Jurnal Administrasi Kesehatan Indonesia
Vol. 14 No. 1 (2026): June

A MULTI-LEVEL QUALITATIVE STUDY OF SENSITIVE-INTERVENTION STUNTING PROGRAM: FROM REGULATION TO IMPLEMENTATION ACTION

Tri Bayu Purnama (1. Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara, 2. Universitas Indonesia, and 3. Niigata University)
Syafran Arrazy (Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara)
Nurhayati (Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara, Medan)
Yulia Khairina Ashar (Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara, Medan)
Grace Wangge (Monash University, Banten)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2026

Abstract

Background: Stunting-sensitive intervention programs remain a public health issue due to multi-sectoral factors. These factors might affect the delay in the stunting reduction program, while the program should be elaborated with non-nutrition programs. Aims: to evaluate a stunting-sensitive program, which mapped the challenges in implementing intervention from regulation to an action basis.  Methods: This study used a qualitative study to describe a sensitive nutrition program by collecting data with several methods, both aspect in regulation and the action aspects of the stunting-sensitive intervention program. This study interviewed participants at multiple levels, including the regulator (The District of Health), the implementer (the Public Health Centre), and the target community, in relation to regional regulatory innovations on stunting prevalence. Results: This study found that the community is familiar with activities related to specific package programs and has limited information regarding sensitive interventions. Lack of coordination and collaboration among participants was observed. Public health parameters had not changed after innovations in regional regulations were implemented. Conclusion: Enhancing cadres' capacity, regulation innovation to action, and a program manager are needed to accelerate the sensitive intervention program. Keywords: collaboration-coordination, multilevel, qualitative, sensitive-intervention, stunting.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JAKI

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions

Description

Jurnal Administrasi Kesehatan Indonesia (JAKI) is a scientific journal that contains editorials, research articles, and literature reviews related to the scope of the management, organization and leadership in health institutions. This journal is supported by practitioners and scientists from ...