HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DAN STATUS EKONOMI DENGAN KEJADIAN KEKURANGAN ENERGI KRONIS (KEK) PADA IBU HAMIL DI UPTD PUSKESMAS KINTAMANI IV Ni Putu Ariani Fakultas Kesehatan Program Studi Sarjana Kebidanan Institut Teknologi Dan Kesehatan Bali Email : [email protected] ABSTRAK Latar belakang: Masalah gizi kurang karena sangat membahayakan pada ibu hamil yang anemia dan ibu hamil kekurangan energi kronis (KEK). Faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi KEK antara lain yaitu pengetahuan ibu tentang KEK dan pendapatan keluarga. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan dan status ekonomi dengan kejadian kekurangan energi kronis (KEK) pada ibu hamil di wilayah Puskesmas Kintamani IV. Metode: Jenis penelitian analitik korelasi dengan rancangan cross-sectional. Sampel penelitian ibu hamil sebanyak 156 responden, teknik sampling Simple Random Sampling. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan kuesioner. Data dianalisa dengan uji chi square. Hasil: Tingkat pengetahuan sebagian besar yaitu 70 orang (44,9%) kategori baik, status ekonomi sebagian besar yaitu 76 orang (64,4%) kelas menengah, kejadian kekurangan energi kronis sebagian besar yaitu 116 orang (74,4%) tidak mengalami KEK. Hasil analisis uji Chi-Square didapatkan nilai signifikansi yaitu 0,000 kurang dari α = 0,05 berarti H0 ditolak dan Ha diterima yang menunjukkan ada hubungan antara pengetahuan dan status ekonomi dengan kejadian KEK. Kesimpulan: pengetahuan akan berpengaruh terhadap perilaku dalam mengkonsumsi makanan sehari-hari dan dalam memahami kebutuhan gizi yang baik dalam kehamilan, status ekonomi dapat mempengaruhi terjadinya kejadian KEK pada ibu hamil yaitu berkaitan dengan pemenuhan asupan makanan yang dikonsumsi Kata Kunci : Pengetahuan, Status Ekonomi, Kekurangan Energi Kronis

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND ECONOMIC STATUS WITH THE INCIDENCE OF CHRONIC ENERGY DEFICIENCY AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN THE WORKING AREA OF KINTAMANI IV PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER Ni Putu Ariani Faculty of Health Bachelor of Midwifery Program Institute of Technology and Health Bali Email : [email protected] ABSTRACT Background: Malnutrition is dangerous for anemic pregnant women and chronic energy deficiency pregnant women. Factors that influence the incidence of chronic energy deficiency include mother's knowledge about chronic energy deficiency and family income. Purpose: To determine the correlation between knowledge and economic status with the incidence of chronic energy deficiency among pregnant women in the working area of Kintamani IV Public Health Center Method: This study employed analytical correlation with cross-sectional design. There were 156 respondents recruited as sample pf the study which were selected by using Simple Random Sampling. The data were collected by using questionnaire and analyzed by using chi square test. Result: The finding showed that there were 70 respondents (44.9%) had good knowledge level, for economic status there were 76 respondents (64.4%) were in middle class, there were 116 respondents (74.4%) did not experience chronic energy deficiency. The finding indicated that significance value of 0.000 less than α = 0.05 meant that H0 was rejected and Ha was accepted which showed that there was a correlation between knowledge and economic status with the incidence of chronic energy deficiency. Conclusion: Knowledge affects behavior in consuming daily food and in understanding the need of good nutrition during pregnancy, economic status affects the occurrence of CED among pregnant women, which is related to fulfilling the intake of food consumed Keywords : Knowledge, Economic Status, Chronic Energy Deficiency