Determinan Kejadian Stunting pada Balita Usia 24-59 Bulan di Kecamatan Pujer Kabupaten Bondowoso

Abstract

Stunting is one of the nutrition problems in Indonesia. Stunting in Bondowoso, East Java had the highest prevalence in 2020 (27.66%). Stunting can be influenced by consumption level and history of infectious disease. The purpose of this research was to analyze the determinants of stunting in toddler aged 24-59 months in Pujer, Bondowoso. This research was conducted in November-December 2020. This research was an observational analytic with a cross sectional design. The research subjects were 84 toddlers. The sampling technique used simple random sampling. Data was collected by interview using a questionnaire. Data were analyzed used the chi-square test with a significance of p <0.05. This results showed that most of toddler were not stunting (67.9%). There was no relationship between energy consumption (p=0.053), protein consumption (p=0.456), history of infectious diseases (p=0.771), history of low birth weight (p=0.381), and exclusive breastfeeding (p=0.739) with the incidence of stunting in toddler. Suggestion that can be given to the Bondowoso Health Office are optimizing the balance nutrition counseling programs, PMBA, Emo Demo meal portions.