Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

Mustamin Mustamin ¹, Chatarina Umbul ², Shrimarti Rukmini Devy ³, Rudy Hartono ⁴

Affiliations
1 Doctoral Candidate of Health Sciences, Airlangga University, ID
2 Department of Epidemiology, Airlangga University, ID
3 Department of Health Promotion, Airlangga University, ID
4 Department of Nutrition, Makassar of Health Polytechnic, ID

Abstract

Breast milk is the best nutrient for infant especially for the newborn. Nutrition in breast milk has benefits for improving infant’s growth and development. The infant are expected to be the successor of the nation that has competitiveness and high productivity by getting the best nutrition in the breastmilk. This research aims to determine the relationship of breastfeeding with infant’s growth and development in Sudiang Raya District Makassar City. This research is an analytic with cross sectional study design. The population were all the infant aged 6-12 months in Sudiang Raya distric as many as 192 infants. Total sample were 78 infant. The results showed that the exclusive breast feeding was high (66,7%) compared to the non-exclusive breast feeding (33,3%). Based on data analysis found that there were a significant relationship between breastfeeding and infant’s growth based on BB/U index with ρ: 0,000, PB/U index with ρ: 0,001 and BB/ PB index with ρ: 0,010. There were also a significant relationship between breastfeeding and infant’s development with ρ: 0,000. Giving breast milk to the infant can increase growth and development so that it can improve their health status.

Keywords

Breast Milk, Infant, Growth, Development.

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Siti Asiyah ¹, Dewi Retno Suminar ², Moersintowarti B. Narendra ³, Shrimarti Rukmini Devy ²

Affiliations
1 Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia, ID
2 Airlangga University, Surabaya, ID
3 Dr Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya, ID

Abstract

Child development activities must be based not only to fulfill physical nutrition for children, but also to pay attention to meet the needs ofpsychological nutrition, such as giving love, attention and affection to children thatcan be manifested in talk, action, touch and gentle speech to children(1). These are the values of Tender Loving Care (TLC)-based parenting, especially in growth and development services by cadres in Taman Posyandu. This researchaims to analyze the dominant indicators in the competence of communication skills of health cadres in TLC-based Taman Posyandu. It is a kind of quantitative study with a cross-sectional approach. This research was carried out in 4 districts (cities) in East Java Province with a large sample consisting of 320 Taman Posyandu.The results of thisresearch show that the dominant indicator in the competencies of cadre communication skills is an indicator of understanding the basic communication with children when performing services inTamanPosyandu (0.78). This skills needs to be continuously developed optimally to provide growth and development services in Taman Posyandu, sothe services can be implemented properly and wholeheartedly by TLC-based cadres.

Keywords

Health Cadres, Communication Skills, Tender Loving Care (TLC).

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Siti Asiyah ¹, Dewi Retno Suminar ², Ahsan ³, Shrimarti Rukmini Devy ⁴, Moersintowarti B. Narendra ⁵

Affiliations
1 Student at Doctoral Program, Faculty of Public Health Airlangga University, Surabaya, ID
2 Lecturer at Faculty of Psychology Airlangga University, Surabaya, ID
3 Lecturer at Faculty of Nursing Brawijaya University, Malang, ID
4 Lecturer at Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Surabaya, ID
5 Consultant Pediatrician at Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya, ID

Abstract

Tender Loving Care (TLC), in providing professional care, is seen as the greatest virtue dedicated to care. It is used to describe how love is shaped and refined to meet the requirements of practice. These are the values of TLC-based care, particularly in growth and development services performed by the cadres in Taman Posyandu. This research aims to describe the efforts of TLC-based early childhood growth monitoring in Taman Posyandu. It is a kind of quantitative study with a cross-sectional approach. This research was carried out in four districts (cities) in East Java with the great sample of 320 Taman Posyandu. The results revealed that most cadres were more optimal in monitoring growth activities while lacking in the ability of TLC-based early childhood development monitoring. Therefore, more effort is needed in approaching and training deeply to provide the knowledge to the cadres about the importance of serving with heart, as an effort to monitor TLC-based child development.

Keywords

Health Cadres, Growth and Development Monitoring, Tender Loving Care (TLC).

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