FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI TERJADINYA STUNTING DI WILAYAH KERJA UPT PUSKESMAS TUMBANG TALAKEN

Abstract

Stunting continues to be a major public health problem globally. The problem of stunting in Indonesia according to a report issued by UNICEF is that it is estimated that as many as 7.8 million children are stunted..To find out the factors that influence the occurrence of stunting in the work area of the UPT Tumbang Talaken Health CenterQuantitative Research The research design used was case control with a population of 112 and a sample of 45 mothers who had toddlers aged 24-60 months. There were 15 mothers as cases and 30 mothers as controls. The analysis used is chi square.The majority of respondents were found with a height > 150cm, namely not at risk (98%), not giving exclusive breastfeeding, namely (89%), high economic status (53.4%) and there were respondents with stunting, namely (33.4%) . the results of the chi square test had no effect on the mother's height on the incidence of stunting (p-value 0.808), there was an effect of exclusive breastfeeding (p-value 0.005), and economic status on the incidence of stunting (p-value 0.001).Factors that influence the occurrence of stunting are the factors of exclusive breastfeeding and economic status.