Open AccessGROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN IN ADOLESCENT MOTHERS IN GUNUNGKIDUL
Author(s) -
Dewi Rokhanawati,
Rosmita Nuzuliana
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of health science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2685-8673
DOI - 10.31101/ijhst.v3i2.2261
Subject(s) - observational study , affect (linguistics) , developmental psychology , pediatrics , psychology , scale (ratio) , demography , medicine , geography , cartography , communication , pathology , sociology
Early marriage has an impact on knowledge and skills in parenting, which will adversely affect to children growth and development. There are about 1.05% of children under five in Gunung Kidul have delay development. We use descriptive observational research, wich 30 young mothers aged under 21 years. We used questionnaires for completeness of data, invanometer, weight scale, Denver II Form, Z Score table. The results obtained are most respondents arelow education level (66.7%) and mayority as housewives. Toddlers' weight is in accordance with their age, the majority are normal height, but 56.7% of toddlers are delay in their development.