The Effectiveness of

[摘要] Background: Complementary Feeding Practice is an important factor for the fulfilment ofchildren’s nutritional needs. Due to the nutritional imbalance between the energy and nutrientneeded by infants and what provided by breastmilk, therefore it should be fulfilled by complementary feeding. One third of toddlers worldwide are in developing countries who obtain adequatecomplementary feeding, with a standard frequency and variety. Meanwhile, in Indonesia two thirdor most of the children aged 0-24 months do not obtain appropriate complementary food. Thestudy aims to develop “Ibu Pintar” Bookmic, a media which is valid and effective to improvematernal knowledge and attitude in appropriate complementary feeding practice.Subjects and Method: The design of the study used 2 methods. The first method was Researchand Development to collect user data and subsequently generated a product that can be utilized toimprove knowledge and attitude of mothers of toddlers. The second method was quasi experimental design conducted before and after the study without any comparison to apply PairedSample T-Test by using SPSS.Results: The result indicated that after the treatment with “Ibu Pintar” Bookmic maternalknowledge in complementary feeding practice was improved (Mean= 1.42; SD= 0.67) compared tomaternal knowledge in complementary feeding practice before the treatment (Mean= 0.66; SD;0.77), and the result was statistically significant (p < 0.001). After the treatment with “Ibu Pintar”Bookmic maternal attitude in complementary feeding practice was improved (Mean= 0.76; SD=0.43) compared to maternal attitude in complementary feeding practice before the treatment(Mean= 0.44; SD; 0.50), and the resulf was statistically significant (p < 0.001).Conclusion: “Ibu Pintar” Bookmic is effective for maternal knowledge and attitude incomplementary feeding practice.

[学科分类] 食品科学和技术

[关键词] knowledge;attitude;and complementary food