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Author(s) -
Kadar Ramadhan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
poltekita
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2527-7170
pISSN - 1907-459X
DOI - 10.33860/jik.v13i2.287
Subject(s) - environmental health , anthropometry , geography , psychological intervention , socioeconomics , under five , medicine , nursing , sociology , archaeology
Stunting becomes one of the national health priority issue and it demands cross sectoral collaboration. Data validity is necessary in stunting preventive convergence to achieve government's sensitive and specific interventions. This study aims to determine the prevalence of stunting of children 0 - 5 years. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 425 children aged between 0 and 59 months in the South Lore Subdistrict. Data was accessed from posyandu anthropometrical measurement in Puskesmas Gintu August 2018. The data analysis was done by WHO Antro software for anthropometric calculation. The results showed the prevalence of stunting was 34.8%, Pada Village is the highest with 42,1% and Bewa Village is the lowest with 18,6%. This research suggest the stunting convergence activities should be implemented using local resource in the village level.