The Relationship of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Fe Tablet Consumption of Mothers with Toddlers with Stunting Incidences in Cilembu Village, Sumedang Regency in 2019

Abstract

Figures stunting in Indonesia did not experience a significant decline in 2007, 2010, and 2013. Where in 2007, the figure stunting in Indonesia is 36.8%. Whereas in 2010 and 2013, each of which has a percentage of 35.6% and 37.2%. Riskesdas in 2013 researched and found that the incidence of anaemia in pregnant women is at 37.1%, and in 2018 the prevalence of anaemia in the pregnant women group increased to 48.9%. This study aims to determine the relationship between Fe tablet consumption's knowledge, attitudes, and practices in mothers with toddlers with stunting incidents in Cilembu village, Sumedang district, in 2019. The method used is the analytic study of cross pieces (cross-sectional). The number of samples in this study was 45 respondents taken by non-random sampling with the purposive sampling method. Based on the data analysis, no relationship between knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Fe tablet consumption in mothers with toddlers with stunting incidents in Cilembu village, Sumedang district in 2019 (p value> 0.05). There is no relationship between Fe tablet consumption knowledge, attitudes, and practices in mothers with toddlers with stunting incidents in Cilembu village, Sumedang district in 2019.
 Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Tablet Fe, Stunting