Afrinia Eka Sari, S.TP., M.Si. Pengarang

ABSTRACT Background: Delays in child development must be a concern since early childhood. Child development is one of the key indicators in the first 1000 days of life. Several factors that influence child development are head circumference and exclusive breastfeeding. This study aimed to determine the correlation between head circumference and exclusive breastfeeding with child development of children under two years old in Sukaluyu and Srikamulyan Village, Karawang Regency, West Java Province. Method: The design of this study used a cross-sectional design, with a sample consist of 168 children, using techniques purposive sampling and tested using the Chi-square test. The data were collected by anthropometric assessment, questionnaires, and KPSP (Pre- creening Questionnaire of Development). Result: The results of the study was there is no correlation between head circumference with child development (p =0.626), meanwhile there I correlation between exclusive breastfeeding with child development (p = 0.001). Child development can be stimulated through exclusive breastfeeding for six months. Conclusion: Nutrition education and consultation using local wisdom need to be improved so that exclusive breastfeeding implementation increases in the community. Keywords: child development, exclusive breastfeeding, head circumference