HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP IBU TERHADAP UPAYA PENCEGAHAN STUNTING PADA BALITA

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Stunting masih menjadi masalah kesehatan masyarakat dengan dampak jangka panjang pada kualitas sumber daya manusia. Upaya pencegahan di tingkat keluarga dipengaruhi pengetahuan dan sikap ibu terkait nutrisi dan perawatan balita. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis hubungan pengetahuan dan sikap ibu dengan upaya pencegahan stunting pada balita di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Sokorejo Kota Pekalongan. Penelitian analitik cross-sectional dengan populasi ibu balita usia 0-59 bulan, sampel 66 responden dipilih proportional random sampling. Data primer dari kuesioner tervalidasi dan reliabel, dianalisis univariat dan bivariat dengan Fisher Exact Test menggunakan SPSS. Hasil menunjukkan tidak ada hubungan pengetahuan ibu dengan upaya pencegahan stunting (p=0,845 >0,05), tetapi ada hubungan sikap ibu (p=0,000 <0,05). Sikap ibu lebih berperan daripada pengetahuan dalam mendorong perilaku pencegahan stunting.

Stunting remains a major public health problem with long-term impacts on human resource quality. Preventive efforts at the family level are strongly influenced by maternal factors, particularly knowledge and attitudes related to child nutrition and care. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between maternal knowledge and attitudes and stunting prevention efforts among under-five children in the working area of Sokorejo Public Health Center, Pekalongan City. This analytical study employs a cross-sectional approach. The target population comprises all mothers with toddlers aged 0-59 months, with a sample of 66 respondents selected via proportional random sampling. Data were collected using questionnaires that underwent validity and reliability testing. Data analysis was conducted through univariate and bivariate methods utilizing the Fishers Exact Test. Statistical analysis using SPSS indicates no significant relationship between maternal knowledge and stunting prevention efforts (p=0.845 >0.05). Conversely, a significant relationship exists between maternal attitudes (p=0.000 <0.05). Therefore, attitude factors play a more prominent role than knowledge in shaping maternal behaviors toward stunting prevention.