Increasing Maternal Knowledge In Preventing Stunting Through Community-Based Nutrition Education

Abstract

Stunting is a disorder of growth and development of children due to chronic malnutrition and recurrent infections, which is characterized by their length or height being below the r mark set by the minister who organizes government affairs in the health sector. The respondents in this activity were mothers and toddlers in RW 02, RT 01, 02, and 03. The sample in this activity was 42 toddlers. The purpose of this activity is to increase mothers' knowledge about feeding, especially fruits and vegetables with balanced nutritional content for toddlers. The method used is the Wilcoxon Test with a confidence level of 95% and α = 0.05. The results and discussion using the Wilcoxon test showed an increase in maternal knowledge related to stunting. There are 5 toddlers affected by stunting. There are efforts to change behavior for the better and increase maternal knowledge in stunting prevention, namely by socialization about the importance of preventing stunting, nutritious food demos, posters of processed fruit and vegetable creations, and distribution of PMT (Supplementary Feeding). After community-based nutrition education, there can be an increase in maternal knowledge in stunting prevention.