Correlation of Maternal Education with Parenting and child Nutritional Status Sukmawati1,*, Sirajuddin1 1Departement of Nutrition, Makassar of Health Polytechnic, Indonesia *Corresponding Author: Sukmawati, Departement of Nutrition, Makassar of Health Polytechnic, Indonesia, Phone: 081342712435, Email: sukmawati@poltekkes-mks.ac.id
Online published on 13 November, 2019. Abstract Education levels is the key to childcare. Good education has an impact on the quality of the parenting style and nutritional status for under five years old. The objective of this study were to analyze the correlation of maternal education by care and nutritional status of children under five in Maros District in Indonesia. Settings and Design The sample were under five years old and selected by simple random sampling. Sample size were 156 children. The design of this study is a cross sectional study. Data analysis by spearman correlation test at 95% confidence level Method and Material Child weight was measured by electronic SECAscale. Anthropometric data collected in Infants (0–11 mo of age) were weighed with their mothers and then the mother's weight was subtracted to obtain infant weights. Recumbent length of children <24 mo of age was measured with the use of a measuring board. Nutritional status was assessed based on the WHO Multicenter Growth Reference Study Standards. Three indexes were derived from anthropometric measures, including weight-for-age z score (WHA), length-for-age z score (HAZ), and weight-for-length z score (WHA). This research was registered with the ethics commission of the Makassar Health Polytechnic. Statistical Analysis Used The data analyze were used to SPSS 16. Correlations between parenting style and z scores anthropometric were tested by Spearmen correlation at 95% confidence intervals. Results Distribution of nutritional status of children in the basic education group were normal as much as 67.1% while in the normal education group were 75.7%. Based on the HAZ index that basic education is 53.2% normal status compared in the education group 61.4%. Based on the WAZ index in the basic education group it was good status at 74.7% compared in continue education group were 77.1%. The results of the Spearman correlation analysis that education levels were correlated with parenting in the basic education group (p = 0.043) and in the continue education group it were not significant correlated (p = 0.417). If respondents were grouped according to nutritional status (HAZ) and then conducted a correlation test the parenting pattern correlated with the value of the HAZ score in the continue education group (p = 0.026) but did not correlate with the basic education group (p = 0.057). Conclusions In the group of basic educated mothers, it is known that there is a correlation between the nutritional status of children according to the WAZ index while in the group of advanced educated mothers there is no correlation with the child's WAZ status. In the group of continue educated mothers there was a correlation of HAZ nutritional status with parenting style. Top Keywords Education, Parenting and Nutritional Status of Toddlers. Top |