Risk Factors for the Prevalence of Stunting in Young Children and Its Prevention

Abstract

Nearly 9 millions of Indonesian children suffer from stunting, and Indonesia is ranked the 5th in the world for the highest number of short children. Indonesia has made some progress towards achieving the target for stunting, but 30.8% of children under 5 years of age are still affected, which is higher than the average for the Asia region (21.8%). The study was aimed to know the risk factors related to the prevalence of stunting in children under 5 years old. The study used crosssectional study with sample taking technique employing consecutive sampling. The study was done at the Community Health Center in Cibeber, Cimahi with 116 children under 5 years old. The data were analysed with data analysis using simple regression logistic. The study concluded that the highest risk factor for stunting to happen in children was the maternal knowledge with the OR score of 3,03. Stunting prevalence was affected by the mother's behaviour in parenting the children. Attitudes and knowledge are the factors affecting behaviour, therefore stunting prevention can be done by improving the knowledge of the mother on nutrition and good parenting.

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“…Meanwhile, in some African and Asian countries (i.e. Nigeria, Indonesia and India), the prevalence of stunting in children under five years exceeds 30% (Menon et al, 2018;Olusanya et al, 2010;Hanifah et al, 2018) and some studies have even reported the prevalence of stunting to be as high as 52.1% (Linasari, 2021) and 80% (Kohlmann et al, 2021). In addition, a recent study among Southwest Ethiopian children also report the prevalence of stunting to be more than 30% (Zewdie et al, 2021).…”

“…Worms cause morbidity through a complex interaction between the host and specific parasites (Olds, 2013). Estimates indicate that more than 880 million children require treatment for helminthiasis, and the population at risk in Africa is about 350 million (WHO, 2020).…”

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“…Peran perawat komunitas pada tingkatan pencegahan penyakit salah satunya adalah pencegahan primer/peningkatan kesehatan (health promotion), yaitu peningkatan status kesehatan masyarakat melalui kegiatan, diantaranya pendidikan kesehatan (health education), penyuluhan kesehatan masyarakat (PKM) seperti penyuluhan tentang gizi, perbaikan status gizi masyarakat dan pengamatan tumbuh kembang anak (growth and development monitoring) dengan cara deteksi dini (Mediani, Nurhidayah, & Lukman, 2020).Upaya pencegahan stunting harus dimulai oleh ibu dari masa kehamilan terutama pada 1.000 hari pertama kehidupan, salah satunya adalah dengan pengetahuan dan sikap ibu tentang pencegahan stunting. Penguatan intervensi untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan sikap ibu tentang kesehatan dan gizi perlunya paket gizi (Pemberian Makanan) Tambahan, Vit A. Tablet Tambah Darah) pada ibu hamil dan balita, memahami pengasuhan dan pembinaan tumbuh kembang anak (Linasari, 2021)…”