Midwifery Care Journal
Vol 1, No 5 (2020): October 2020

USIA IBU SAAT HAMIL DAN KEJADIAN STUNTING PADA ANAK USIA 1-3 TAHUN

Tri Nurhidayati (Poltekkes Kemenkes Semarang)
Heny Rosiana (Poltekkes Kemenkes Semarang)
Rozikhan Rozikhan (Poltekkes Semarang)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Nov 2020

Abstract

One of the nutritional problems at this time is the high stunting of child in under five yearsStunting caused by a multidimensional factor and not only caused by malnutritionexperienced by pregnant women and children under five. Other factors that affect the motherare the mother's posture (short), the pregnancy is too close, the mother is still a teenagerand the lack of nutritional intake during pregnancy. This study aims to analyze therelationship between the age of pregnant women and the incidence of stunting. This type oresearch is analytic observational with a case control design, the number of samples is 80respondents, namely mothers who have children aged 1-3 years (40 cases and 40 controls)Data analysis used univariate and bivariate analysis. Maternal age at pregnancy did nosignificantly influence the incidence of stunting p value 0.368. The conclusion is that themother's age at pregnancy hasn’t a risk of stunting in children who are born. 

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Journal Info

Abbrev

micajo

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions

Description

MIDWIFERY CARE JOURNAL is a national midwifery journal which publishes scientific works for midwives, nurses, academic people and practitioners. Welcomes and invites original research article in midwifery, including : Birth | Pregnancy | Newborn | Adolescence | Family Planning | Climacterium | ...