Feeding Behavior Among Stunting Toddler’s Mothers

Introduction: Stunting is the accumulation of nutritional deficiency in a long time. This research has the objective to describe the knowledge, attitude, and action of feeding in stunting toddlers mothers in the Work Area of Tambak Wedi Public Health Center Surabaya. Methods: A descriptive observati...

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Main Authors: Silvia Farhanidiah, Yuni Sufyanti Arief, Iqlima Dwi Kurnia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Airlangga 2021-07-01
Series:Pediomaternal Nursing Journal
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Online Access:https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/PMNJ/article/view/21501
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author Silvia Farhanidiah
Yuni Sufyanti Arief
Iqlima Dwi Kurnia
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description Introduction: Stunting is the accumulation of nutritional deficiency in a long time. This research has the objective to describe the knowledge, attitude, and action of feeding in stunting toddlers mothers in the Work Area of Tambak Wedi Public Health Center Surabaya. Methods: A descriptive observational study design was used. The population of this research was mothers who have stunting toddlers with total of 65 respondents. The sample total of this research was 60 respondents proportional sampling technique. The data was analyzed using descriptive analysis. Results: The result of this research shows that 37 respondents (61.6%) have less knowledge, 44 respondents (58.3%) have negative attitude and 35 respondents (58.3%) have inappropriate action. Conclusion: Behavior of feeding by the mother affects the status of the toddler, so it needs to increase mother’s knowledge, attitude, and  action about feeding in toddlers. This research suggests that Public Health Center should provide information about feeding to stunting toddlers through health promotion activity.
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spelling doaj.art-16a89470f7b7486aaaf24efe522856592023-08-24T01:15:00ZengUniversitas AirlanggaPediomaternal Nursing Journal2355-15772656-46292021-07-0171263210.20473/pmnj.v7i1.2150117597Feeding Behavior Among Stunting Toddler’s MothersSilvia Farhanidiah0Yuni Sufyanti Arief1Iqlima Dwi Kurnia2Universitas AirlanggaUniversitas AirlanggaUniversitas AirlanggaIntroduction: Stunting is the accumulation of nutritional deficiency in a long time. This research has the objective to describe the knowledge, attitude, and action of feeding in stunting toddlers mothers in the Work Area of Tambak Wedi Public Health Center Surabaya. Methods: A descriptive observational study design was used. The population of this research was mothers who have stunting toddlers with total of 65 respondents. The sample total of this research was 60 respondents proportional sampling technique. The data was analyzed using descriptive analysis. Results: The result of this research shows that 37 respondents (61.6%) have less knowledge, 44 respondents (58.3%) have negative attitude and 35 respondents (58.3%) have inappropriate action. Conclusion: Behavior of feeding by the mother affects the status of the toddler, so it needs to increase mother’s knowledge, attitude, and  action about feeding in toddlers. This research suggests that Public Health Center should provide information about feeding to stunting toddlers through health promotion activity.https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/PMNJ/article/view/21501stuntingfeeding behaviourknowledgeattitudepractice
spellingShingle Silvia Farhanidiah
Yuni Sufyanti Arief
Iqlima Dwi Kurnia
Feeding Behavior Among Stunting Toddler’s Mothers
Pediomaternal Nursing Journal
stunting
feeding behaviour
knowledge
attitude
practice
title Feeding Behavior Among Stunting Toddler’s Mothers
title_full Feeding Behavior Among Stunting Toddler’s Mothers
title_fullStr Feeding Behavior Among Stunting Toddler’s Mothers
title_full_unstemmed Feeding Behavior Among Stunting Toddler’s Mothers
title_short Feeding Behavior Among Stunting Toddler’s Mothers
title_sort feeding behavior among stunting toddler s mothers
topic stunting
feeding behaviour
knowledge
attitude
practice
url https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/PMNJ/article/view/21501
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