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Pada tahun 2014 di Indonesia tercatat 15% anak dengan status gizi kurang dan 3,5% anak dengan status gizi buruk, sedangkan di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Kubang Nan Duo ditemukan 17,3% prevalensi anak gizi kurang dan 2,5% gizi buruk. Permasalahan ini timbul akibat kurangnya pengetahuan ibu tentang tumbuh kembang balita, karena permasalahan gizi dapat diatasi dengan pemahaman ibu terhadap pertumbuhan dan perkembangan anak balita. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran pengetahuan dan sikap ibu tentang deteksi dini tumbuh kembang balita di Puskesmas Kubang Nan duo Kecamatan Payung Sekaki Kabupaten Solok Tahun 2016. Jenis penelitian ini adalah deskriptif dengan pendekatan cross sectional study. Populasi pada penelitian ini adalah seluruh ibu balita yang memiliki permasalahan pertumbuhan dan perkembangan di Puskesmas Kubang Nan Duo yaitu sebanyak 83 orang. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik accidental sampling sehingga didapatkan sampel sebanyak 37 orang. Pengumpulan data pada penelitian ini menggunakan kuisioner dan analisis data meliputi analisis univariat. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diketahui bahwa 56,8% responden berpengetahuan rendah dan 51,4% responden menunjukkan respon sikap positif tentang deteksi dini tumbuh kembang balita. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa di Puskesmas Kubang Nan Duo pengetahuan ibu tentang deteksi dini tumbuh kembang balita masih rendah sehingga meningkatkan resiko masalah pertumbuhan dan perkembangan bagi Balita di Puskesmas Kubang Nan Duo. Untuk itu diharapkan kepada berbagai pihak, khususnya tenaga kesehatan di Puskesmas Kubang Nan Duo untuk dapat melakukan berbagai upaya untuk memberikan informasi tentang deteksi dini tumbuh kembang balita agar pengetahuan ibu dapat ditingkatkan sehingga mampu membentuk respon sikap positif yang akan memotivasi ibu untuk berperilaku sehat dalam deteksi dini pertumbuhan dan perkembangan balita.

In 2014 in Indonesia account for 15% of children with malnutrition status and 3.5% of children with poor nutritional status, whereas in Public health center Kubang Nan Duo found a 17.3% prevalence of child malnutrition and 2.5% from severe malnutrition. These problems arise from a lack of knowledge of mothers about growth and development of infants, because of nutritional problems can be overcome by understanding the mother of the growth and development of children under five. This study aims to describe the knowledge and attitudes of mothers about early detection of growth and development of infants in Publict health Center Kubang Nan duo District Payung Sekaki District of Solok 2016. This research is a descriptive cross sectional study. The population in this study are all mothers who have problems of growth and development in the health center Kubang Nan Duo as many as 83 people. Sampling using accidental sampling technique to obtain a sample of 37 people. Collecting data in this study using questionnaires and data analysis include univariate analysis. Based on the survey results revealed that 56.8% of respondents knowledge be able low and 51.4% of respondents indicated a positive attitude response about early detection of growth and development of infants. It can be concluded that in public health center Kubang Nan Duo mothers' knowledge of early detection of growth and development of infants still low so increases the risk issue for toddler growth and development in the health center Kubang Nan Duo. For that is expected to various parties, especially health workers in health centers Kubang Nan Duo to be able to take measures to provide information on early detection of growth and development of infants so that the mother's knowledge could be improved so as to form a response to a positive attitude that will motivate mothers to adopt healthy behaviors in early detection growth and development of infants.