Kader telah dilatih konseling PMBA di Lombok Barat tahun 2012. Disain penelitian ini adalah potong lintang. Ada 93 kader yang dipilih secara acak dari 214 kader yang telah dilatih. Pengetahuan diperoleh melalui kuesioner yang diisi sendiri oleh kader sedangkan keterampilan konseling melalui observasi rekaman video. Penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 60.2% kader memiliki pengetahuan yang baik, 51.6% memiliki nilai yang baik tentang sikap positif, dan 46.3% memiliki keterampilan konseling yang baik. 87.1% kader mengaku melakukan praktek konseling PMBA setelah pelatihan tetapi hanya 43.2% dari mereka yang melakukannya paling tidak sekali sebulan. Memiliki pengetahuan yang baik terkait dengan mereka yang memiliki materi pelatihan seperti kartu konseling dan dilatih oleh pelatih kabupaten dan Puskesmas. Memiliki keterampilan konseling yang baik berkorelasi dengan tingkat pendidikan. Makin sering melakukan praktek konseling PMBA terkait dengan mereka yang menerima supervisi, difasilitasi oleh fasilitator Puskesmas.

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Cadres have been trained on infant and young child feeding counseling in West Lombok in 2012. Study design was cross sectional. There were 93 cadres selected randomly among 214 cadres who had completed the training. Knowledge and attitude was obtained through self-administered questionnaires while counseling skills was assessed through observation of video record.

The study showed that 60.2% of cadres had good knowledge, 51.6% had good score on positive attitude, and 46.3% had good counseling skills. 87.1% of cadres admitted to practice IYCF counseling after completed training but only 43.2% of them did it for at least once a month. Good knowledge score was related with ownership of training material counseling cards and had training facilitated by district and Puskesmas facilitators. Good counseling skills were correlated with has educational level. More frequent of practice IYCF counseling was related with receiving supervision, facilitated by Puskesmas facilitators.