KNOWLEDGE OF PREGNANT WOMEN TOWARDS ATTITUDES IN PREVENTING STUNTING IN CHILDREN AT PUSKESMAS SAWO PONOROGO COUNTY

Abstract

Stunting is a nutritional problem that is experienced not only in Indonesia but also in the world today. Stunting is a condition in which children are less tall than their peers. This happens because of the lack of nutritional intake in children in the first 1000 days of life, namely in children aged from in the womb to children aged 2 years. Fulfillment of nutritional intake is very important since pregnancy. One of the factors that influence the fulfillment is knowledge. Knowledge is the result of "knowing" and this occurs after people carry out sensing of a particular object. The knowledge factor supports the creation of a real action and is expected after people gain knowledge then an attitude arises so that real action can occur from that person. The purpose of this study was to identify the knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women in preventing stunting.

The design of this research is analytic with cross sectional approach. The sampling technique used is cluster random sampling with a sample size of 35 respondents. The sample is pregnant women who take classes for pregnant women at the Sawo Ponorogo Health Center. The method of data collection using primary data is to fill out a questionnaire through a checklist. The results of the study after correlation analysis using Spearman Rank with a significant level of 5% through the help of SPSS version 16, obtained a correlation coefficient of 0.628, so the conclusion is that there is a relationship between knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women in preventing stunting in children.