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Stunting is a growth failure condition of children under five years old due to chronic malnutrition. One of the factors associated with stunting is the knowledge and attitude of the mother. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation of the role of health service integrated post cadre towards the knowledge and the attitude of mother about stunting prevention in the working area of Public Health Centre II Ubud. This study employed a correlative analytic design with a cross-sectional approach. The population in this study were all mothers who participated in the Health Service Integrated Post in the Public Health Centre II Ubud. To conduct this study, 204 respondents were recruited as the sample through systematic random sampling and consecutive technique. The data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed by using the The Spearmans Rho. The Spearmans Rho statistical test showed significant results between the role of Health Service Integrated Post cadres on mothers knowledge about the prevention of stunting (p-value < 0.05 and r = 0.303). In relation to the role of Health Service Integrated Post cadres and maternal attitudes, there were also significant results (p-value <0.05 and r = 0.193). There is a relationship between the role of Health Service Integrated Post cadres on the knowledge and attitudes of mothers about stunting prevention in the Working Area of Public Health Centre II Ubud.