Efforts of Increase Cadre Capacity about Stunting Prevention

Abstract

In 2018 30.8% of children in Indonesia were stunted. The stunting rate in Indonesia remains high and there are still two provinces with a prevalence above 40%, in Gatak District, Sukoharjo Regency itself there are still 268 stunting toddlers with a percentage of 8.55% in 2022. Many factors result in stunting events, one of which is the cadre knowledge factor. The design of this study is Descriptive research with group pre-test and post-test designs. The group studied was the health cadres of Gatak Subdistrict, Sukoharjo Regency. In this study, the subjects were divided into two, namely: the treatment group and the control group. The results showed that from pretest, posttest 1, and posttest 2, both the highest and lowest scores obtained increased, compared to the control group. The cadres of the treatment group had a higher value with p-value 0.003 an effect size of 0.96. Research showed that health counseling provided to cadres can increase the value of knowledge in both control groups and treatment groups. Although there is not much difference, the results of the study show that the use of media in health care can provide better results than the value of cadres.