Knowledge of Health Cadres and Expected Food Patterns of Pregnant Women as Impact of Increasing the Capacity of Health Cadres

Astutik Pudjirahaju, Annasari Mustafa, Dwie Soelistyorini, Jupriyono Jupriyono

Abstract


The prevalence of stunting in Malang City has decreased significantly, but the local government continues to commit to reducing it to 14% by 2024 and even zero stunting by 2030. This study aimed to analysis the effect of increasing the capacity of health cadres on their knowledge and the expected food patterns of pregnant women. This study implemented a one group pretest and posttest design. The interventions provided include increasing the capacity of health cadres and continuing assistance to the target for the first 1000 days of life. Impact variables were measured in the pretest and posttest phases, then comparative analysis was carried out using statistics method. The p-value for knowledge of cadres was 0,016 and there was an increase in the expected food patterns of pregnant women after being given the intervention. It was concluded that increasing the capacity of health cadres can increase their knowledge and improve the expected food patterns of pregnant women in Malang City.

 

Keywords: health cadres; capacity; child; stunting; development; intelligence


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33846/hn70904

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