Sri Dara Ayu
Background: Nutritional outreach program is one of the nutritional improvement programs in Sulawesi Selatan, which aimed to accelerate the reduction of underweight rates among underfive children, through family and community development. Caring pattern is one of the important factors for increasing the nutritional and health status of the underfive children. Thus, it is important to evaluate the effect of nutritional outreach program on caring pattern, infectious disease rates and the anthropometric status.
Methods: This study was a quasi experiment research with a pre and post test design. The subjects were 102 of the 118 underfive children in Mangarabombang Subdistrict, Takalar District, Sulawesi Selatan, who were targeted by nutritional outreach program. The outreach program was conducted for one month. The observed variables included mother’s nutritional knowledge and caring pattern scores, infectious disease rates (diarrhea and respiratory tract infections) and the anthropometric status. These variables were measured at baseline, 1 month, 2 months and 3 months after the program was started. Data were analyzed by comparing the variables at baseline and at three months after the intervention, using paired t-test, Wilcoxon’s sign rank and chi square tests.
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