GAMBARAN FAKTOR PENYEBAB KEJADIAN STUNTING DI NAGARI SARIAK KECAMATAN SUNGAI PUA TAHUN 2022

Abstract

Currently, the demands and needs of the community for health services are getting higher, this is in line with the increasing knowledge, social and economic status of the community. Based on the results of the situation analysis carried out in Agam Regency related to the nutritional status of children under five, Sungai Puar sub-district is one of the Stunting Locus areas that must be carried out for prevention and nutrition management efforts in the target group. Sungai Pua sub-district has 5 Nagari, 28 Jorong, 41 posyandu and 200 posyandu cadres. From the data of ± 1700 Toddlers who were the targets of the weighing, it is known that the Nutritional Status Description of stunting with short and very short categories was 168 toddlers, undernourished with very poor and poor nutrition categories as many as 91 toddlers and poor nutrition as many as 10 toddlers. Nagari Sariak is one of the villages located in the Pua River area which has 123 children under five. Based on the weighing results, there are 10% of toddlers experiencing stunting in Sariak Nagari. This study is a descriptive study to see a description of the factors causing stunting in Nagari Sariak with a population of 123 toddlers. The results showed that there were 13 stunting toddlers from 123 toddlers in Nagari Sariak with a description of the factors causing low parental education 40%, parental occupation 50% farmers/labor, parental income 80% below the minimum wage, history of exclusive breastfeeding 90% had been given Breast milk, a history of infectious diseases experienced by children in the last 3 months as much as 52%.