Balita mudah terkena penyakit ISPA karena tubuh balita masih rentan terhadap penyakit infeksi. Banyak ibu yang tidak tahu tentang pencegahan penyakit ISPA. Metode FGD (focus group discussion) dapat digunakan untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah menjelaskan peningkatan pengetahuan ibu melalui FGD. Desain penelitian adalah pra eksperimental one group pra post test design. Variabel yang diteliti adalah tingkat pengetahuan ibu. Sampel yang digunakan adalah ibu yang memiliki balita di wilayah RT 3 RW 1 Kelurahan Sidotopo Wetan Kecamatan Kenjeran sebanyak 13 orang. Pengambilan data menggunakan kuesioner. Berdasarkan hasil uji Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test dengan tingkat signifikansi α<0,05, didapatkan nilai p=0,002 yang berarti ada peningkatan pengetahuan ibu melalui FGD. Adanya peningkatan dikarenakan faktor pendidikan, usia, pengalaman serta proses diskusi dalam FGD. Bagi para ibu harus tetap mengakses informasi tentang preventif ISPA dalam berbagai media. Kata kunci: Focus Grup Discussion, Pengetahuan, ISPA ABSTRACT Children with age 12-60 months are susceptible to ISPA due to their body was still susceptible to infectious diseases. Many mother do not know about the prevention of ISPA. FGD (focus group discussion) can be used to increase their knowledge. The aim of this study is to explain the increasing mother’s knowledge through the FGD. The study design was a pre-experimental one-group pre-post test design. The variables studied were the level of mother’s knowledge. The samples used were mothers with babies aged 12-60 months as many as 30 people. Data was collected by questioner. Based on the test results of the Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test with a significance level of α<0,05, p value = p=0,002 which means there is the increasing mother’s knowledge through the FGD. The increasing knowledge due to factors of education, age, experience, and the discussion process in the FGD. For mother must still access information about preventive ISPA in a variety of media. Keywords: Focus Grup Discussion, knowledge, ISPA DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT PDF >>