The Relationship Between Maternal Knowledge About the First 1000 Days of Life (HPK) and the Occurrence of Stunting in the Jabon Sidoarjo Health Center Work Area

Abstract

The first thousand days of life (1000 HPK) is the period from 270 days (9 months) during the mother's womb to 730 days (24 months) after the child is born which can determine the future of humans. One of the health problems in 1000 HPK that often occurs in children is stunting, so it is very necessary for mothers' knowledge to be able to prevent stunting by optimizing 1000 HPK. This study aims to determine the relationship between maternal knowledge about the first 1000 days of life (HPK) with the occurrence of stunting in the Jabon Sidoarjo Health Center Working Area. This study used a type of correlation analytic research with a cross sectional approach. The sample in this study were some mothers who had children aged 0-5 years in the Jabon Sidoarjo Health Center working area, Dukuhsari Village, totaling 79 mothers with simple random sampling technique. The results of this study indicate that all (89.7%) mothers have sufficient knowledge whose children do not experience stunting and most (73.1%) mothers have less knowledge whose children experience stuning. The results of the Chi-Square statistical test obtained an Asymp.sig (2-tailed) value = 0.00 <0.05, it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between maternal knowledge about the first 1000 days of life (HPK) with the occurrence of stunting. Therefore, health workers need to provide counseling to mothers, especially about 1000 HPK and it is recommended that parents need to increase knowledge by seeking information about the importance of 1000 HPK in preventing stunting.