Public Health of Indonesia
Vol. 9 No. 3 (2023): July - September

Determinants of HAZ score in children under five in Glagah, Lamongan, Indonesia: A SEM-PLS analysis

Al Ayubi, Moch Thoriq Assegaf (Unknown)
As'ad, Muhammad (Unknown)
Ariyanti, Fajar (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Sep 2023

Abstract

Background: Stunting is a nutritional condition of children with a Height for Age Z-score (HAZ score) under -2. The percentage of stunting in Indonesia in 2018 for children under five years of age was 30.80%, which has consistently increased since 2000. Glagah is a subdistrict in Lamongan Regency, which includes the national priority of the stunting intervention program. A multisectoral and comprehensive intervention must be related to evidence-based and previous relevant research and framework. However, there are various results about the determinants of stunting. Objective: This study aimed to identify direct and indirect effects from the determinant of HAZ score in children under five years of age in Glagah, Lamongan, Indonesia. Methods: This research employed a case-control design with K=2 and utilized a modified research questionnaire to collect the data. The population was mothers with 6–59-month-old children in Glagah. The samples were 88 control and 44 cases. The analysis was performed with SEM-PLS analysis with bootstrapping using α 0.05. Results: Our model shows an R-square of 0.433. Variables with the most affecting factors are Energy intake → HAZ (β 0.541), Protein intake → HAZ (β -0.327), Parenting score → HAZ (β 0.309), parenting score → energy intake (β 0.411), parenting score → protein intake (β 0.435), parenting score → energy intake → HAZ (β 0.222). Conclusion: These results provide an essential brief for community empowerment to increase parenting quality in a stunting intervention program. This research proposes an improvement on the environment and population variables for further study.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

PHI

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Subject

Public Health

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Public Health of Indonesia is an International, peer-reviewed, and open access journal emphasizing on original research findings that are relevant for developing country perspectives including Indonesia. The journal considers publication of articles as original article, review article, short ...