Background: Stunting is caused in part by feeding behavior in infants and young children. Knowledge is the most important factor in shaping one's attitude and behavior, particularly when it comes to infants and young children feeding. This study aims to find out how the mothers’ knowledge of infant and child feeding could be increased through booklets in Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. Method: This study is a quasi-experimental non-randomized study with pre and post-test only control design. Study was conducted in Jayabakti Village, Banggai Regency. Sample consisted of 40 mothers of children under five collected with purposive sampling method from October to December 2020. At the local Integrated Health Service Post, booklets were distributed once a month as part of the study intervention. Over the duration of the three-month study period, booklets were distributed three times. The used booklets were the modified version of the WHO-developed Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling: An Integrated Course. The mean difference was used to compare the results of the pre- and post-tests on knowledge of infant and young child feeding. The hypothesis test was applied with a 95% confidence level of 0.05. Result: The respondents with ages ranging between 15 and 20 were 42.5%. Mothers graduated from senior high schools were 45%. Mothers that had three children were 55.0%. Family income was 586,000 rupiahs in average. After the booklets distribution for three months, there was an increase in the mothers’ knowledge regarding infant and young child feeding. The older the mother's age, the better her knowledge (p=0,015). Factors of children's age and mother's education did not have a significant effect. Conclusion: Mothers knowledge regarding infant and young child feeding at Banggai Regency Central of Sulawesi is generally good. After using the booklets, their knowledge has increased. With time, the mother's knowledge expands. Formal education has no significant effect on infants and young children nutrition knowledge
BACKGROUND: Optimizing the role of health cadres through empowerment and training activities that relevant agencies can provide is needed to improve health cadres’ skills in preventing steps in their respective environments. AIM: This study aims to determine the effect of education on health cadres in helping families at risk of having stunting children in Parigi Moutong Regency. METHODS: The research method used was a quasi-non-randomized pre-test and post-test-only control design experiment with the independent variable. Education of cadres training uses a pocketbook. The dependent variable is knowledge, attitudes, and skills to help families risk having stunting children. The sample used was 40 health cadres scattered in the work area of Mepanga Community Health Center, Parigi Moutong Regency, with a purposive sampling technique. The data analysis technique used was the Wilcoxon test and paired sample t-test. RESULTS: The results of p-value pre-test–post-test showed that knowledge, attitudes, and skills of health cadres were 0.000 smaller than the significance level of 0.05 (p < 0.05), and the mean score for each variable obtained after health cadres’ education was greater than before education. CONCLUSIONS: There is an effect of education on health cadres in helping families at risk of having stunting children. It means that education for health cadres through pocketbooks effectively increases the knowledge, attitudes, and skills of health cadres in helping families at risk of having stunted children.
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