ABSTRACT
The objective of the research was to identify the effect of the simulation of Maena dance on housewives' knowledge of balanced nutrition in 3-5 year-old children at Hiliwaele I Village, Botomuzoi Sub-district, Nias Regency, in the year of 2018. The study employed a quasi-experimental method with one-group pretest-post-test design. The measurement and assessment of the research subjects were done before and after the simulation. The samples included 45 respondents selected through purposive sampling technique which fulfilled inclusion and exclusion criteria. The result of paired t-test obtained p-value=0.000 with the average score of knowledge before the dance simulation was 11.60, and after the simulation was 19.31 (post-test) indicating that score increase of knowledge post the simulation was 7.71. It is recommended that the health promoters in Botomuzoi Sub-district provide counseling about nutrition to women who have children with the age range 3-5 years old by using Maena dance simulation
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