Pengaruh Sosial Ekonomi dan Perilaku Kesehatan Terhadap Kejadian Stunting Pada Balita di Puskesmas Tilango

Abstract

One important factor that determines the level of human health and well-being is nutrition. Good nutrition is a balance and harmony between the physical development and mental development of people. Nutritional status and food consumption are closely related. The level of optimal nutritional status will be achieved if the nutritional needs are met. The objective of research was to determine the The Influence of Socio-Economic and Health Behavior on the Incidence of Stunting in children under five at Tilango Health Center.  Type of research was an analytic research used cross sectional. The population is mothers who have children aged 10-59 months, as many as 49 respondents. where the results showed that the respondents with a prosperous were 35 respondents (71.4), and 14 respondents (28.6%) were good. There were 37 respondents (75.5%) who were not stunting and 12 respondents (24.5%) who were stunting. With a p-value of 0.012 = 0.05, this study shows that there is a significant socio-economic and health behavior on stunting in children under five at Tilango Health Center.

    Similar works