Analysis of Factors Related to Mother Behavior on the Utilization of Integrated Service Post (POSYANDU) in Kotabaru District

The main strategy to reduce the prevalence of nutritional problems is through improving monitoring the children growth in Posyandu. The percentage of children under five years old was weighed in the last 6 months of 2016 in South Kalimantan Province was 68.7% and the district with the lowest coverage was Kotabaru District (43.60%). The Local Area Monitoring Report (PWS) nutritional development program in 2016, showed that D/S coverage at Dirgahayu Health Center based on the toddler age group were 44.79%, 24.57% and 19.72% and if the percentage compared with the district, provincial and national targets, it is still very low (less than 80%). This study aims to analyze the factors related to mother behavior in the utilization of posyandu in Kotabaru district. This research is a quantitative study with case control research design and in a study consisting of 95 cases and 95 controls with simple random sampling technique. There is a correlation between knowledge (p=0,0001), level of education (p=0,0001), community leaders support (p=0,005), and health worker support (p=0,005) with posyandu utilization behavior while dominant factors related to Posyandu utilization behavior is knowledge (p=0.0001).