PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP IBU HAMIL TENTANG KECUKUPAN ZAT GIZI SAAT KEHAMILAN SEBELUM DAN SESUDAH PENYULUHAN DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS MUARA FAJAR RUMBAI PESISIR MEI 2012
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2012-12-03
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Macro and micronutrients needs increase during pregnancy. Inadequate dietary intake during
pregnancy can lead to adversely effects for mother and also the fetus. Dietary intake during
pregnancy is influenced by knowledge and attitude of pregnant mothers about adequate nutrition
during pregnancy. The aim of this study is to determined the influence of counseling on knowledge
and attitude of pregnant mothers about the adequate nutrition during pregnancy in working area of
Muara Fajar Public Health Center in Rumbai Pesisir Mei 2012. This study is pre eksperiment
design with one group pretest-posttest. The samples are 43 pregnant mothers. The instrument of
this study is questionnare that is filled twice, before and after counseling. Analysis of the results are
carried out using Wilcoxon test. The results showed knowledge of pregnant mothers before
nutrition counseling are moderate category (53,5%) and low (46,5%). After counseling, the
knowledge of pregnant mothers become good (7,0%), moderate (60,5%) and low (32,6%). The
attitude of pregnant mothers before counseling are positive category (25,6%), neutral (65,1%) and
negative (9,3%). After counseling, the attitude of pregnant mothers become positive (39,5%),
neutral (55,8%) and negative (4,7%). The results showed that there was difference of knowledge
after counseling, namely the improvement score of knowledges with the value of p=0,038 and there
was not difference of attitude after counseling with the value of p=0,103. The conclusion is the
counseling influences on improving pregnant mother’s knowledge and not influence on improving
pregnant mother’s attitude about the adequate nutrition during pregnancy in working area of
Muara Fajar Public Health Center in Rumbai Pesisir Mei 2012.
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knowledge, attitude, adequate nutition during pregnancy, counseling