoring; maternal education