FACTOR ANALYSIS OF MOTHER^S KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE TO POLICY STUNTING PREVENTION IN TODDLERS IN THE WORK AREA PUSKESMAS KAWUNGANTEN KABUPATEN CILACAP Eni Widhiyaastuti(a*), Kustanto Nugroho(b)
a) Magister of Public Health, Jenderal Soedirman University, Indonesia,
Jl. HR. Boenyamin No. 708, Purwokerto 53122, Central Java, Indonesia
*eni.widhiyaastuti[at]mhs.unsoed.ac.id
b) Cilacap Regional General Hospital
Jl. Gatot Subroto No. 28 Cilacap
Abstract
Stunting is a form of growth failure due to accumulation of insufficient nutrition that lasts a long time from pregnancy to 24 months of age. Stunting is caused by problems with nutritional intake consumed during pregnancy and toddlerhood. Mother^s knowledge and attitudes regarding health and nutrition before pregnancy, as well as during the postpartum period, limited health services and low access to nutritious food, low access to sanitation and clean water greatly influence the occurrence of stunting. The results of the 2013 Basic Health Research in Kabupaten Cilacap showed that the prevalence of stunting reached 36.3% in 2013 and 32.1% in 2018. The purpose of this study was to analyze the knowledge and attitudes of mothers towards stunting prevention policies in the work area of the Puskesmas. Kawunganten, Kabupaten Cilacap. The population in this study amounted to 162 mothers of toddlers with the sampling technique using purposive sampling. Processing techniques using univariate and bivariate analysis using the chi-square test and correlation test. The results of the univariate analysis showed that mothers with toddlers had an education level of 26% high school, 45% junior high school and 29% elementary school. Meanwhile, the results of the bivariate analysis show that there is a relationship between the behavior and attitudes of mothers towards stunting prevention policies. It is expected that for the working area of the Puskesmas Kawunganten, Kabupaten Cilacap, in implementing stunting prevention policies, primary prevention will be carried out through health promotion in providing an understanding of stunting so that there will be an increase in knowledge and changes in attitudes expected in achieving optimal health levels.
Keywords: knowledge and attitude-mothers of toddlers-stunting
