ABSTRACTThis study was conducted for the purpose to obtain valuable information on
how far health center had done its role on improving children nutritional status.
This study did not attempt to evaluate health program implemented by
health center, but only differentiated the two extremes of health center
performance (low and high performance) and their contribution to improving
children nutritional status.
This research report has been presented in three parts. Part 1. Introduction
consisted of background of the study, problem statement and rationale of the
study, literature review, causal model, hypotheses, objectives of the study,
variables and indicators. Part 2. Manuscript for publication was presented
according to Food and Nutrition Bulletin's format, there were abstract,
introduction, subjects and methods, results, discussion, conclusion,
references, and appendices. Part 3. Appendices consisted of questionnaires,
methodology, ethical consideration, operational definition, detailed results,
recommendations, instruction for the contributors of Food and Nutrition
Bulletin, references and curriculum vitae.