Relationship Between Sociodemographic Characteristics and the Readiness of Prospective Brides to Meet the Nutritional Adequacy of the First 1,000 Days of Life in Pajangan District

Abstract

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices are the three domains that cause human behavior. Maternal behavior in providing nutrition for the first 1,000 days of a child's life is related to the nutritional status of children under five. So, failures that occur in the period of the first 1,000 days of life will have an impact on the health and future of the child. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare prospective brides to fulfill nutritional adequacy during the first 1,000 days of life in order to reduce health problems related to child nutrition, especially in areas that are one of the main loci for reducing stunting. To determine the readiness of the prospective brides and to determine the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and the readiness of the prospective brides based on knowledge, attitudes, and nutritional practices. This study wasa cross-sectional study conducted in Pajangan District with a population of brides-to-be.Samples were taken using purposive sampling and total sampling methods. Data were collected using a questionnaire that included sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge, attitudes, and nutritional practices. It was found that 95.1% of subjects had high knowledge and 58.5% of subjects had adequate nutritional attitudes and practices. There was a significant relationship between occupation and subject knowledge (p-value <0.05). In addition, it is also known that prospective brides in Pajangan Subdistrict have insufficient or low knowledge and attitudes related to breastfeeding and complementary feeding. Prospective brides in Pajangan Sub-district, based on knowledge, mostly have good readiness, based on attitudes and nutritional practices, most have sufficient readiness and there is a significant relationship between work and subject knowledge. Interventions are needed to improve the understanding of prospective brides related to breastfeeding and complementary feeding so that nutritional needs during the first 1,000 days of life period of children can be met properly.