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Stunting atau biasa disebut dengan kejadian balita pendek merupakan salah satu masalah gizi yang dialami oleh balita di dunia saat ini. Berdasarkan data sekunder yang diperoleh dari Laporan Gizi Puskesmas Turen bulan April 2021, menunjukkan 5 dari 82 balita di RW 01 Desa Talok Kecamatan Turen tergolong status gizi pendek berdasarkan PB/U atau TB/U. Terdapat berbagai hambatan yang menyebabkan tingginya angka balita stunting di Indonesia. Salah satu hambatan utamanya adalah pengetahuan yang tidak memadai dan praktik-praktik gizi yang tidak tepat. Upaya perbaikan tingkat pengetahuan, sikap, dan praktik pemberian makan (feeding practice) ibu balita stunting dapat dilakukan dalam bentuk pendampingan gizi. Dengan dilakukannya kegiatan pendampingan gizi diharapkan dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan ibu sehingga dapat memperbaiki praktik pemberian makan yang lebih baik terhadap balita. Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pendampingan gizi terhadap tingkat pengetahuan, sikap, dan praktik pemberian makan (feeding practice) ibu balita stunting di Desa Talok Kecamatan Turen Kabupaten Malang. Metode: Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian kualitatif deskriptif dengan metode atau pendekatan studi kasus. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada 2 Mei – 29 Mei 2021 yang bertempat di RW 01 Desa Talok, Kecamatan Turen, Kabupaten Malang. Dengan jumlah subjek penelitian sebanyak 5 orang ibu balita stunting. Pengolahan dan analisis data disajikan dalam bentuk tabel dan dianalisis secara deskriptif. Hasil: Tingkat pengetahuan ibu balita stunting mengalami peningkatan nilai rata-rata sebelum diberikan intervensi sebesar (70,8) menjadi (73,8) setelah diberikan intervensi berupa pendampingan gizi. Sikap ibu balita stunting mengalami peningkatan nilai rata-rata sebelum diberikan intervensi sebesar (71,1) menjadi (72) setelah diberikan intervensi berupa pendampingan gizi. Praktik pemberian makan (feeding practice) ibu balita stunting mengalami peningkatan rata-rata sebelum diberikan intervensi sebesar (66) menjadi (76) setelah diberikan intervensi berupa pendampingan gizi. Kesimpulan: Hasil dari penelitian mengenai pengaruh pendampingan gizi terhadap tingkat pengetahuan, sikap, dan praktik pemberian makan ibu balita stunting mengalami peningkatan rata-rata skor sebelum dan setelah diberi perlakuan.

Stunting or commonly called the incident a short toddler nutrition is one of the problems experienced by infants in the world today. Based on secondary data obtained from Nutrition Reports of Puskesmas Turen in April 2021 , showing 5 of 82 infants in RW 01, Village Talok Turen Subdistrict classified short nutritional status based on PB/U or TB/U. There are various obstacles that cause the high number of stunting children in Indonesia. One of the main barriers is inadequate knowledge and inappropriate nutrition practices . Efforts to improve the level of knowledge, attitudes, and feeding practices of mothers with stunting toddlers can be carried out in the form of nutritional assistance. By conducting nutritional assistance activities, it is expected to increase mother's knowledge so that it can improve better feeding practices for toddlers. Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of nutritional assistance on the level of knowledge, attitudes, and feeding practices of stunting mothers in Talok Village, Turen District, Malang Regency. Methods: This research is a type of descriptive qualitative research with a method or approach of case study. This research was conducted on May 2 – May 29, 2021 which took place in RW 01 Talok Village, Turen District, Malang Regency. With the number of research subjects as many as 5 mothers of stunting toddlers. Data processing and analysis are presented in tabular form and analyzed descriptively. Results: The level of knowledge of mothers with stunting toddlers increased the average value before being given an intervention by (70.8) to (73.8) after being given an intervention in the form of nutritional assistance. The attitude of the mother of stunting toddlers experienced an increase in the average value before being given an intervention by (71.1) to (72) after being given an intervention in the form of nutritional assistance. The feeding practice of stunting mothers has increased on average before being given an intervention by (66) to (76) after being given an intervention in the form of nutritional assistance. Conclusion: The results of the study on the effect of nutritional assistance on the level of knowledge, attitude, and feeding practices mothers of stunting toddlers increased in the average score before and after being given treatment.