HUBUNGAN INTERVENSI GIZI SPESIFIK DENGAN KEJADIAN STUNTING DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS SUKATANI PURWAKARTA

Abstract

Background. The high number of stunting problems in toddlers becomes a resolved priority. The prevalence of stunting in 2021 in Purwakarta Regency was 5,3%. Meanwhile,  the  Sukatani Health Center Regency (6,4%) was the highest. There are intervention types to prevent stunting with specific nutrition interventions, such as exclusive breastfeeding, consumption of vitamin A capsules, and completeness of basic immunizations. There is a need for research on the relationship between specific nutrition interventions and stunting, especially in the working area of the Sukatani Purwakarta Health Center.

Objectives. To find out the description and analyze the relationship between the practice of exclusive breastfeeding, consumption of vitamin A capsules complete with primary immunization, and the incidence of stunting in the working area of the Sukatani Purwakarta Health Center.

Method. This research used quantitative with a cross-sectional research design. Secondary data was taken from weighing toddlers in August 2022 in the working area of the Sukatani Health Center. The population in this study was all toddlers aged 6 - 60 months, totaling 5685 toddlers. The sample in the study used the Proportional Random sampling technique. The sampling technique used the Slovin formula. The analysis used the chi-square test analysis to analyze univariate and bivariate data with the dependent variable stunting and the independent variable exclusive breastfeeding, consumption of vitamin A capsules, and completeness of basic immunization.

Results. There is a relationship between the practice of exclusive breastfeeding and the incidence of stunting with a p-value of 0.004 (p-value <α = 0.05). There is no relationship between the consumption of vitamin A capsules and the incidence with a p-value of 0.365 (p-value > α = 0.05 ) and there is a relationship between the completeness of basic immunization and the incidence of stunting in the working area of the Sukatani Purwakarta Health Center with a p-value of 0.000.

Suggestions. Optimizing efforts to provide specific nutrition interventions for toddlers with a better approach to the community.