THE EFFECT OF SPECIFIC NUTRITION INTERVENTION EDUCATION ON MOTHERS' KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES IN PROVIDING FOOD LOCAL ADDITIONAL FOOD (PMT) FOR TODDLERS AS AN EFFORTS TO PREVENT STUNTING IN TANJUNG BALAI COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER WORK AREA KARIMUN REGENCY IN

Abstract

Stunting is still a major challenge in Indonesia. Several efforts have been made by the government including the Provision of Local Supplementary Food (PMT). At the Tanjung Balai Health Center, Karimun Regency, it was found that Local PMT was often not finished by toddlers. Therefore, specific nutrition education was provided to mothers of toddlers to improve their knowledge and attitudes in Provision of Local Supplementary Food (PMT) as an effort to overcome stunting. This study aims to determine the effect of specific nutrition intervention education on the knowledge and attitudes of mothers in Local PMT in toddlers as an effort to overcome stunting at the Tanjung Balai Health Center, Karimun Regency in 2024. This study is a pre-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test non-control design. The number of samples was 67 people with a purposive sampling technique. The research instrument used a questionnaire. Specific nutrition education was provided in the form of counseling. Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon test. The univariate results obtained an average of respondents' knowledge before being given specific nutrition intervention education of 5.3. The average attitude of respondents before being given specific nutrition intervention education 30.3 The average knowledge of respondents after being given specific nutrition intervention education 8.1 The average attitude of respondents after being given specific nutrition intervention education 32.7. There is an effect of specific nutrition intervention education on respondents' knowledge (p value = 0.01) There is an effect of specific nutrition intervention education on respondents' attitudes (p value = 0.01). This study concludes that there is an effect of specific nutrition education on the knowledge and attitudes of mothers of toddlers in Local PMT. It is recommended that health workers provide routine counseling to mothers of toddlers about Local PMT and to mothers of toddlers to try to get their toddlers to finish the Local PMT given.