An Efforts to Improve Community Health Status through Stunting Prevention and PHBS in Bangorejo village, Banyuwangi

Abstract

Background: Stunting is a developmental disorder experienced by children due to poor nutrition, repeated infections, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. PHBS is one of the efforts to prevent stunting in children all health behaviors that are carried out from personal awareness. This study mainly aimed to prevent stunting children at the Bangorejo Village, in Banyuwangi. Bangorejo Village with the socialization about stunting and PHBS that has been given to them. Methods: This outreach program was carried out by delivering material along with a six-step handwashing workshop, questions and answers about stunting and PHBS, and distributing questionnaires. Results: The results showed that total of 36 respondents (100%) answered correctly on the stunting knowledge, malnutrition, and lack of exclusive breastfeeding. Total 24 respondents (66.7%) answered correctly about the impact of stunting. Total 16 respondents (44.4%) answered correctly regarding the causes of stunting. And total 10 respondents (27.8%) answered correctly about the golden child period. Almost all participants were able to answer that they practice first aid for childbirth, wash their hands using clean water with soap, use clean water, exclusively breastfeed babies, consume vegetables or fruit, and have proper smoking etiquette. Conclusion: The resulting data illustrates regarding the amount of public awareness of the problem of stunting in children and PHBS can be said to be good. But there were some participants who did not quite understand the material because there were still errors in answering the statements that had been given.