<![CDATA[Stunting masih menjadi masalah kesehatan di Indonesia yang mencapai 31,8% pada tahun 2022, menempatkan Indonesia di urutan ke-10 Asia Tenggara. Salah satu upaya penanganan stunting adalah pemberian MPASI. Kunci keberhasilan pencegahan stunting yang baik adalah meningkatkan pengetahuan ibu tentang MPASI dalam pencegahan stunting dengan melalui edukasi. Tujuan dari penelitian untuk mengetahui pengaruh edukasi terhadap pengetahuan ibu tentang MPASI dalam pencegahan stunting. Metode penelitian menggunakan jenis rancangan eksperimen dengan desain penelitian one group pretest posttest design. Populasi penelitian yaitu Ibu yang memiliki balita di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Limboto Kabupaten Gorontalo. Jumlah balita di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Limboto Kabupaten Gorontalo 193 orang. Sampel terdiri dari 39 responden, dengan Teknik pengambilan sampel proportional sampling. Hasil penilitian didapatkan nilai mean (rata-rata) Pengetahuan ibu sebelum diberikan edukasi yaitu 12,74 dan setelah diberikan edukasi hasil nilai mean (rata-rata) meningkat menjadi 19,05. Hasil uji statistic Wilcoxon mendapatkan nilai p value yaitu 0,000 Sehingga terdapat pengaruh pemberian edukasi terhadap pengetahuan ibu tentang MPASI dalam pencegahan stunting di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Limboto Kabupaten Gorontalo. Diharapkan penelitian ini menjadi masukkan bagi tenaga kesehatan di Puskesmas memberikan intervensi edukasi tentang MPASI dalam pencegahan stunting untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan ibu.Stunting is still a health problem in Indonesia which reached 31.8% in 2022, placing Indonesia in 10th place in Southeast Asia. One of the efforts to handle stunting is the provision of complementary foods. The key to the success of good stunting prevention is to increase maternal knowledge about complementary foods in stunting prevention through education. The purpose of the study the influence of education on maternal knowledge about complementary foods in stunting prevention. The research method uses a type of experimental design with a one-group pretest posttest design research design. The research population is mothers who have toddlers in Limboto Health Center, Gorontalo Regency. The number of toddlers in Limboto Health Center, Gorontalo Regency is 193 people. The sample consisted of 39 respondents, with proportional sampling techniques. Obtained a mean value of maternal knowledge before being given education which was 12.74 and after being given education the result of the mean value increased to 19.05. Wilcoxon statistical test obtained a p value of 0.000 so that there was an effect of providing education on mothers' knowledge about complementary foods in stunting prevention. It is hoped that this research will be an input for health workers at the Health Center to provide educational interventions about complementary foods in stunting prevention to increase maternal knowledge.]]>
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