Teresia Retna P, Roudlotul Jannah and Yasin Wahyuriyanto Titi Nurhayati*
Background: Stunting is a condition of failure to thrive in toddlers due to chronic malnutrition during the first 1,000 days of a child's life. The prevalence of stunting as a result of Riskesda has increased by 35.6%, in 2013 it increased nationally by 37.2%, namely 18% very short and 19.2% short, in 2022 the working area of Puskesmas Wire ranked first in stunting prevalence which is 24.43%. The purpose of the study was to determine the dominant factors in efforts to prevent stunting events in mothers with toddlers in the work area of the Wire Health Center, Tuban Regency.
Method: The research design is descriptive correlation, cross-sectional approach. The population is all mothers with toddlers as many as 400 mothers, the sample is selected by no probability sampling technique, namely quota sampling as many as 200 mothers. Its data collection using questionnaires, further tabulated in distribution tables and analyzed. Statistical test descriptive analysis is univariate analysis for research variables of frequency and percentage distribution. Bivariate analysis with logistic regression test to analyze dominant factors.
Results: It was found that most mothers under five (69.5%) aged 20-35 years, most (52.5%) had a junior high school/MTs education, almost all (78.5%) were not working, almost all (77%) earned<2.5 million. In maternal behavior, social support was obtained p-value 0.029<0.05, intention of p-value 0.018<0.05, autonomy of p-value 0.018<0.05, access to information of p-value 0.998>0.05, p-value situation 0.999>0.05. Of the five factors, efforts to prevent stunting are influenced by social support, intention and autonomy.
Conclusion: Family support, intention and autonomy in mothers with toddlers play a major role in health behavior change and preventive measures against increasing stunting can prevent the consequences of stunting both in the short and long term.
Published Date: 2025-02-11; Received Date: 2024-03-19
