Latar Belakang: Kurangnya pengetahuan kader tentang deteksi dini stunting. Belum siapnya kader dalam deteksi dini stunting. Belum ditemukan hasil penelitian tentang pengetahuan dan kesiapan kader di wilayah kerja Puskesmas I Denpasar Barat. Tujuan: Untuk mengetahui hubungan antara tingkat pengetahuan kader dengan kesiapan kader dalam deteksi dini stunting di wilayah kerja Puskesmas I Denpasar Barat. Metode: Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah analitik korelatif dengan pendekatan cross-sectional. Sampel penelitian sebanyak 226 kader dengan menggunakan teknik simple random sampling. Waktu penelitian April 2024 sampai dengan Mei 2024 di wilayah kerja Puskesmas I Denpasar Barat. Instrumen penelitian yaitu lembar kuesioner tingkat pengetahuan dan kesiapan kader dalam deteksi dini stunting. Data analisis menggunakan uji korelasi spearman rho. Hasil: Tingkat pengetahuan kader dalam kategori baik (100,0%) dan kesiapan kader dalam dalam deteksi dini stunting dalam kategori sangat siap sebanyak 221 kader (97,8%). Ada hubungan signifikan antara tingkat pengetahuan dengan kesiapan kader dalam deteksi dini stunting (p-value 0,011, r = 0,17) Kesimpulan: Semakin tinggi tingkat pengetahuan maka semakin tinggi kesiapan kader dalam deteksi dini stunting sehingga diperlukannya pemberian edukasi untuk meningkatkan tingkat pengetahuan. Kata Kunci: Kader, Kesiapan, Pengetahuan, Stunting

Background. The cadres’ knowledge and the readiness for early detection of stunting is very important and there is no study on the knowledge and readiness of cadres in the work area of Public Health Centre 1 West Denpasar. Aim. To determine the correlation between the level of knowledge and the readiness of cadres in early detection of stunting in the working area of Public Health Centre 1 West Denpasar. Method. The study employed correlative analysis design with cross- sectional approach. There were 226 respondents recruited as the sample through random sampling technique. The study was conducted in April, 2024 to May, 2024. The data were collected using questionnaire on the level of knowledge and readiness of cadres in early detection of stunting. Further, data analysed using Spearman Rho correlation test. Finding. The study found that knowledge level of cadres had good category (100.0%) and the readiness of cadres in early detection of stunting was in very ready category, namely 221 respondents (97.8%). There was a significant correlation between the level of knowledge and the readiness of cadres in early detection of stunting (p-value 0.011, r = 0.17) Conclusion. The higher the level of knowledge, the higher the readiness of cadres in early detection of stunting; so that, education is needed to increase the level of knowledge. Keywords: Cadres, Readiness, Knowledge, Stunting