Perbedaan proporsi stunting pada anak usia 12-24 bulan berdasarkan pemanfaatan pelayanan posyandu di Kabupaten Jayapura, Papua
Abstract: Stunting according
to World Health Organization’s standard is a linear growth failure identified
by the Z-score value of proportioned height by age (Body Height/Age) that less
than -2 of standard deviation. Indonesia has the fifth largest number of
stunted children in the world right after India, Nigeria, Pakistan and China.
Posyandu service utilization is one of stunting determinants. A number of
visits and the activity of infants in using Posyandu services will help the
observation of children’s health and nutrition status. Through thoroughly
observation chronically malnourished and stunting could be earlier identified,
thus the growth failure could be prevented.
Objective: to identify the stunting proportion difference of 12-24 months
children according to Posyandu services use.
Method: Study was conducted by using an observational method and
cross-sectional research design. Subjects of study are 12-24 month children in
Jayapura Regency. Cluster random sampling method was used to identify 313
children as samples. Observation data was analyzed by using chi-square test and
fisher exact test due to a not normally distributed population.
Results: There are 19.8% samples identified as stunted children.
Chi-square test and fisher exact test showed that there is no significant
difference in stunting proportion according to Posyandu service utilization
(p>0.05). Meanwhile, there is a significant difference between a number of
stunting and number of ISPA (p=0.017) and mothers nutrition knowledge
(p=0.025).
Conclusion: There is not any difference in stunting number proportion
according to Posyandu services utilization.
Keywords: posyandu; posyandu
service utilization; stunting
Penulis: Yulia Nuradha
Kartosiana Wasaraka
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd150771
