THE EFFECT OF MATERNAL NUTRITION EDUCATION AND PURPLE SWEET POTATO SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING ON THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN AGED 12-36 MONTHS

Siti Aminah (Program Studi Sarjana Kebidanan, Fakultas Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Kadiri, Kediri, Indonesia)
Fauzia Laili (Program Studi Pendidikan Profesi Bidan, Fakultas Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Kadiri, Kediri, Indonesia)
Siswi Wulandari (Program Studi Kebidanan, Fakultas Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Kadiri, Kediri, Indonesia)
Alfika Alwatizahro Zahra (Program Studi Kebidanan, Fakultas Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Kadiri, Kediri, Indonesia)

Journal for Quality in Women's Health
Vol. 9 No. 2 (2026): September

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.