KNOWLEDGE OF ELIGIBLE WOMAN ABOUT NUTRITION SERVICES FOR VULNERABLE GROUP IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC PERIOD

Abstract

The Indonesian government in an effort to prevent the spread of Covid-19 has limited health service activities, namely limiting nutrition services for vulnerable groups. The Covid-19 pandemic requires eligible woman to understand nutrition services for themselves and their families. This research describes the knowledge of eligible woman about nutrition services for vulnerable groups (babies and toddlers, teenage girl, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers) during the Covid-19 pandemic. This type of research is quantitative with a descriptive design. This research was conducted from December 2020 to January 2021 at RW-05 Reksosari, Suruh, Semarang. The sample used was eligible woman with a total sample of 92 people who were taken using a proportional random sample technique. The measuring instrument used was a questionnaire that was made by the researcher. The results showed that the lowest average value of knowledge of eligible woman about nutrition services was the sub-variable of nutrition services for pregnant women. Then followed by the sub-variable nutrition services for children under five and the sub-variable principle for prevention of transmission in nutrition counseling and education services. The biggest average is the sub-variable nutrition service for teenage girl. The conclusion shows that the knowledge level of eligible woman is sufficient.