Development of an Android-Based Application to Prevent Baby-Born Stunted

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Stunting is still a problem for infants under five years old in Indonesia. One solution to improve the health status of pregnant women to prevent the child born stunting in the digital era is to design an application called ACALS, the “Aplikasi Cegah Anak Lahir Stunting” (ACALS)/ Application for preventing the birth of children with stunting. The application was created as an innovation and strategy for preventing and handling stunting. This study aims to evaluate the design and structure of ACALS as an application used to support the optimization of antenatal care for pregnant women. METHODOLOGY: The research design is Research and Development to evaluate the quality of innovative products in applications with user authority for pregnant women. This research was conducted in 2019 at the Jonggol Community Health Center, Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia. Through this research, a smartphone-based application called the ACALS/ Application was designed to prevent the birth of children with stunting, which was developed based on the Ministry of Health's MCH Handbook. RESULT: The application is considered high quality based on its evaluation of all dimensions, which include completeness, correctness, security, timeliness, benefits, efficiency, reliability, and usability. Therefore, the design and structure of ACALS have been significantly developed. CONCLUSION: It was concluded that ACALS is very beneficial for pregnant women during pregnancy as a means of monitoring and supporting the optimization of antenatal care to prevent the birth of stunted babies.