Gambaran tingkat pengetahuan ibu tentang makanan pendamping ASI (MP-ASI) anak umur 6-24 bulan di Dusun Pedes, Bantul, YogyakartaDOI : 10.21927/ijnd.2016.4(1).57-62 | Abstract views : 2305 times

[摘要] Background : Undernutrition problem could be happened in young children above 6 months old because only breastmilk intake is not suffi cient for the physiological need of baby, especially growth and developmental. Therefore, they must be given the complementary feeding that are produced according to the baby’s stomach ability to digest. Giving complementary feeding and breast milk to the baby until the age of 2 years old is very important. Objectives : To know the description of knowledge level of mothers about complementary feeding in young children 6-24 months old in Pedes, Argomulyo, Sedayu, Bantul, Yogyakarta. Methods : This was quantitative descriptive research with cross sectional design. Samples were 39 mothers having young children 6-24 months old. Questionnaires were used to collect the data. Data were then analyzed in univariate. Results : Most of mothers had good category knowledge level about definition, function, role, the way and the risk of complementary feeding. The percentage of these knowledge levels were 92.3% (36 mothers), 87.1% (34 mothers), 61.5% (24 mothers), 74.3% (29 mothers), and 43.5% (17 mothers), respectively. Conclusions : Knowledge level of mothers about complementary feeding in young children 6-24 months old in Pedes, Argomulyo, Sedayu, Bantul, Yogyakarta were categorized as good.

[关键词] knowledge level;complementary feeding;young children 6-24 months old;mother;tingkat pengetahuan;makanan pendamping ASI;bayi usia 6-24 bulan;ibu