EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH EDUCATION PROVISION BASED ON SELF CARE THEORY TO THE GROWTH OF TODDLERS

Abstract

Growth and development is an ongoing process ranging from conception to
maturity. One of the important efforts in increasing growth is the delivery method of
health education by using the Self Care approach to the growing of toddlers with the right
health education media. The purpose of this research is to analyze the influence of
nutritional counseling according to Self Care theory of toddler growth. The method of
this research is pre-experimental research with pretest-posttest design. Samples are 18
infant respondents. Test normality using Kolmogorov-Smirnov. Hypotheses test the
difference of pretest-Postest infant growth (weight loss, height, head circumference) with
Wilcoxon. Differences pretest-posttest toddler growth (weight loss, height, head
circumference) with Paired Samples T-Test. The result is based on collected data from 18
subjects, results of pretest-posttest toddler growth in Wilcoxon test there is a significant
difference that is (P = 0.001). Results pretest-posttest weight loss Test Wilcoxon obtained
significant differences (P = 0,002). The results of the pretest-posttest height of the body in
the test Paired Sample T-Test There is a significant difference (P = 0.001). Results of
pretest-posttest head circumference in test Paired Sample T-Test There is a significant
difference (P = 0.001). In conclusion, there is a proven influence of nutrition counseling
to grow toddlers according to self-care theory with media leaflets.