The Relationship of the Consumption of Mother's Blood Supply Tablets During Pregnancy and the Incidence of Stunting in Toddler

Batubara, Frisca Ronauli and Lumbantobing, Romauli and Vinata, Theofany Firza (2025) The Relationship of the Consumption of Mother's Blood Supply Tablets During Pregnancy and the Incidence of Stunting in Toddler. International Journal of Research and Review, 12 (1). pp. 174-184. ISSN 2349-9788

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Abstract

This research aimed to determine the relationship between maternal consumption of blood supplement tablets during pregnancy and the incidence of stunting in toddlers at the Parungkuda Health Center UPTD in 2024. The type of research used was analytical research with a cross sectional approach. Based on the results of Univariate research, it was found that 16 children experienced stunting (18%) and 73 children did not experience stunting (82%). There were 48 male children (53.9%) and 41 female children (46.1%). Among the mothers at the posyandu who were the most respondents in filling out the questionnaire were Jayanti posyandu, 11 mothers (12.4%) and the fewest were Melati 3 posyandu, Melati 6 posyandu and Melati 9 posyandu, there were 6 mothers (6.7%). It was found that 37 mothers (41.6%) had the highest level of education, while 6 mothers had at least a Diploma or above education (6.7%). There were 42 mothers (47.2%) who married under the age of 21 years. 47 mothers married when they were >21 years old (52.8). It was found that 67 mothers (75.3%) were compliant in consuming TTD. And 22 mothers were disobedient in consuming TTD (24.7). It is known that there are 78 mothers (87.6%) who have a good attitude towards consuming TTD and 11 mothers (12.4%) who have a bad attitude towards consuming TTD. In the bivariate results, there was a significant relationship between maternal TTD consumption during pregnancy and the incidence of stunting in toddlers, p=0.000 (p=<0.05). These results show that there is a significant relationship between the readiness of mothers to consume TTD during pregnancy and the incidence of stunting in toddlers at the Parungkuda Community Health Center UPTD in 2024 with a result of p=0.000 (0.05). Keywords: pregnant women, macro micro nutrients, iron, TTD, stunting

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