HEALTH FRONTIERS (MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS)
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2023): Health Frontiers

PREVENTION OF CHILD STUNTING THROUGH MATERNAL EDUCATION WITH POSYANDU CADRES

Nurul Evi (Universitas Negeri Malang)
AININ ZAIN ZAHRO (Public Health Science)
Anggun Safitri (Unknown)
Aurelia Marsha (Unknown)
Malinda Salsabila (Unknown)
Nasywa Nabiilah (Unknown)
Paksi Samudro (Unknown)
Zahrotul Fakhriyyah (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Dec 2023

Abstract

Stunting is a condition of failure in growth caused by failure of gain weight, disruption of linear growth, head circumference, and malnutrition that cause uncomparable height to the children and peers. In 2022, based on data from the Indonesian Nutrition Status Survey (SSGI), the prevalence of stunted toddlers in Malang City will be 18%. The main factors of this condition are mothers' lack of knowledge about nutrition, parenting patterns, health services, access to clean water sources, socio-cultural factors and incorrect breastfeeding practices. Therefore, efforts are needed to increase maternal knowledge as a form of preventing stunting cases. The aim of this activity is to increase mothers' knowledge and attitudes towards stunting and MPASI in children. The method in this project based learning activity is carried out in several stages, there are the planning stage, implementation stage, and evaluation stage. In this activity, a pretest and posttest were carried out, as well as delivering the material using power point media. The results of the base learning project for Posyandu mothers on street Raya Candi II RW 2, Sukun, Malang City showed that there was an increase in knowledge

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Journal Info

Abbrev

mjhp

Publisher

Subject

Dentistry Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health Veterinary

Description

Health Frontiers is an national /scientific journal, double-blind peer-reviewed, open acces journal published by Tarqabin Nusantara Group. Health Frontiers provides a means for ongoing discussion of relevant issues that fall within the focus and scope of the journal that can be empirically examined. ...