Project report
Refreshment of Cadres and Mothers' Groups in Efforts to Improve Child Nutrition to Prevent Stunting in Kandang Mas Village
Novi Lasmadasari, Iin Nilawati, Sutriyani, Weni Sulastri ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This community service project in Kandang Mas Village, Indonesia, trained health cadres and mothers' groups to improve child nutrition and prevent stunting. Training covered nutritional knowledge and complementary food preparation for infants and young children. Participants included two mothers' groups and five health cadres. The programme aimed to build capacity so that mothers and cadres could apply and share nutritional knowledge in their communities.
Key points
- Mothers received education on nutritional value of foods and preparation of complementary foods for breast milk
- Health cadres were trained in self-care management of maternal nutrition during pregnancy to prevent stunting
- Training resulted in reported increases in knowledge and skills of mothers in preparing children's food at home
- Cadres' knowledge and skills in providing education and assistance to pregnant women and mothers of young children were strengthened
- The project involved mentoring and evaluation methods with participation of 2 mothers' groups and 5 posyandu cadres
Limitations
The document is a descriptive activity report without a comparison group, baseline or endline measurements, or specific quantitative outcomes. No data is provided on whether stunting rates actually decreased or whether knowledge gains translated to sustained behaviour change.
Abstract
The mother's role in preventing stunting is most important, so a mother must have extensive knowledge about the nutritional value of food and how to process complementary foods for breast milk. Meanwhile, the role of health cadres plays an important role in self-care management of maternal nutrition during pregnancy as an effort to prevent stunting. One of the efforts to prevent stunting is carried out through providing nutritious food according to the needs of the child's age. The problem encountered in the Kandang Mas sub-district is that there is still a toddler's weight below the green line, which is a shared responsibility. The purpose of this community service is so that cadres can maximize their education to mothers and families in fulfilling child nutrition. The implementation of nutrition education was carried out with the participation of 2 groups of mothers of babies, toddlers and children as well as by 5 posyandu cadres. The method used is mentoring and evaluation. The result of this nutrition education education is an increase in the knowledge and skills of mothers in providing food at home so that mothers can practice it at home and increase sufficient knowledge to carry out their role as community mobilizers in preventing and treating stunting. The results of the activity are an increase in knowledge and skills of mothers in processing children's food and increased knowledge and skills of cadres in providing education and assistance to prospective mothers as well as mothers of babies/toddlers and children in their working areas. Mothers are expected to be able to apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired in this activity and convey them to other mothers around them. Cadres are expected to apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired to provide education and assistance to pregnant women in their area.
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- Intervention
- Nutrition education and capacity building for health cadres and mothers' groups on nutritional knowledge and complementary food preparation
- Population
- Two mothers' groups (babies, toddlers and children) and five posyandu health cadres in Kandang Mas sub-district, Indonesia
Key finding
Reported increase in mothers' knowledge and skills in preparing nutritious food at home