INCREASING MATERNAL KNOWLEDGE IN PREVENTING STUNTING THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED NUTRITION EDUCATION

Stunting is a disorder of growth and development of children due to chronic malnutrition and recurrent infections, which is characterized by their length or height being below the standards set by the minister who organizes government affairs in the health sector. The respondents in this activity were mothers and toddlers in RW 02, RT 01, 02, and 03. The sample in this activity was 42 toddler. The purpose of this activity is to increase mothers' knowledge about feeding, especially fruits and vegetables with balanced nutritional content for toddlers. The method used is the Wilcoxon Test with a confidence level of 95% and α = 0.05. The results and discussion using the Wilcoxon test showed an increase in maternal knowledge related to stunting. There are 5 toddlers affected by stunting. There are efforts to change behavior for the better and increase maternal knowledge in stunting prevention, namely by socialization about the importance of preventing stunting, nutritious food demos, posters of processed fruit and vegetable creations, and distribution of PMT (Supplementary Feeding)

Sustainable Livelihood Conditions of Farm Worker Households around Baluran National Park: Case Study in Wonorejo, Indonesia

Farm workers are a group that is vulnerable to poverty and depends on weather or climatic factors. However, this profession dominates one of the villages around the Baluran National Park of Indonesia, i.e., Wonorejo, Banyuputih Subdistrict, Situbondo District, East Java. The Baluran National Park is a natural resource conservation area with a savanna ecosystem that was established in March 1980 through the Deklarasi Lima Taman Nasional (Declaration of Five National Parks) of Indonesia. It has an area of 25,000 hectares located in Banyuputih Subdistrict, Situbondo District, East Java and includes t h ree villages, i.e., Wonorejo, Sumberwaru, and Sumberanyar. This study aimed to describe the sustainable livelihood conditions of farm worker households in Wonorejo. This study is a quantitative research through household surveys and is supported by in-depth interviews with expert informants. The results of this study confirmed that farm workers in Wonorejo had good access to five livelihood assets, i.e., natural, physical, human, social, and financial assets. They had also been able to survive without destroying the natural resources in Baluran National Park