HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN IBU TENTANG PEMBERIAN NUTRISI YANG BAIK TERHADAP TUMBUH KEMBANG ANAK USIA 3-5 TAHUN DI POSYANDU MAWAR DUSUN GEDANGAN DESA JATIROYO JATIPURO KARANGANYAR
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Abstract
Abstract
Introduction: Lack of nutrients in the diet can lead to disruption of the growth 
and development of infants. In addition, children become more susceptible to 
infection and subsequent disease can even lead to death of the baby. 
Therefore, it is necessary nutritional needs serious attention. The provision of 
adequate nutrition in children should begin in the womb, namely the provision of 
adequate nutrition in pregnant women. Mothers' knowledge of nutrition is very 
important for the growth and development of children.
The purpose: Of this study was to determine the relationship of knowledge of 
good nutrition for growth and development of children in Gedangan Village 
Jatiroyo District of Jatipuro Karanganyar.
The subjects: Were mothers with children under the age of 3-5 years in 
Gedangan Village Jatiroyo District of Jatipuro Karanganyar. Sampling is done 
with saturated sampling technique, namely by taking all members of the 
population being sampled because the population is small.
Methods: In this study is a correlation study, case-control approach. Data were 
obtained by questionnaire and observation method KMS and DDST to observe 
growth and development in children aged 3-5 years. The data have been 
collected and analyzed with the chi square test with p = 0.05.
The results: Of the study there were 19 mothers with a high level of knowledge 
about nutrition, growth and development of children according to age and 5 
women with a high level of knowledge, growth and development of children is 
not appropriate and 6 women with moderate levels of knowledge about nutrition, 
growth and development of children are not age appropriate. After being tested 
by Chi-Square SPSS version 16.0 with α = 5% (0.05) of 0000 thus obtained p 
value of p <0.05, which means that Ho is rejected and Ha accepted.
The conclusion: Of this study is that there is a relationship between maternal 
knowledge about good nutrition for growth and development of children aged 3-5 
years in Posyandu Dusun Gedangan Desa Jatiroyo
Keywords: knowledge level, nutrition