Analysis of Stunting Risk Factors in Toddlers

Abstract

Stunting is the impaired growth and development that children experience from poor nutrition, repeatedinfection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. In 2018, 22,2% toddlers with stunting in the world and36,4% toddlers with stunting in Indonesia. Situbondo is a district with the third rank of stunting cases inthe province of East Java, Indonesia. As of February 2019, the Banyuputih Community Health Care has thehighest stunting rate of toddlers in Situbondo Regency, which is 42.7%, with details of 25.21 very shortchildren and 17.49% short. The purpose of this study was to determine the risk factors for stunting in toddlersin the Banyuputih Community Health Center, Situbondo Regency, province of East Java, Indonesia. Thisresearch was a quantitative study with a cross-sectional design. The sample in the study was 274 toddlersin the Banyuputih Community Health Center working area. The sampling technique used was proportionalrandom sampling. This research instrument used an observation sheet in collecting the independent anddependent variables. Data analysis was performed using univariate, bivariate and multivariate tests. Theresults showed that anemia (Pvalue 0.014) and family income (Pvalue 0.000) were proven to be associatedwith the incidence of stunting in toddlers in the Banyuputih Community Health Center Work Area. Fromthe OR value of anemia, it is obtained 3.504, meaning that mothers who have anemia during pregnancy havea chance to have children with stunting by 3.504 times compared to mothers who do not experience anemiaduring pregnancy. Likewise, from the OR value of family income, it was obtained 361,999, meaning thattoddlers who were in families with an income less than the regional minimum wage had a chance of stuntingof 361,999 compared to toddlers from families with income above the regional minimum wage.