Effect of Stunting Education Counseling with Booklet Media on Parental Knowledge and Attitude As an Effort to Overcome Stunting

[摘要] Background: Stunting is developmental disorders experienced by children due to poor nutrition,repeated infections, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. The problem of stunting in childrenunder five shows an average rate of 35.3% in West Java. Stunting is a problem because it is associated with an increased risk of disease and death, suboptimal brain development, which results indelayed motor development and stunted mental growth. Jamika sub-district has a high prevalenceof stunting under five in West Java, which is 23.7%. Pharmacists as Agents of Change can alsooptimize their role by providing information and education on stunting prevention.Subjects and Method: This study uses a design Pretest-posttest control group design at thePosyandu, Jamika Village, from February to April 2022. The total sample in this study was 30people who were taken from mothers who had toddler 0-24 months of age. Samples were obtainedby simple random sampling. The dependent attitudes of parents. The independent variable wasknowledge. The data that has been collected is then analyzed using chi square test and odds ratio(OR).Results: Good knowledge increased the attitude of parents in efforts to overcome stunting atPosyandu, Jamaika village. Parents with good knowledge increased attitude by 1.40 times to have apositive attitude in efforts to overcome stunting, and this result is statistically significant (OR=1.40; 95% CI= 0.87 to 2.23; p= 0.008).Conclusion: There was a relationship between good knowledge with attitude of parents as aneffort to overcome stunting in the Posyandu, Jamika village with booklet media.

[学科分类] 食品科学和技术

[关键词] stunting;booklet;knowledge;attitudes;parents