Improving cadre knowledge in stunting prevention through android-based application

Abstract

Stunting in children is one of the most significant barriers to human development, globally affecting approximately 162 million children under the age of 5 years. Stunting is one of the problems that the Indonesian government is currently focusing on, even during the Covid-19 pandemic. Government efforts to prevent stunting continue to be developed through the ministry of health, one of which is by optimizing public participation and awareness to prevent stunting at the lowest level, namely the village. The purpose of the study was to analyze the effect of cadre training on increasing cadre knowledge in stunting prevention through an android-based application. This research is a quantitative type with a quasi-experimental design using a pre post test without a control group. The sample of this research is health cadres in the village of Banyubiru and Ambarawa sub-districts, Semarang district, Central Java with a total sample of 120 respondents using purposive sampling technique. The research instrument used a questionnaire. Bivariate data analysis using Paired T-test. There is a significant increase in the level of knowledge of cadres between before and after being given training with a P value of 0.000.