Open AccessRisk Factor About Stunting Among Toddlers Aged 24-59 Months in Sabang City
Author(s) -
Ramadhaniah Ramadhaniah,
Adityo Sendi,
Azwar Eddy,
Teuku Muliadi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.35308/j-kesmas.v8i1.3440
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , demography , risk factor , pediatrics , sociology
Stunting is a difficult problem faced by all countries today. Data shows that in 2017 the stunting rate reached 22.2%, or about 150.8 million toddlers experienced stunting. In this study, we used a crossectional research design with a total sample of 1489 people. Our results showed 61.9% of toddlers suffered from stunting, 69.8% of respondents with good health care patterns, 74.6% of respondents who had a history of infectious diseases in the existing category, 58.7% of respondents with NLHB in the poor category, and 74.6%. The category of respondents to the information media that ever existed. those at risk of stunting are health patterns (p-value = 0.017), history of infectious diseases (value p = 0.020) and NLHB (value p = 0.031).