¹Muldiasman, ²Kusharisupeni, ²Endang Laksminingsih Achadi, ³Besral, ⁴Ratna Djuwita, ²Diah M Utari, ⁵Abas Basuni Djahari, ⁶Hartono Gunardi

¹Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Scient and Medicine, University of Jambi, Jambi, Indonesia

²Department of Public Health Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health,University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

³Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Public Health,University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

⁴Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health,University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

⁵Center for Nutrition and Research, Ministry of Health Republic Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

⁶Department of Children, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia

DOI : https://doi.org/10.58806/ijsshmr.2025.v4i1n26

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ABSTRACT

Research in Jambi Province at 2013 showed a high prevalence of stunting by 37.9%. This may indicate the risk of low quality of human resources. On the other hand, the visit of posyandu in Jambi Province was very low at 25%. Posyandu activities should be a monitoring activity of child growth, health promotion activities, early prevention of infectious diseases such as immunization, and supplementation of vitamin A. This study aims to determine the association of posyandu child visits 6-59 months frequency with stunting in Jambi Province. A total of 2502 children from 6 to 59 months eligible were sampled from nutritional status monitoring. To know the reason for the low of posyandu visit, qualitative research was conducted in 2 districts. The results showed one of four (27.5%) children 6-59 months was stunting. The result of binary logistic analysis shows that the frequency of posyandu visit is not associated with stunting. Its indicates that programs run by posyandu have not been effective in preventing stunting. Attention to cadre knowledge, cadre skills, mother knowledge, facilities and infrastructure, stakeholder support is a priority to improve the function of growth monitoring, promotion and referral in posyandu so as to effectively prevent stunting.

KEYWORDS:

Stunting in children, visit posyandu, Jambi

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