PENGARUH KONSELING GIZI PRAKONSEPSI TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP WANITA PRANIKAH DI KECAMATAN BATANG KUIS

Abstract

Background : Nutritional status during the preconception period is one of the determinants of fluency from the process of pregnancy to later delivery. The premarital period can be related to the preconception period, because after marriage women will be immediately undergo the process of conception. The preconception period is a period before pregnancy. The preconception period is a span of three months to one year before conception and ideally should include the time when the ovum and sperm mature, which is about 100 days before conception. This study aims to determine the effect of preconception nutrition counseling to the knowledge and attides of premarital woman at Batang Kuis District. This study used a quasi experimental design with one group pre-post test. The number of samples in this study were 30 people. Data collection was done using counseling methods and giving questionnaires. Data analysis  used Wilcoxon test and T-dependent test. The result showed that there was a significant effect to knowledge (p=0.001) and attitude (p=0.001) before and after the intervention.

Keywords :   Maternal Knowledge, Nutritional Status