Peer-reviewed article
THE RELATIONSHIP OF SELF-CARE MANAGEMENT WITH MOTHERS' ATTITUDES TOWARD FULFILLING CHILDREN'S NUTRITION TO PREVENT STUNTING
Milasari, Nugraha Putra Perdana Arriadie, Yenny Okvitasari ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study examines the relationship between mothers' self-care management practices and their attitudes toward providing adequate nutrition to prevent stunting in children under five. Stunting, caused by chronic malnutrition, impairs children's growth, brain development, and immunity. The research found a statistically significant positive relationship between better maternal self-care management and better attitudes toward meeting children's nutritional needs. The study suggests that improving mothers' self-management practices could help reduce stunting.
Key points
- Stunting is caused by chronic malnutrition and can inhibit brain growth and reduce body immunity
- There is a significant relationship between maternal self-care management and attitudes toward child nutrition (p=0.001)
- Better maternal self-management is associated with better attitudes toward fulfilling children's nutritional needs
- The study included 87 mothers with children under five as respondents
Limitations
The document does not specify which country the study was conducted in. The cross-sectional design shows associations but cannot establish causation, and relies on self-reported questionnaire data without information on measurement validity.
Abstract
Stunting is a condition where the growth of children under five is hampered due to chronic malnutrition. One of the causes of Stunting is the mother's lack of understanding regarding the nutritional needs of children, which can inhibit brain growth and development and reduce the body's immunity. One of the efforts to prevent Stunting is to increase the quality of mother and child care, improve pattern foster care in practice feeding, and enhance maternal nutritional self-care management to prevent Stunting. This research aims to determine the relationship between self-care management and mothers' attitudes towards fulfilment in toddler nutrition to prevent Stunting. The research design uses a correlation with a cross-sectional approach to the design survey analytics. The population of this study was comprised of all mothers who had toddlers under 5 years, with 87 respondents and techniques. The sample uses purposive sampling with criteria for inclusion and exclusion. Data was collected using a questionnaire, and the research results were analyzed using the Spearman rho test. The research results show a significant relationship between self-care management and the mother's attitude towards fulfilling nutrition in toddlers for stunting prevention , with a value significance variable of 0.001. The better self-management you have, the better influence the mother's attitude towards fulfilling nutrition for children to prevent stunting.
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- Intervention
- Enhancing maternal nutritional self-care management to prevent stunting
- Population
- 87 mothers with toddlers under five years old
Key finding
Significant positive relationship between self-care management and mothers' attitudes toward child nutrition (significance value 0.001)