Description of The Posyandu Program Effectiveness and Nutritional Status During The Covid-19 Pandemic in Gading Village Surabaya

Abstract

Thejstrategyjofjbasicjpublicjhealthjservicesjwithjajfocusjonjtoddlersjcanjbejcarriedjoutjin
Posyandujactivities.jThejeffectivenessjofjthejPosyandujprogramand monitoring nutritional
status of children wasjobstructedjduringjthe jCovid-9jpandemic,
whichjledjtojajhighjnumberjofjnutritionaljproblemsjforjchildren.
The purpose is to identifyingjajdescriptionjofjthejeffectiveness
posyandujprogramjandjthejnutritionaljstatusjofjtoddlersjduringjthejCovid-
9jpandemicjinjGadingjVillagejSurabaya.
Thisjtypejofjstudyjisjajdescriptivejresearch.jThejsamplesjofjthisjstudyjwerej9jposyandujca
dresjand j51toddlers on two Posyandu. The result is 9 of
9jcadresjstatedjthatjthejimplementationjofjthejposyandujprogramjduringjpandemicjwasjeff
ective.jNutritionaljstatusjofjtoddlersjbasedjonjweight/agejandjheight/age,jmostjofjthejtoddl
ersjinjthejweighingjperiodjfromjAugust j2021jtojJanuary
2022jhadjnormaljnutritionaljstatus.jNutritionaljstatusjofjtoddlersjbasedjonjweight/height,
17j(33,3%)jtoddlersjhadjseverejmalnutritionjinjthejperiodjAugust
2021.jNutritionaljproblemsjofjtoddlersjinjGadingVillagejAreajarejquitejhighjinjthejperiodj
August j2021. jSo, various innovations in posyandu program are needed and the
community must fully participate.