Risk Factors for the Prevalence of Stunting in Young Children and Its Prevention
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- 10.2991/ahsr.k.210723.042How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- stunting, knowledge, risk factor
- 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 cross-sectional 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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TY - CONF AU - Desy Linasari PY - 2021 DA - 2021/07/24 TI - Risk Factors for the Prevalence of Stunting in Young Children and Its Prevention BT - Proceedings of the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Medical Faculty, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, International Symposium on "Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response during COVID 19 Pandemic" (ASMC 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 172 EP - 176 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.210723.042 DO - 10.2991/ahsr.k.210723.042 ID - Linasari2021 ER -