Factors of Stunting in The UPTD Puskesmas Nisam North Aceh District in 2023

Abstract

Stunting can happen to anyone, this disease is caused by chronic lack of nutrition over a long period. The risk of stunting arises from the first 1,000 days of life. This early period of life starts in the mother's womb until toddler age. According to a literature review of factors that influence the occurrence of stunting in children under five, it was found that a history of low birth weight has a risk of stunting nutritional status compared to normal birth weight, household and family factors influence the incidence of stunting status, and poor parenting patterns influence the occurrence of stunting, and exclusive breastfeeding also has an influence on the occurrence of stunting, which means that toddlers who are not exclusively breastfed have a risk of developing stunting status compared to toddlers who are exclusively breastfed. To find out the factors that cause stunting at the UPTD Nisam Health Center, North Aceh Regency in 2024. This research uses quantitative analytical research methods with a cross sectional approach. The sample in this study was 40 mothers of toddlers with univariate and bivariate analysis. With the chi square test. Statistical tests show that birth weight has a factor in the occurrence of stunting where the result is a p value of 0.001, exclusive breastfeeding has a factor in the occurrence of stunting with a p value of 0.008 and parenting patterns in feeding have a factor in the occurrence of stunting with a p value of 0.000 and the results of the multivariate analysis show that Parenting style is the most dominant factor in stunting. Based on these results, it is hoped that parents can increase their knowledge about parenting patterns for feeding toddlers and can implement good parenting patterns for toddlers so that children's health and growth and development improve.