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Relationship between Maternal Agency during Pregnancy and Infant Birth Weight in East Jakarta = Hubungan antara Maternal Agency pada Waktu Kehamilan dan Berat Lahir Bayi di Jakarta Timur.

Maternal agency has been recently identified to influence child health outcome in some developing countries including Indonesia. However, studies to assess the relationship between maternal agency and infant birth weight are lacking. A cross sectional study was conducted involving 283 pregnant women aged 19–44 years old in ten sub-district primary health center in East Jakarta. None of maternal agency or its component factors showed significant correlations with infant birth weight, though there was a trend toward significant (0.071)in decision-making autonomy, after controlled by maternal height and family type. Furthermore, maternal decision-making was a protective predictor against birth weight less than 3000 gram, in adjusted logistic data.
Keywords: birth weight, decision-making, maternal agency



Saat ini, Maternal agency diketahui memiliki pengaruh terhadap keluaran kesehatan anak di beberapa negara berkembang termasuk Indonesia. Namun, masih sedikit studi yang menjelaskan hubungan antara maternal agency dan berat lahir. Oleh karena itu, dilakukan penelitian potong lintang melibatkan 283 Ibu hamil pada 10 Puskesmas Kecamatan se-Jakarta Timur. Hasil menunjukkan tidak terdapat korelasi positif yang signifikan antara maternal agency atau komponennya pada berat lahir, tetapi terdapat tren menuju signifikan pada komponen pengambilan keputusan (p=0.071)setelah dikontrol dengan tinggi Ibu dan tipe keluarga. Pada analisis multivariat, pengambilan keputusan merupakan prediktor pelindung terhadap berat lahir