Jurnal Kebidanan Manna
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2026)

Optimizing Online Education on the "First 1,000 Days of Life" to Enhance Community Health Workers' Knowledge Regarding Stunting Prevention

Asrawaty Asrawaty (Prodi D3 Kebidanan Palu, Poltekkes Kemenkes Palu, Palu, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia)
Arie Maineny (Prodi D3 Kebidanan Palu, Poltekkes Kemenkes Palu, Palu, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia)
Asri Widyayanti (Prodi D3 Kebidanan Palu, Poltekkes Kemenkes Palu, Palu, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia)
Hasnawati Hasnawati (Prodi D3 Kebidanan Palu, Poltekkes Kemenkes Palu, Palu, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia)
Niluh Nita Silfia (Prodi D3 Kebidanan Palu, Poltekkes Kemenkes Palu, Palu, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia)
Narmin Narmin (Prodi D3 Kebidanan Palu, Poltekkes Kemenkes Palu, Palu, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia)
Henrietta Imelda Tondong (Prodi D3 Kebidanan Palu, Poltekkes Kemenkes Palu, Palu, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2026

Abstract

Background: Stunting is a chronic nutritional problem that is influenced by the nutritional status of the expectant mother or mother, nutrition during pregnancy, fetus, baby, up to 2 years of age. Sigi Regency is included in the 4 regencies with the main locus of stunting in Central Sulawesi Province. In 2022, the Marawola Community Health Center in Sigi Regency with a total number of 2,030 children under five had a fairly high stunting rate, namely 216 cases with a prevalence of 36.8%. Objective: to provide increased knowledge to cadres through online education in the form of counseling about the First 1000 Days of Life (HPK). Method: Type and design of Quasi Experimental research design, one group pre-posttest without control. The research period was carried out for 5 days from 26 to 30 June 2023. The population was all 160 cadres in the Marawola Health Center work area. The sample was 20 respondents,the sampling technique was purposive sampling. Inclusion criteria are having a cellphone and WhatsApp application. The independent variable is cadre knowledge and the dependent is online education about 1000 HPK. Univariate analysis of frequency distribution and bivariate chi square test. Results: knowledge before the intervention (Pretest) obtained an average value of 73.50, while knowledge after the intervention (Posttest) obtained an average value of 91.75, which means there was an increase in knowledge after the intervention with a p value of 0.000<0.05 with the Paired T test -test. Conclusion: online education about 1000 HPK influences cadres' knowledge in efforts to prevent stunting in the Marawola Health Center working area. Suggestions require interesting, not boring education that can be accessed at any time to increase cadres' knowledge to reduce stunting rates.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JKM

Publisher

Subject

Dentistry Health Professions Immunology & microbiology Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

Description

Jurnal Kebidanan Manna is a peer review and open access journal which publishes scientific works on provides a platform to publish in the field of midwifery and the journal also seeks to advance the quality of research by introducing or outlining new methods in the field of midwifery health for ...