DESCRIPTION THE LEVEL OF MOTHER’S KNOWLEDGE WITH STUNTING INCIDENCE IN TODDLERS IN MASANGAN KULON VILLAGE, SIDOARJO

Abstract

Stunting is condition of failure to thrive in children impact of chronic malnutrition so that
children are too short for their age. One of the causes of stunting is parental knowledge. The aim is to
provide an overview of the level of mother's knowledge of the stunting incidence in toddlers in
Masangan Kulon Village. This study uses a descriptive method. The type of sample used is total
sampling which takes the entire population with 33 mothers who have stunting toddlers. The results
of this study were that the majority of mothers' knowledge about stunting was in the good category.
The majority of stunting toddlers are in the short category. The majority of toddlers at risk of stunting
are in the short category. The analysis in this scientific paper uses cross tabulation. The results of the
cross tabulation showed that the majority of mothers who had good knowledge had toddlers were in
the short category, while the majority of mothers who had sufficient knowledge had toddlers in the
short category. This means that there is no relationship between the stunting incidence and the level
of mother’s knowledge about stunting. The majority of mothers with stunting have a good level of
knowledge because when a toddler is detected stunting, the mother is given counseling and health
promotion about stunting from the puskesmas. The majority of stunted toddlers are in the short
category due to factors from the large number of mothers who give birth at an unproductive age, the
low level of mother's education, and mothers who don’t work enabling a low economy.