PERSEPSI IBU TENTANG PEMBERIAN MULTIVITAMIN PADA ANAK PRASEKOLAH DI WILAYAH LUMAJANG (Kajian di Masa Endemi Covid-19)

ABSTRACTChildren were group which vulnerable to covid-19 and other infections causes. Their immune function was immature and susceptible to respiratory system infections, also others symptoms were more diverse. In addition, another cause of children infection was due to nutritional problems. Therefore, one of the prevention that can be done was giving multivitamins. This study purposed to determine the mother's perception of giving multivitamins to preschool children to prevention in the covid-19 endemic era in the two category of related to the efficacy and reasons for giving multivitamins. This is descriptive quantitative study with a cross-sectional design. There are 59 mothers for samples, which calculated using Slovin formula. This study showed, there were perceptions related to the efficacy of multivitamins that mothers gave to children. It concluded the level of mother's perception based on the efficacy of multivitamin (84,0%) and the reason for giving multivitamin (83,8%) are showed positively or strong categoryKeywords: Covid-19 Endemic, multivitamin, mother’s perceptions