FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TOWARD STUNTING IN CHILDREN IN INDONESIA

Lina Dewi Anggraeni, Tuti Asrianti Utami, Hany Wihardja — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Stunting is a condition of failure to thrive in children under five due to chronic malnutrition, especially in the first 1000 days of Life. Stunting is closely related to the growth and development of the brain and the risk of suffering from chronic diseases in adulthood. Multi-factors that caused stunting include nutrition intake, toddler health status, maternal characteristics, parity, breastfeeding history, and the environment sanitation. This study aimed to identify the factors associated with the incidences of stunting in children under five years. This study was a quantitative study with a cross-sectional approach. This study was conducted from April to October 2019. This study involved 220 toddlers aged 1-5 years with their mothers. Study revealed that number of children were statistically correlated with to the incidence of stunting (p-value 0.005). There were three factors associated with the incidence of stunting in children under five years of age These factors are parity, history of exclusive breastfeeding, and mother's knowledge. The parity factor or the number of children is the most related factor with the incidence of stunting in children (p-value 0.007). Mothers of toddlers must be motivated to provide adequate nutrition in accordance with the needs at the age of growth and development. Government programs to overcome stunting need to start from family planning and the quality of performance of nutrition programs, one of which is intensive nutrition education for pregnant women and mothers of toddlers.

IMPROVEMENT OF PREGNANT WOMEN'S PERCEPTION ON STUNTING PREVENTION THROUGH ISLAMIC-BASED PRENATAL CLASSES

Eka Oktarina Riani, Said Devi Elvin, Eka Warnidar — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

One of the causes of stunting is the nutritional deficiency of pregnant women. To prevent stunting, pregnant women must be educated about nutrition through prenatal classes. The purpose of this research is to determine the effectiveness of Islamic-based prenatal classes in improving pregnant women's perceptions of stunting prevention. This research is a quasi-experimental study on pregnant women in the Meuraxa District of Banda Aceh. Power analysis is used to determine the sample size, resulting in 64 pregnant women in the intervention group and 64 pregnant women in the control group. The intervention consists of an Islamic-based prenatal class conducted in five sessions, each lasting sixty minutes. The data collection instrument to understand pregnant women's perceptions of stunting prevention was developed by the researcher based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) theory. Data collection was conducted twice, namely before the intervention (pre-test) and after the intervention. (post test). Data analysis used descriptive statistics, namely frequency distribution and non-parametric statistics, namely the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test and the Mann Whitney U Test to assess the difference in mean scores between the intervention group and the control group. The research results indicated that there are differences in perceptions of pregnant women between the intervention group and the control group regarding the prevention of stunting in children, namely perceptions of vulnerability (P-value = 0.048), perceptions of severity (P-value = 0.015), perceptions of benefits (P-value = 0.048), and perceptions of barriers (P-value = 0.002). Based on the results, the Islamic-based prenatal class program for pregnant women has proven effective in enhancing the perception of pregnant women in preventing stunting in their unborn children as early as possible.

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FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TOWARD STUNTING IN CHILDREN IN INDONESIA

IMPROVEMENT OF PREGNANT WOMEN'S PERCEPTION ON STUNTING PREVENTION THROUGH ISLAMIC-BASED PRENATAL CLASSES