Journal of Community Engagement in Health
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2023): March

Community Empowerment Efforts in Preventing Stunting through "KEBANTING" Activities in PEJOK

Afina Aninnas (Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Mar 2023

Abstract

Indonesia is one of the countries with a high stunting rate. In 2018, the stunting rate in Indonesia decreased to 30.8%. Pejok Village, Kedungadem District, Bojonegoro Regency is one of the villages where the stunting rate is still high. Based on this, Pejok Village was chosen as a village to be carried out community service by the Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga in 2021. The purpose of this community service is to identify priority problems, as well as develop intervention plans, and implement and evaluate programs to overcome health problems in Pejok Village. The method used is operational research, where solving health problems in Pejok Village is done by problem identification. The interventions carried out in Pejok Village is "KEBANTING : (Keluarga Keren Basmi Stunting)". The results of this community service activity are the increased knowledge of Pejok Village residents has increased after receiving counseling from the "KEBANTING" webinar, the average knowledge before getting the intervention (pretest) was 74%, and the knowledge after getting the intervention (post-test) was 87%.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JCEH

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Subject

Dentistry Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health Veterinary

Description

Journal of Community Engagement in Health Is a scientific journal published by Institut Ilmu Kesehatan STRADA Indonesia. The journal include : 1. Community of medical; 2. Community of nursing; 3. Community of midwifery; 4. Community of public health; 5. Community of pharmacy; 6. Community of ...