FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI PERBEDAAN BERAT BADAN LAHIR BAYI DI RSUD. Dr. M . YUNUS KOTA BENGKULU

Abstract

Nowadays, Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is still high in Indonesia, it is about 32 per 1.000 live
births, and low birth weight infants accounted for 34% as the major cause (SDKI, 2012). In
Dr.M.Yunus hospital at Bengkulu city, cases of LBW has increased from the preceding year,
approximately 391 infants (14.4%) of 2713 childbirths. The purpose of this research is known the
factors which affect average of birth weight infants in C1 Midwifery room at Dr.M.Yunus Bengkulu in
2013. The study design was observational descriptive with cross-sectional method which the population
are women who delivered in the maternity room at Dr.M.Yunus hospital, and also with accidental
sampling technique which samples are 48 respondents, data were processed using univariate and
bivariate. The results of statistical tests showed there are influences of those factors to affect average of
birth weight infant in Dr.M.Yunus hospital in 2013 and long-standing is the most dominant factor. It is
expected that health workers can be provide counseling to pregnant women in order to know the risks if
the women have a bad lifestyle (exposure to cigarette smoke, caffeine consumption, and prolonged
standing) and also set the age for pregnancy planning.