IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO ASSESS CHILDREN'S GROWTH AND FULFILLMENT OF FAMILY NUTRITION

Monitoring the growth and development of children in first 1,000 days life is very important given rapid at this age. This brain age under 2 years (a critical period development) right time to make recovery, if there are disorders nutritional deficiencies. Increasing community's ability assess children's fulfillment family nutrition as an effort optimize process child nation's next generation. The purpose programme improve community (independently) assessing fulfilling nutrition. methods used focus group discussions basis for making modules, health promotion with interactive lectures discussion techniques, simulations how toddler using maternal books (KIA) fulfillment. was carried out 1 day took place Kaliasin Village, Tanjung Bintang District, South Lampung Regency. participants were 30 people who members results evaluation found that increase participants' understanding much 90% became a good understanding, 10% had fairly none poor toddlers average pretest result 50.5 posttest 83.5. Based on analysis Wilcoxon test, it statistically significant mean difference between scores (p=0.000). technique increasing knowledge skills has proven be effective.