Strengthening Peer Educator on Mother’s Knowledge and Attitudes of Stunting in Ogan Komering Ilir Regency

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200612.045How to use a DOI?

Keywords

peer educator, stunting, Ogan Komering Ilir, knowledge, social capital

Abstract

Short children is a predictor of poor-quality human resources that are widely accepted, which in turn reduces the productive ability of a nation in the future. Stunting or malnutrition based on height by age is an indicator of chronic malnutrition. The prevalence of stunting for five-year-old infants in Indonesia in 2018 is 30.8%. This means that around 8.8 million children under five experience nutritional problems where their height is below the standard according to their age. Kader Posyandu as social capital in the community can be empowered in reducing the prevalence of stunting as peer educators in delivering information about stunting to mothers in Ogan Komering Ilir District. This study aims to analyze an increased knowledge in the experimental and control groups after intervention after given Nutrition education using flipchart education media. This study used a two-group quasi- experimental design method. The sample of this study was mothers of toddlers in 4 villages spread in SP Padang sub-district in Ogan Komering Ilir District. Research Sampling was conducted by purposive sampling. The total number of samples was 18 in the experimental group (SP Padang and Terate village) and 18 in the control group (Belanti and Terusan Menang village). A paired T-test analysis was used to see differences in the pre and post averages. The results showed that the significance value of knowledge in the experimental group was 0,000 and the significance value of attitude in the experimental group was 0.030. While the significance value of knowledge in the control group 0.020 and the significance value of attitude in the control group 0.057. So that the p-value <0.05 can be concluded that there is an influence of health education with Flipchart media and lectures on knowledge and attitudes about stunting. Health education with flipchart media has a score of increased knowledge and attitude higher than using the lecture method. It is necessary to develop flipchart media through digital screen displays to further enhance the knowledge and attitudes of mothers about stunting to reduce the number of stunting events in the future.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Anita Rahmiwati
AU  - Feranita Utama
AU  - Indah Purnama Sari
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/06/19
TI  - Strengthening Peer Educator on Mother’s Knowledge and Attitudes of Stunting in Ogan Komering Ilir Regency
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Sriwijaya International Conference of Public Health (SICPH 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 325
EP  - 331
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200612.045
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200612.045
ID  - Rahmiwati2020
ER  -