| dc.description.abstract | INCREASING THE ABILITY IN OVERCOMING STUNTING AND HEALTH PROBLEM BY
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT IN SUKOGIDRI VILLAGE-JEMBER. Indonesia has a high
prevalence of stunting, and Jember is one of the six districts in East Java province that
contribute to stunting prevalence. To overcome the stunting problem, it needs a holistic
strategy including health, education and economic aspects, therefore the community
empowerment is an important approach. The purpose of this public service program was to
increase the awareness and capability of the community to overcome stunting and health
problem by community empowerment. Several activities were conducted in this community
service program, i.e. by examining the health status of the children, pregnant woman, and high
risk people, counseling and education about stunting and the effect on health status and also
the effect for the next generation, education about the efforts to prevent stunting, provide
training to prepare a healthy food and specific training for the cadres who responsible for the
stunting-alleviation program. The impact of the activity was an increase the knowledge and
awareness of the community about stunting. And there were several trained-cadres about
stunting and its prevention. | en_US |
