Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Mothers on the First 1000 Days of Life

The first 1000 days of life is the window period which critically determines the children’s growth and development and individual’s health afterwards. The knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of pregnant mothers and mothers with children under two years old greatly influence the optimum upbringing of the fetus and children during the period. This study was aimed to evaluate the KAP of mothers about the first 1000 days of life and its associated factors. A cross-sectional study was conducted at a district in Depok city in August 2017. Subjects were purposively recruited to fill the validated KAP questionnaire on the first 1000 days. A total of 110 subjects were recruited, the higher proportion of them have adequate knowledge (42.7%), good attitude ((62.7%), and good practice (61.8%). The mothers’ knowledge was associated with attitude and practice (p<0.001) but the attitude and practice were not associated (p=0.175). Maternal education was the only factor that associated with knowledge (p=0.018) and attitude (p=0.013) while family income was associated with practice (p=0.018). This finding strengthened the importance of the existing community empowerment program such as posyandu in improving the KAP of mothers to achieve better results in the first 1000 days period of their children.