Risk factors of stunting in toddler aged 24-59 month

Melba Riska Utami Hutabarat, Melba Riska Utami Hutabarat and Irwanto, Irwanto and Sulistiawati, Sulistiawati (2021) Risk factors of stunting in toddler aged 24-59 month. Jurnal Kebidanan, 10 (2). pp. 119-128. ISSN 2549-7081

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Abstract

Stunting is a chronic condition that describes growth retardation due to long-term malnutrition.
Prevalenced of stunting in Cempaka subdistrict in 2017 reached 51.25% and the stunting incidence was
widely found in toddler aged 24 – 59 month. The purpose of study was to analyze the risk factors of
stunting in toddler age 24 - 59 month in Cempaka subdistrict, Banjarbaru. The research was an
observational analytic with case control approached. The sample was 200 peoples included mothers and
toddlers aged 24-59 months according to the inclusion criteria. Subject selection by cluster random
sampling for selected the group’s sample and simple random sampling for selected its sample. The data
was tested using Chi Square and logistic regression at significance level α = 0.05. This analysis was
performed to find the association of stunting with selected factors. The resulted of the multivariate analysis
showed short birth’s length had (p=0.00; OR 14.1) and the age 24-36 month had (p=0.01; OR 1.6) while
mother’s height, sex, socioeconomic status, parent’s educational status, mother’s age married, mother's
malnutrition status, birth weight, exclusive breastfeeding and complementary food’s time is not a factor in
stunting. The conclusion of this study that short birth’s length and aged 24 – 36 month are the most
dominant risk factor of stunting in toddler aged 24 – 59 month.
Keywords: toddler aged 24 – 59 month, stunting, risk factors, malnutrition

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: toddler aged 24 – 59 month, stunting, risk factors, malnutrition
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine
Depositing User: Mrs Ni Made Yunia Dwi Savitri
Date Deposited: 15 Jun 2022 03:19
Last Modified: 15 Jun 2022 03:19
URI: http://eprints.triatmamulya.ac.id/id/eprint/1176

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