THE EFFECT OF MATERNAL NUTRITION EDUCATION AND PURPLE SWEET POTATO SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING ON THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN AGED 12-36 MONTHS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30994/jqwh.v9i2.364Keywords:
Children Under Five, Nutrition Education, Purple Sweet Potato, Supplementary Feeding, Weight-For-HeightAbstract
Nutrition education strengthens maternal feeding capacity, but its impact on growth may be limited without food support. Objective: To assess the effect of maternal nutrition education, a booklet, and purple sweet potato supplementary feeding for 14 days on weight-for-height z-scores and maternal knowledge. This quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group study involved 60 mother-child pairs, with 30 participants in each group. Paired t-tests, independent t-tests of change scores, and ANCOVA were applied.
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