Health Dynamics
Vol 1, No 1 (2024): January 2024

Handling Nutrition in Stunted Children Through Education and Family Education in Madura, Indonesia

Yasin, Zakiyah (Unknown)
Nawawi, Ahmad (Unknown)
Sofiyana, Aulia Aprilita (Unknown)
Febriyanti, Eka (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Jan 2024

Abstract

Background: Stunting is a public health problem that is associated with an increased risk of morbidity, death and obstacles to both motor and mental growth.This research aims to determine the effect of family education on maternalnutritional behavior for toddlers who experience stunting in Madura, Indonesia.Method: The type of research was quantitative analytical observational, theresearch design used in this research is Quasi Experimental with a Two GroupsPre-test Post-test with Control Group Design. The population is all stuntedtoddlers who were registered at the Community Health Center in MaduraIndonesia, totaling 78 children and their mothers. The sample was 65 people usingsimple random sampling technique consisting of 33 control groups and 32treatment groups. Data collection uses a questionnaire. The variables studied arethe incidence of stunting in toddlers as the dependent variable and theindependent variable is the mother's nutritional behavior. Result: The researchresults of the Wilcoxon test analysis showed that there was a significant influenceon the average score of maternal nutritional behavior before and after being givenfamily education, with a p-value of 0.001 , namely p<0.05. Conclusion: There is aninfluence of family education on maternal nutritional behavior for toddlers whoexperience stunting in Madura Indonesia.

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hd

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Dentistry Health Professions Immunology & microbiology Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

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Health Dynamics (ISSN: 3006-5518, online) is an open-access journal that publishes Original Research, Case Report, Literature Reviews, Short Communications, Commentary, Opinion, Book Review, Letter to Editor, and Scientific News in the areas of public health, medicine, dentistry, human nutrition, ...