Risk Factors of Stunting Among Children Under Five Years in Jombang, East Java
Amirah Muhammad Abdullah1 & Abdul Haris Khoironi2
Abstract
Background: Linear growth failure, or stunting, is the most prevalent form of undernutrition worldwide. Indonesia became country with the fifth largest prevalence of stunting. In 2021 around 23.5% of toddlers who are stunted in east java province The incidence of stunting can be influenced by several risk factors. Objective: To decide risk factor of stunting in children aged under 5 years old. Methods: This study observational analytic with case-control study design, data from the scope of the mayangan health center over 1 year, January until desember 2022. Subjects comprised 122 cases and 122 controls, totaling 244 subject were children aged under 5 years old selected by consecutive sampling. Results: The results showed that short birth length, total daily calory intake, history of ARI, and mother education has a significant association for stunting prevalence. Short birth length have 0.2 times higher risk of experiencing stunting, inadequate daily calory intake have 0.3 times higher than adequate group, history of ARI have 0.3 times higher of experiencing stunting, low mother education has 0.5 times higher that high mother education. Conclusion: The most influential variable in this study is short birth length, total daily calory intake, chronic diarrhea, history of ARI, and mother education, to be childhood stunting prevalence.
Keywords
stunting; risk factors; logistic analysis
Cite This Article
Abdullah, A. M., Khoironi, A. H. (2023). Risk Factors of Stunting Among Children Under Five Years in Jombang, East Java. International Journal of Scientific Advances (IJSCIA), Volume 4| Issue 3: May-Jun 2023, Pages 441-445, URL: https://www.ijscia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Volume4-Issue3-May-Jun-No.453-441-445.pdf
Volume 4 | Issue 3: May-Jun 2023
