ABSTRACT
Background:.The problem of nutrition is the cause of indirect death of mother
and child that can still be prevented. From the basic Health Research Data
(Riskesdas) in 2013 throughout Indonesia obtained the incidence of LBW of
10,2%. This result is slightly lower than Riskesdas in 2010 which amounted to
11,1%. The higest percentage of low birth weight is in Central Sulawesi province
(16,9%) and lowest in Northern Sumatera (7,2%). The occurance of low birth
weight in Central Sulawesi 2015 was 190 children.
Objective: This study aims to determine the relationship of maternal weight gain
during pregnancy with low birth weight incidence at Mamboro Community
Health Center in 2015.
Methods: This research type is analytic survey, with approach of cross sectional.
The population of this study were all mothers who gave birth to the low birth
weight infants category examined at the Mamboro Community Health Centre in
2015. Subject selections was conducted in nom-random sampling. The dependent
variable is low birth weight. The independent variable is the maternal weight
during pregnancy. Data were analyzed using Spearman correlation test.
Results: A total of 21 pregnant woman (95,4%) had less weight gain and 1
pregnant women (4,5%) had normal weight gain during pregnancy. The
prevalence of low birth weight occurrence in Mamboro Puskesmas area in 2015
are 35 babies.
Conclusion: There is a significant correlation between maternal weight gain
during pregnancy incidence at Puskesmas Mamboro in 2015 with p value 0,001 (p