Effect of Giving Zinc and Food Supplements to Pregnant Women on Growth, Development, and Child Morbidity Status in Takalar Regency of South Sulawesi in 2016 Jumria1,*, Bahar Burhanuddin1, Arsin Arsunan1 1Faculty of Public Health, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Km. 10, Tamalanrea Indah, Tamalanrea, Tamalanrea Indah, Tamalanrea, Kota, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, 90245, Indonesia *Corresponding author: Jumria, E-mail: jumriagizi@gmail.com
Online published on 30 April, 2019. Abstract The aim of this work is to determine the effect of giving zinc and food supplement to pregnant women on the status of growth, development and morbidity in children ranging from 13 to 14 years old in Takalar Regency, South Sulawesi Province. The work was an observational study using retrospective cohort design of the subjects in the study done by Taslim in 2004 in order to determine the effect of giving zinc supplement to pregnant women on growth, development and morbidity. Results showed that the group whose mothers were given zinc and food supplement to pregnant women on average have a body length of 48.9 cm and a height of 149.2 cm at this time and the growth of body height for 14 years is 100.3 cm taller than the group with food supplement history and control group with a significant value of p=0.040. For pain occurrence, zinc history group and the giving of zinc and food supplement have a better endurance compared to two groups with only food supplement and control group. In this case, 30 children (68.2%) are not sick but 2 children are sick in other cohort intervention group. Top Keywords Body height, menarche, morbidity, zinc supplementation. Top |