The Effectiveness of Stunting Prevention Education through the Community Service Program on Increasing the Knowledge of Residents in Jatisawit Hamlet: A Pre-test and Post-test Approach
Keywords:
Health Education, Community Empowerment, Pretest-Posttest, StuntingAbstract
Stunting is a chronic nutritional problem that has a serious impact on a child's physical growth, cognitive development, and long-term productivity. Efforts to prevent stunting must be carried out through community-based health education. This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of stunting prevention education through a Student Community Service (KKN) program in Padukuhan Jatisawit. The method used was a pretest and posttest with a questionnaire instrument, as well as an N-Gain analysis to measure the increase in participants' knowledge. The results showed an increase in knowledge scores from an average pretest of 8.5 to 9.9 on the posttest, with an N-Gain value of 0.93 which is in the high category and a program effectiveness of 93.33%. These findings confirm that interactive lecture methods, discussions, and simple educational media such as leaflets are able to significantly increase community knowledge. Although the increase in knowledge is considered very effective, the program's sustainability needs to be directed towards shaping the attitudes and behavior of the community so that educational interventions have a long-term impact on stunting prevention efforts
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