Factors Associated with the Incidence of Stunting in 18 - 24 Months Old Children in Malaka Village, Sumedang District, West Java, Indonesia

Reviani, Nia and Harmani, Joshua and Fitriani, Reza and Panjaitan, Faulina and Malau, Eunike and Timisela, Kenny (2019) Factors Associated with the Incidence of Stunting in 18 - 24 Months Old Children in Malaka Village, Sumedang District, West Java, Indonesia. Majalah Kedokteran UKI, 35 (1). pp. 5-11. ISSN 0216 4752

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Abstract

Stunting has been one of major concerns for the Indonesian government. In 2013, Indonesia reached the number of 37.2% for national stunting incidence, constantly increasing from year 2010 (35.6%) and 2007 (36.8%) according to Indonesian Basic Health Research (Riset Kesehatan Dasar). The National Nutrition Status Monitoring (Pemantauan Status Gizi) in 2017 recorded that 17.8% children of Indonesia weremalnourished and 12.1% of them were stunted. Whereas data from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia in 2017 showed that the prevalence of under- fives nationally with stunting was 29.6%. At provincial level, West Java ranked 26th with 35.3% as the number of stunting incidence. Sumedang District is one of 100 districts assigned as the main focus for stunting intervention program. In addition, Malaka Village in Sumedang District is one of 1,000 villages in Indonesia designed to be intervened as it held a high incident of children suffering from stunting. This study was aimed to find the association between birth length, birth weight, family economic status, exclusive breastfeeding, mother’s knowledge with the incidence of stunting in children aged 24-48 months old. The total sample of the study was 62 children, determined through accidental (convenience) sampling. Malaka Village had a prevalence of stunted children at a percentage of 27.4%. From univariate analysis with Spearman’s Rho correlation test, birth length and exclusive breastfeeding showed significant associations with stunting while other factors failed to demonstrate such associations.

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