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Abstract
More than 50% of deaths of children under five are due to malnutrition, and two-thirds of these are caused by inappropriate infant and young child feeding practices. Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) is one of the government's programmes to reduce child mortality and improve children's quality of life. Posyandu cadres are an important part of the health care system. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of leaflet media on the knowledge of posyandu cadres about feeding practices in infants and children. This type of research is quantitative research with a pre-experimental approach with one group pre-post design and the number of respondents in this study as many as 30 people who will be given a pre and posttest questionnaire of knowledge about feeding practices in infants and children. The results showed that leaflet media had an effect on increasing the knowledge of posyandu cadres about feeding practices in infants and children with a P-Value of 0.001. It is expected that posyandu cadres can use leaflet media to provide information to the community.