Education on the Importance of Breast Milk and Complementary Foods for Breast Milk (MPASI) as an Effort to Prevent Stunting

Langi, Louisa Ariantje and Rahmawati, Fri and Wija, Ida Bagus Eka Utama and Pariam, Ganda and Reviani, Nia (2024) Education on the Importance of Breast Milk and Complementary Foods for Breast Milk (MPASI) as an Effort to Prevent Stunting. Asian Journal of Applied Research for Community Development and Empowerment, 8 (1). pp. 70-74. ISSN 2581-0405

	Text EducationontheImportance.pdf Download (248kB)
	Text (Hasil_Turnitin) HasilTurnitinEducationontheImportance.pdf Download (1MB)

Abstract

Stunting is a form of growth failure (growth faltering) due to the accumulation of nutritional deficiencies that last for a long time, from pregnancy to 24 months. Optimal nutritional intake for newborns by providing exclusive breast milk as the main food until the age of 6 months and then continuing until the age of 2 years, accompanied by appropriate and high-quality complementary foods, will prevent stunting in toddlers. One important effort to prevent stunting is empowering the community, especially parents, to pay attention to breast milk intake and complementary foods for their babies. By providing knowledge to the public about the importance of correct breastfeeding and MPASI, it is hoped that the public can change their behaviour to prioritize exclusive breastfeeding and correct MPASI. This community service method uses an educational approach through outreach with a total of 139 participants who live in five villages in Jatigede District, Sumedang Regency, West Java. Socialization involving experts showed increased participants' knowledge as measured using pre-test and post-test instruments. The percentage of participants who experienced an increase in knowledge was 139; participants the results obtained were 118 participants (85%) experienced an increase in knowledge about breast milk and complementary foods, and 19 people (14%) had the same knowledge before and after socialization, while 2 people (1%) gained The score decreased during the post-test due to several factors, including some participants who did not have time to complete the post-test questionnaire due to having to do other work. KEYWORDS Breast Milk, Complementary Foods for Breast Milk, Stunting, Socialization, Community Service

Actions (login required)

View Item