Impact of Indonesian Healthcare Worker in Stunting Eradication

Abstract

Even though the number of cases has reduced yearly, stunting is still a significant condition affecting Indonesian children. The fight against stunting includes attention to sensitive and specific interventions addressing the direct and indirect causes of stunting. Healthcare workers, as front liners, play a significant role in the intervention and eradication of stunting and are actively involved in the prevention, education, advocation, and data gathering surrounding stunting. Though vital, the role of healthcare workers in the fight against stunting and its impacts have never been discussed extensively, partly due to the vast variation of healthcare workers and layers of medical services (from primary care to advance hospitalization) included in the care for stunting. This review aims to look at available literature resources that fully describe the numerous roles and the impact healthcare workers had on eradicating stunting in Indonesia. While the healthcare roles in providing intervention of stunting (e.g., medical doctors in the prescription of ONS) is essential, it is crucial to equip healthcare (and the community) with sufficient knowledge of stunting.

Pendampingan Penilaian Status Gizi Balita bagi Kader Posyandu di Wilayah Kerja Poskesdes Desa Bandar Setia Kecamatan Percut Sei Tuan Kabupaten Deli Serdang

“…Dukungan yang memadai harus diberikan dengan mengembangkan program pelatihan secara berkala, sistem insentif yang jelas, dan jaminan kualitas. Upaya-upaya yang perlu dilakukan melalui kolaborasi multisektoral ini merupakan kunci untuk memaksimalkan potensi tenaga kesehatan masyarakat dan pemberantasan stunting di Indonesia (Basrowi et al, 2022;Miranda et al, 2023).…”

Perancangan Rekam Kesehatan Personal (Rkp) Untuk Deteksi Dini Cegah Stunting Pada Balita Di Posyandu

“…Kader kesehatan khususnya bidan biasanya merupakan petugas kesehatan yang ada di posyandu dengan dibantu oleh kader. Kader memiliki peran penting dalam deteksi dini stunting melalui hasil pengukuran berat dan tinggi badan, tetapi banyak kader yang tidak memiliki pengetahuan yang cukup mengenai stunting (Basrowi et al, 2022) (Rahmawati and Sartika, 2020).…”

Baby Massage is Useful in Stunting Prevention

“…Tangerang City as one of the cities in Banten Province, the prevalence of nutritional status (weight according to age) in children under five was 2.74%, with a percentage of malnutrition of 14.19%, while children with good nutrition was 79.55% in 2022 (Liza Munira, 2023). The prevalence of nutritional status in children in the city of Tangerang (body length per age) is 3.70% in very short children, 14.87% in short children, and 81.43% in children with normal body length (Basrowi et al, 2022).…”