Jurnal Berkala Kesehatan
Vol 9, No 1 (2023): JURNAL BERKALA KESEHATAN

The Relationship of Sex, Maternal Education and Exclusive Breast Milk Consumption with Stunting Events in Toddlers

Rusmiyati Rusmiyati (Master of Public Health Sciences, Medical Faculty, Lambung Mangkurat University, South Kalimantan)
Roselina Panghiyangani (School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lambung Mangkurat University, South Kalimantan)
Syamsul Arifin (Master of Public Health Sciences, Medical Faculty, Lambung Mangkurat University, South Kalimantan)
Meitria Syahadatina Noor (Master of Public Health Sciences, Medical Faculty, Lambung Mangkurat University, South Kalimantan)
Husaini Husaini (Master of Public Health Sciences, Medical Faculty, Lambung Mangkurat University, South Kalimantan)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 May 2023

Abstract

Stunting is a condition of child's height growth is impaired. One in four toddlers experience stunting, characterized by stunted growth. Prevalence of stunting in toddlers nationally remains high at 36.8%. It has not reached WHO target, which is below 20%. Government has determined stunting as one of the priority programs, namely the Healthy Indonesia Program with Family Approach to reduce the incidence of stunting in toddlers. Therefore, a meta-analysis study analyzes the relationship between sex, mother's education and exclusive breastfeeding consumption with the incidence of stunting in toddlers by applying PRISMA protocol. The results was no relationship between sex and the incidence of stunting in toddlers with OR value of 1.087 (95% CI 0.960 - 1.231), there was a relationship between mother's education and the incidence of stunting in toddlers with OR value of 1.850 (95% CI 1.550 - 2.208), and there is a relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and the incidence of stunting in toodlers with OR value of 1.657 (95% CI 1.004 2.737) and shows no publication bias with funnel plot symmetry. So it can be concluded that there is no relationship between sex and the incidence of stunting, and there is a relationship between maternal education and exclusive breastfeeding consumption with stunting in toddlers.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

berkala-kesehatan

Publisher

Subject

Public Health

Description

Jurnal Berkala Kesehatan is a journal published by the Master Program of Public Health Sciences at Lambung Mangkurat University. This journal is published in frequency 2 times a year, ie in May and November. This journal contains public health science research texts, review of research results, new ...