Rumah Peduli Gizi untuk Pencegahan dan Pemulihan Gizi Berbasis Komunitas

Abstract

Malnutrition caused by carbohydrate and / or protein deficiency still threatens Indonesian children, including nutritional anemia due to iron deficiency, Iron deficiency anemia (IDA)which is the most prevalent anemia but neglected by public attention. The participation of the community in the prevention and treatment of malnutrition in children starts with the active participation of pregnant women in routine checks during pregnancy, supplementary feeding to children under five and monitoring the nutritional status of their children. The role of health cadres in the community is very important because they are the motor of community nutrition development activities in their area. Community service is intended to prevent and improve malnutrition in children through improving the quality of Posyandu (Pos Pelayanan Terpadu/Integrated Health Post) activities, monitoring of growth and health of under five years old children and administration of supplementary feeding for infants and children. This program is dedicated for increasing knowledge and skills of cadres and mothers of infants and under five year hildren in Cokrowijayan and Sukunan villages in Banyuraden Village, Gamping Sub-District, Sleman . The activities carried out in this service were in the form of malnutrition prevention and recovery workshops for children involving health leaders in Cokrowijayan and Sukunan Villages in Banyuraden Village and village youth leaders, including theory and practice. Additionally, there was assistance in measuring the anthropometry for growth monitoring. Other assistance provided was in he form of additional food for infants and under five year children. In this program, Tim of FKIK UMY (Medical Faculty Team of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta University) also carried out the assessment of the knowledge and practice of mothers of infants and under five year children in terms of nutrition care. The measurement results are reported descriptively and analytically.