Empowering Mothers and Kindergarten Teachers to Prevent Stunting Through Balanced Nutrition and Nutritional Status Monitoring Training
Pemberdayaan Ibu dan Guru TK Dalam Pencegahan Stunting Melalui Pelatihan Pemenuhan Nutrisi Seimbang dan Pemantauan Status Gizi
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https://doi.org/10.51771/jukeshum.v6i2.1974Keywords:
Anak, Nutrisi, Stunting, PelatihanAbstract
Stunting is a critical nutritional problem because it causes numerous complications in children, such as short stature, increased risk of infection, and decreased cognitive ability. Stunting remains a serious problem in North Sulawesi, including in Manado City. A preliminary study conducted by the Community Service Team at TK Negeri Pembina Manado and TK Negeri 05 Manado revealed that the majority of parents lacked adequate awareness regarding balanced nutrition fulfillment for their children, and that routine nutritional status screening had not been conducted by the schools. This was evidenced by the food provisions brought by children, which did not meet the principles of balanced nutrition, and by nutritional status reports that had not been completed by teachers. These findings represent a serious problem requiring immediate intervention. The objective of this community service activity was to improve mothers' knowledge of balanced nutrition and enhance kindergarten teachers' skills in monitoring nutritional status. The method used in this activity was training on balanced nutrition fulfillment and nutritional status monitoring, conducted with parents and kindergarten teachers at two schools. Participants included 60 parents and 7 kindergarten teachers. The training methods employed were demonstration and role-play. The instruments used were a questionnaire developed by the Community Service Team in accordance with the training material, and an observation sheet. Based on the measurement results, an increase in parental knowledge was observed, with 48.33% of parents demonstrating good knowledge. In addition, all kindergarten teachers showed improved skills in performing nutritional status measurements. Therefore, the training activity using demonstration and role-play methods proved effective in improving knowledge of balanced nutrition fulfillment and nutritional status monitoring.
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