The Effect of Nutrition Education through the Web-Based "Actzi" Application on the Level of Knowledge, Attitudes of Mothers, and Nutritional Status of Toddlers Aged 24-59 Months in Pasuruan District

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the effect of nutrition education through the website-based "Actzi" application on mothers' knowledge level in Pasuruan Regency, analyze the effect of nutrition education through the website-based "Actzi" application on mothers' attitudes in Pasuruan Regency, and analyze the effect of nutrition education through the website-based "Actzi" application on the nutritional status of toddlers aged 24-59 months in Pasuruan Regency. This study used a combined survey, namely in person and online. The study population was mothers of children under 24-59 months in Pasuruan District. The sample in this study was based on two criteria, inclusion and exclusion. Data collection instruments used the web-based "Actzi" application tool and questionnaires. The study's results using the Mann-Whitney test showed that the average knowledge of mothers in the case data group was 22.33 more than the average knowledge of mothers in the control data group, 19.80. At the same time, the average maternal attitude in the case data group is 31.73 more than the average maternal knowledge in the control data group, 31.20. The conclusion is that there is a significant difference in the level of maternal knowledge and maternal attitudes in the control and case group data. Furthermore, there is no significant relationship between the nutritional statuses of toddlers with data groups of control or case respondents.