PIJAT BAYI DAN EDUKASI MP ASI TERHADAP BERAT BADAN BAYI USIA 6 - 9 BULAN DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS LASI AGAM

Abstract

West Sumatra SSGI on 2021 show data of Stunting is 23.3%, and on 2021 show27.5% in 2019,

in 2022 data for toddlers who are very underweight according to weight per age is at 19.4%..

Baby massage is routine care for babies that has been known for a long time by the public through skin

touch which has a tremendous impact, namely being able to increase the baby's weight as well as getting

enough food through providing information and knowledge through complementary foods that are good

for babies. The type of research used in this research is One Group Pretest-Posttest with the first

observation (pretest) of weighing the body so that it can test the changes that occur after treatment,

after 4 weeks the second observation is carried out again. The population of this study was all babies

aged 6-9 months in the Lasi Community Health Center working area in 2023, 30 normal babies in the

age range of 6-9 months, born with normal weight, without congenital defects. The statistical test used

is the Paired t test dependent test. The results of this research are that there is an influence between

baby massage and Complementary feeding education with the increase in baby weight in the Lasi

Health Center Working Area with P-Value 0,000 Suggestion: There is a need to increase education

regarding baby massage and Complementary feeding education for mothers who have babies aged 6 -

9 months.