The Level of Parents' Understanding in Children Development Needs at the First 1000 Days of Birth

摘要

The purpose of this study is to know the level of parents' understanding on their children development needs at their first 1000 days because malnutrition and development delayed cases happened to babies in Malang. This study is done by using quantitative descriptive method. As the result, it is shown that parents' understanding level, especially mother, categorized as 'less understand'; parents' understanding level of needs and development in 0-6 months Period (180 days) categorized as 'less understand', and parents' understanding level of needs and development in 6-24 months (540 days) categorized as less 'understand'.