HTIBTJNGAN PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP IBU DENGAN KETEPATAN PEMBERIAN MP-ASI DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS IIUTAIMBARU KOTA PADANGSII}IMPUAN TAHT]N 2OT9

Abstract

In tacklíng and preventing malruutrition in inJanß, the mother must know correctllt about MP-ASI ctnd how to give the right to the child. The h,[inister of' Women's Entpowernzent said that around 6.7 million children under ./ive or 27.3% of'all children nnder .five m Indonesia suff-er .front malnulrition. Thi-r is clue tr¡ incorrect breastfëeding antl LIP-ASI. Eff'arts to schieve the qbove target, carrietÍ out a number of'activities that rely on hehavioral change h)t creating a Nutrition,Av,areness Fantily (Kadarzi). Through the application o.f'Nurriti.on Consciotts Fcunily behot,tor,./ømiÌie.s are encoursged to provide excÌusive breastfeeding to infants.fi"om birth to 6 nrcntl¡.s' of age and provide sut'ficient and cpalitT, lvÍP-ASI to infant,s ancl children aged 6-21 month.ç. The purpose oJ this shtdy v,st Ío determÌne the htowledge ancl uttitude.ç rf' molher.v with the acLlrrüc.v of'giting MP-ASI. Thi,s type ofresearch is quanÍitative independent ønd depenclent variahle. The popttlation in this study were all ntothers u'ho had habies-, 6 ntonths old, as many as 30 people. The result,t of rhi,s stud-,illustrate thaÍ respondetxts in the majorit¡; age group aged 3l-41 yeãrs were 13 re.rponrlents (43.3%:ù majorily eclucation was junior high .school a.s many as l0 respondents (33.39'o) the majority of'll7T.Ìobs u,ere II responclents (36.690 ntajority ethnici.ty Batqk cts nwny as 2-l respondents (76.6%ù. And the value o.f p valae : 0,00A ',,'¡t 0.005, it can be cancluclcd that there is a,srþr./ìc:arit relation,ship hei'v.'een lrnowleclge øntl allitude:s ol respon¿le¡zf.s with the ec(tu.rücrt r/'err;ing Ì,{P-ASI. (:an give an unrJer.çtcndi¡tg b mother,s to hchnve to thang,t their attintale.,s antl ittcÍ'e,tt.rc their knowledge ahoui the provi,çion ol'complemert¡ar,1t .fbedin-q m1d ta pafticitrtcrte nnre in posyandu ancl counseling activiÍies.