The Influence of Nutrition Corner Class on Feeding Against the Nutritional Status for Toddlers at Puskesmas Ngemplak Kudus Regency

Abstract

The problem malnutrition in children under five was problem that must be addressed. Good nutritional status was the main requirement for health and has an impact on the quality of human resources. Nutritional status can be seen based on nutritional status. Target this research was know the influence of nutrition corner class on feeding against the nutritional statusf for toddlers at Puskesmas Ngemplak Kudus Regency. The method in this research used pre-experimental design with a one-group pre-post test design which has the aim of revealing a causal relationship without involving the control group with population of all children under five who visited Puskesmas Ngemplak, Kudus Regency, in July 2022 with an average of 30 patients and a large sample of 28 respondents. The sampling with accidental sampling technique. The statistical test used in this study was wilcoxon signed rank test. There was an influence of nutrition corner class on feeding against the nutritional statusf for toddlers at Puskesmas Ngemplak Kudus Regency with p value = 0.000 (a; 0.05). The research was expected to puskesmas was more intense in conducting nutrition corner classes in improving the nutritional status for toddlers and the continuation of research on nutrition corner classes by controlling for confounding variables such as family support, respondent knowledge and economic level