Nutrition Class Intervention with the Emotional Demonstration Method on the Nutritional Status of Underweight Toddlers During the Covid-19 Pandemic in West Lombok Regency

Intervensi Kelas Gizi Metode Emo Demo terhadap Status Gizi Balita Underweight Pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19 di Kabupaten Lombok Barat

Nutrition Class Emo-Demo Underweight toddler Covid-19

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  • Baiq Dewi Sukma Septiani
    dewisukma180989@gmail.com
    Program Studi S1 Gizi, Fakultas Kesehatan, Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama NTB, NTB, Indonesia, Indonesia
  • Lalu Dwi Satria Ardiansyah Program Studi S1 Pendidikan Seni Drama Tari dan Musik, Fakultas Pendidikan, Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama NTB, NTB, Indonesia, Indonesia
23 December 2022

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Background: One of Covid-19 impacts was the lowering community economic level. This phenomenon affected the ability of purchasing better food. SSGI Data (2021), presented that 22.4% of toddlers in the NTB Province were categorized underweight. West Lombok Regency were the first rank from tenth regencies in NTB for underweight prevalence toddlers (20,26%). Underweight were caused by inadequate breastfeeding, erroneous of MP-ASI given, and several infectious desease.

Purpose: This study aimed to determinee the effect of emo-demo nutritional education on thee underweight toddler's nutrition status during the Covid-19 pandemic in West Lombok Regency.

Methods: This quantitative research was a Quasi-Experimental with Pre-Post Control Design. This research was conducted from June to August 2022. The total sample were 32 people whom divided into control and experiment groups based on inclusion criteria; toddlers aged 6-59 months, underweight toddlers cared by their mothers, Respondents were from Batu Kuta Village, West Lombok Regency Purposive sampling were used to gather the data. Data were analyzed using paired sample t test and multiple linear regression.

Results: The results showed that the underweight toddler's nutrition status gained after nutritional class intervention using emo-demo method. There were 68.8% of toddlers with heavy weight based on the BB/U index (p=0.000), 87.5% of toddlers with normal weight based on the TB/U index (p=0.000) and 75% of toddlers with fair based on nutritional status nutrition index BB/TB (p=0.686).

Conclusion: The nutrition class intervention gained the nutritional status of underweight toddlers based on the BB/U and TB/U indices during the Covid-19 pandemic in West Lombok Regency.