Abstract
Background: The major issue of nutrition problem in the world is malnutrition. As many as 14% of the world's population is overweight, 13.3% of school-age children are underweight, and 35.6% are stunted. Stunting is a failure to achieve optimal growth, measured by TB/U (height by age). Mother's knowledge is an important factor in detecting stunting. Knowledge can influence the way a person understands the fulfillment of nutrition and growth in toddlers. The purpose of this study was to describe the knowledge of mothers of toddlers about stunting in children under five. 
 Method: The study design used quantitative descriptive. The population of this study was all mothers of children under five years old in the village of Cinta Rakyat, Samarang, Garut, as many as 373 respondents, and sample was taken by proportianate purposive sampling technique to obtain 197 mothers who had toddlers. The instrument was adopted from previous reserarches by Dewi, Suhartika, and Suriani (2019). The instrument consists of 28 questions with a Guttman scale, if the correct answer is given a value of 1 and if the wrong answer is given a value of 0. The instrument validity test shows a value of 0.370-0.672 so that the instrument is declared valid, while the instrument reliability test shows a value >0.694 so that the instrument is declared reliable. Data analysis was carried out by categorizing knowledge into good, sufficient, and insufficient knowledge. Good knowledge if the answer is correct 22-28, knowledge is sufficient if the answer is correct 15-21, and poor knowledge if the answer is correct <15. 
 Results: The results showed that the knowledge of mothers about stunting in general were 30 mothers (15.3%) had good knowledge, 59 mothers (29.9%) had sufficient knowledge, and 108 mothers (54.8%) had insufficient knowledge. 
 Conclusion: The knowledge of mothers of toddlers about stunting in toddlers is still insufficient. Therefore, it is needed to be improved through socialization and education programs about stunting especially for mothers of toddlers that can be conducted by nurses in Community Health Center.
 Key words: knowledge, mother of toddlers, stunting.
Highlights
Stunting is a failure to achieve optimal growth, measured by TB/U
Results: The results showed that the knowledge of mothers about stunting in general were 30 mothers (15.3%) had good knowledge, 59 mothers (29.9%) had sufficient knowledge, and 108 mothers (54.8%) had insufficient knowledge
Penyakit Infeksi dan Praktek Pemberian MP-ASI Terhadap Kejadian Stunting Pada Anak Usia 1236 Bulan di Kecamatan Simpang Kiri Kota Subulussalam
Summary
Accepted: 29 November 2020; revision: 7 Desember 2020; published: 31 Desember 2020. Abstrak Latar Belakang: Stunting merupakan kegagalan untuk mencapai pertumbuhan yang optimal, yang diukur berdasarkan TB/U (tinggi badan menurut umur). Pengetahuan ibu merupakan faktor penting dalam mendeteksi stunting. Pengetahuan dapat memberikan pengaruh terhadap cara seseorang dalam memahami pemenuhan gizi dan pertumbuhan pada balita. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mendeskripsikan pengetahuan ibu balita tentang stunting pada anak balita. Populasi terdiri dari seluruh ibu balita di Desa Cinta Rakyat, Samarang Garut, yang berjumlah 373 orang responden. Instrumen yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu modifikasi kuesioner pengetahuan dari penelitian Dewi, Suhartika, dan Suriani (2019). Hasil: Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa pengetahuan ibu tentang stunting pada umumnya sebanyak 30 ibu (15,3%) memiliki pengetahuan baik, 59 ibu (29,9%) memiliki pengetahuan cukup, dan 108 ibu (54,8%) memiliki pengetahuan yang kurang. Kesimpulan: Pengetahuan ibu balita tentang stunting pada balita masih dikatakan kurang, sehingga hal ini perlu ditingkatkan melalui program sosialisasi dan edukasi tentang stunting terutama pada ibu balita yang dapat dilakukan oleh perawat puskesmas.
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