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Jurnal Gizi Klinik Indonesia
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Jurnal Gizi Klinik Indonesia merupakan jurnal ilmiah nasional terakreditasi yang memuat artikel penelitian (research article) di bidang gizi dan kesehatan, yang terkait aspek gizi klinis, gizi masyarakat, gizi olahraga, gizi molekular, biokimia gizi, pangan fungsional, serta pelayanan dan manajemen gizi. Jurnal Gizi Klinik Indonesia (JGKI) diterbitkan empat bulan sekali sejak terbit Juli 2004 hingga Maret 2011 (Volume 1-7), kemudian sejak Juli 2011 (Volume 8) JGKI diterbitkan setiap tiga bulan. Jurnal Gizi Klinik Indonesia diterbitkan oleh Minat S2 Gizi dan Kesehatan, Prodi S2 Ilmu Kesehatan Masyarakat, Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Gadjah Mada bekerjasama dengan Persatuan Ahli Gizi Indonesia (PERSAGI) dan Asosiasi Dietisien Indonesia (AsDI).
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Socioeconomic determinants of stunting severity among children under two in rural Polewali Mandar: an ordinal logistic regression analysis Serly Malinda; Urwatil Wusqa Abidin; Nur Aisyah; Ali Imran; Andi Sanre Karebangun Haris
Jurnal Gizi Klinik Indonesia Vol 23, No 1 (2026): Juli
Publisher : Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing Universitas Gadjah Mada

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/ijcn.120989

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Background: Stunting remains a critical public health emergency in Indonesia, with national prevalence of 21.6% in 2022 still exceeding the WHO 20% emergency threshold; West Sulawesi province recorded the third-highest provincial prevalence nationally (35.0%), with Polewali Mandar Regency identified as a principal contributing district. Severe stunting carries substantially greater risk of child mortality and cognitive impairment than moderate stunting, yet stunting severity remains underanalyzed in district-level policy, as most studies rely on binary stunted/not-stunted classification. Objective: This study examines socioeconomic determinants of stunting severity among children under two in rural Polewali Mandar. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 165 children under two years of age in rural households of Mapilli sub-district, Polewali Mandar Regency, enrolled through consecutive sampling from an estimated 580 eligible children (28.4% coverage). Stunting severity, based on height-for-age z-scores, was categorized into three ordinal levels (not stunted, moderate stunting, severe stunting). Six predictors household economic status, maternal education, latrine ownership, drinking water source, posyandu visit frequency, and health facility access were assessed via structured interviews. Ordinal logistic regression under the Proportional Odds Model (POM) was applied, with the parallel regression assumption confirmed via the Brant test (omnibus X² = 14.07, df = 11, p = 0.23). Results: Stunting prevalence reached 46.67% (32.12% moderate, 14.55% severe), more than twice the WHO emergency threshold. Four significant predictors were identified: household economic status (moderate vs low, OR = 2.194, 95% CI 1.063–4.605, p = 0.035; high vs low, OR = 5.072, 95% CI 1.628–17.679, p = 0.007), ineligible drinking water source (OR = 0.180, 95% CI 0.038–0.744, p = 0.021), irregular posyandu attendance (OR = 0.352, 95% CI 0.140–0.877, p = 0.024), and difficult health facility access (OR = 0.048, 95% CI 0.009–0.208, p < 0.001). The model explained a moderate share of variance (Nagelkerke R² = 0.321).Conclusions: Household economic status, drinking water source, posyandu attendance, and health facility access were significantly associated with stunting severity in this rural setting. Given the cross-sectional design, these findings reflect associations rather than causal relationships. Severity-graded analysis provides more operationally relevant evidence than binary approaches for targeting rural interventions, pending confirmation from longitudinal research.

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