Children under five must get protection to prevent the occurrence of pneumonia which can result in impaired growth and development or can even result in death Objective: Therefore, mother's knowledge must be increased for the prevention of pneumonia Method: The research design used was a quasi-experimental approach with a one-group pretest-posttest design approach on 38 mothers of children under five. The sample technique used is probability sampling using simple random sampling technique. The research instrument used a questionnaire with 22 knowledge questions with Cronbach's absence (0.844) and action (0.826). Data analysis using paired t-test. Results: The results of statistical tests showed that knowledge (p-value = 0, 000) and action (p-value = 002). Conclusions It can be concluded that there is an average difference between knowledge and practice of mothers under five before and after being given material on prevention of pneumonia.
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