Relationship between Nutrition Intake and Economic Level with Stunting Incidence in Toddlers Age 24-59 Months in the Work Area of TalangAur Health Center

Abstract

Stunting is one of the problems related to chronic nutrition that occurs in toddlers, which is
characterized by shorter height measurements compared to children their age. Stunting
mainly occurs in the First 1000 Days of Life (HPK) (Ministry of Health RI, 2018). The
purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between nutritional intake and
economic level with the incidence of stunting in toddlers aged 24-59 months in the
working area of the TalangAur Health Center. This type of research is an analytical survey
with the Cross Sectional method. The population of mothers under five aged 24-59 months
is 301 respondents with a sample using purposive sampling technique as many as 120
respondents. Data were collected using a nutritional intake and economic level
questionnaire that had been tested for validity and reliability and then processed using the
Spearman Rho statistical test and the Ordinal Regression test with a value of = 0.05. Most
of the respondents as many as 59 children under five (72.0%) received good nutritional
intake with normal height and most of the respondents as many as 52 families (58.4%)
with low economic levels had toddlers with normal height. The results of the Ordinal
Regression statistical test obtained a significance value of p = 0.006 for adequate
nutritional intake and p = 0.015 at a low economic level with = <0.05 so that H1 was
accepted. The results of the analysis can be concluded that there is a relationship between
nutritional intake and economic level with the incidence of stunting in toddlers aged 24-59
months in the work area of the TalangAur Health Center. There is a relationship between
nutritional intake and economic level with the incidence of stunting in toddlers aged 24-59
months in the working area of the TalangAur Health Center. So it is recommended for
mothers to be able to meet the nutritional intake of their children from an early age so as to
prevent stunting