International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health | November 2019 | Vol 6 | Issue 11 Page 4658 International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health Ayu SM et al. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2019 Nov;6(11):4658-4662 http://www.ijcmph.com pISSN 2394-6032 | eISSN 2394-6040 Original Research Article Knowledge and attitudes of mothers about nutrition status for infants and toddlers in Tuksono, Sentolo, Kulonprogo Suci Musvita Ayu*, Liena Sofiana, Thoharoh Halimatusa’diyah INTRODUCTION Nutrition is one of the factors that can be used as a determinant of the quality of human resources. Daily food consumed must contain nutrients needed by the body, so that it can support optimal growth, and also can help in preventing the emergence of various diseases that can interfere with survival in children. 1 Indonesia as one of the developing countries still faces considerable malnutrition problems. The problem of malnutrition and poor nutrition in infants is still a fundamental problem in the world. The number of malnourished sufferers in the world reaches 104 million children. 2 The prevalence of under-fives underweight based on weight / age indicators is 19.6% consisting of 5.7% of toddlers with poor nutrition and 13.9% of toddlers under nutrition. 3 Based on District Health Office data of Kulon Progo, the number of malnourished children under five is 10.13%. 4 Research conducted by Rinda shows that only about 62.5% of mothers can practice balanced feeding behavior ABSTRACT Background: Nutrition is one of the factors that can be used as a determinant of the quality of human resources. The number of malnourished sufferers in the world reaches 104 million children. The prevalence of underweight children based on weight and age indicators is 19.6% which consists of 5.7% toddlers with poor nutrition and 13.9% of them with under nutrition. Based on data from the District Health Office of Kulon Progo (2014), the number of toddlers with under nutrition was 10.13%. Methods: This study was an observational analytic cross-sectional design. It was conducted in July, 2019. The study population was mothers who had babies and or toddlers in Kalisoko. The sampling was carried out using random sampling with inclusion criteria of mothers who have babies and or toddlers residing in Kalisoko. Exclusion criteria in this study were mothers who were not willing to be sampled and mothers who did not have babies and or toddlers. Based on the established inclusion and exclusion criteria, a sample of 30 was obtained. The research instrument was a questionnaire. Statistical tests were performed using chi-square test. Results: Chi-square test results showed a significant value of 0.072 (p<0.05), which means that there is no relationship between maternal knowledge of maternal attitudes about nutritional status in infants and toddlers in Kalisoko, Tuksono, Sentolo, Kulonprogo 2019. The risk prevalence value is 2.303 (>1) and the CI value between 1.083 and 4.897 so that it does not exceed 1, meaning that the knowledge of mothers which is not really good is at risk of 2.303 times compared to mothers who have good knowledge. Conclusions: Knowledge is a risk factor for maternal attitudes about nutritional status in infants and toddlers but it is not statistically significant. Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Nutritional status Faculty of Public Health, Ahmad Dahlan University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Received: 08 September 2019 Accepted: 09 October 2019 *Correspondence: Dr. Suci Musvita Ayu, E-mail: suci.ayu@ikm.uad.ac.id Copyright: © the author(s), publisher and licensee Medip Academy. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20195036