Factors Contributed in Providing Complementary Foods and Changes in Toddler Growth Charts

Nur Mukarromah, SKM, M.Kes and Septian Galuh .W, S.Kep.,Ns and Diah Priyantini, S.Kep., Ns., M. Kep and Erfan Rofiqi, S.Kep., Ns, M.Kep and WIWI SEPTA, HAKIM and Abdul Aziz Alimul, Hidayat and Chlara, Yunita Prabawati (2025) Factors Contributed in Providing Complementary Foods and Changes in Toddler Growth Charts. Factors Contributed in Providing Complementary Foods and Changes in Toddler Growth Charts, 20 (02). ISSN 2502 5791

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Abstract

Exclusive breastfeeding supports healthy child development and physical growth. The role factor of fathers tends to pay less attention to nutritional intake and the diversity of food that is good for children, so it is important to involve fathers in providing complementary foods. The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors that contributed in providing complementary foods with the growth chart of under-five children. Methods: Correlational analytic study with a cross-sectional approach on 366 under-fives aged 6-24 months who were recruited using simple random sampling. The variables consisted of the demographic factors and father's role in providing complementary feeding and the growth chart of the card to health, both variables were measured using demographic questionnaire and The Paternal Engagement, Paternal Accessibility and Paternal Responsibility scale with a good validity and reability and analyzed using the binary logistic regression. Results: The majority shows positive father involvement (72%), normal weight progression (76.5%), and predominantly normal height (88%), with only 11% categorized as short. The multivariate analysis show that father's education, father's job, mother's age, mother's education, mother's job and father's role have a significant relationship with the growth chart. Father's role is the most dominant variable because its OR is the highest (p = 0.001; OR = 2.128; CI = 1.263-3.433), which means that a supportive or better father's role will make the provision of complementary food better and improve the child's growth chart. Conclusion: Fathers play an important role in supporting the growth of under-fives through complementary feeding. This study is expected to be applied with a wider range of areas in order to obtain comparisons with research that has been done.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > RT Nursing
Divisions:	Buku > Fakultas Ilmu Kesehatan
Depositing User:	NUR MUKARROMAH MUKARROMAH
Date Deposited:	16 Apr 2025 02:28
Last Modified:	16 Apr 2025 02:28
URI:	http://repository.um-surabaya.ac.id/id/eprint/10108

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