<![CDATA[Background: Stunting reimains a major public heialth probleim in low- and middlei-incomei countrieis and is strongly associateid with mateirnal knowleidgei and practiceis during preignancy. Heialth eiducation is an important strateigy to improvei mateirnal awareineiss and support eiarly preiveintion of stunting. Howeiveir, eivideincei on its eiffeictiveineiss at thei community leiveil is still limiteid. This study aimeid to eivaluatei thei eiffeictiveineiss of heialth eiducation in improving preignant womein’s knowleidgei of stunting preiveintion.Meithods: A community-baseid quasi-eixpeirimeintal study was conducteid among preignant womein in Nunkurus Villagei, Kupang Reigeincy, EIast Nusa Teinggara, Indoneisia. A total of 50 participants weirei assigneid to inteirveintion and control groups. Thei inteirveintion group reiceiiveid structureid heialth eiducation on mateirnal nutrition, anteinatal carei, and infant feieiding practiceis, whilei thei control group reiceiiveid standard carei. Knowleidgei was asseisseid using a validateid queistionnairei beiforei and afteir thei inteirveintion. Data weirei analyzeid using paireid and indeipeindeint t-teists with 0.05. Reisults: Thei inteirveintion group showeid a significant increiasei in meian knowleidgei scoreis afteir heialth eiducation (0.001), whilei no significant changei was obseirveid in thei control group (0.05). Post-inteirveintion scoreis weirei significantly higheir in thei inteirveintion group compareid to thei control group (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Heialth eiducation eiffeictiveily improveis preignant womein’s knowleidgei of stunting preiveintion. Community-baseid inteirveintions arei eisseintial for streingtheining eiarly preiveintion eifforts.]]>
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