THE EFFECT OF HEALTH EDUCATION ABOUT ANTICIPATORY GUIDANCE FOR BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS KNOWLEDGE IN PREVENTING CHILD MALNUTRITION AT WORKING AREA OF PUSKESMAS MANTRIJERON YOGYAKARTA
Aga Rahma Putri, Atik Badi^ah, Eko Suryani

Poltekkes Kemenkes Yogyakarta

Abstract

Background : Anticipatory guidance is kind of guidance for parents which serves to educate and nurture their children according to their stage of growth and development. Mother knowledge is one of indirect factor which able to affect the occurrence of child malnutrition. Malnutrition problem that are not prevented can get worse.
Objective : To know the effect of health education about anticipatory guidance for breastfeeding mothers knowledge in preventing child malnutrition at working area of Puskesmas Mantrijeron Yogyakarta.
Methods : The type of this research is quasi eksperiment using pretest- postest control group design, done on April 2021. The research^s population of breastfeeding mothers who live in working area of Pusksesmas Mantrijeron Yogyakarta were 64 person and they have babies at the age of 0-24 months. Sampling technique using purposive sampling.
Result : Pair t test for experiment group showed that p-value = 0,000 and pair t test for control group showed that p-value = 0,000. The results of independent t test for experiment group and control group before intervention showed p-value = 0,302 and the results for experiment group and control group after intervention showed p-value = 0,022.
Conclusion : There was an effect of health education about anticipatory guidance for breastfeeding mothers knowledge in preventing child malnutrition at working area of Puskesmas Mantrijeron Yogyakarta .

Keywords: Anticipatory Guidance , Knowledge, Malnutrition

Topic: Nursing and anesthesiology