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Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Kejadian Stunting pada Balita di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Lohia Kabupaten Muna Tahun 2024
Jurnal Kendari Kesehatan Masyarakat, Vol. 5 No. 1 (2025), hlm. 86–92
Abstrak
Stunting is a condition of growth failure in toddlers due to chronic malnutrition so that they are too short for their age where the z-score <-2 SD. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between maternal knowledge, parenting patterns, income, and clean water sources with the incidence of stunting in toddlers in the Lohia Health Center Work Area in 2024. The type of research used is quantitative research using analytical observation with a Cross Sectional approach. The population in this study were toddlers aged 24-59 months in the Lohia Health Center Work Area, Muna Regency in 2024. The sample in this study was 119 toddlers and the respondents were mothers of toddlers. The sampling technique used in this study was the cluster probability random sampling technique where each population unit had an equal opportunity to be taken as a sample. Data analysis used univariate and bivariate analysis, namely chi-square. The conclusion of this study is that there is a relationship between maternal knowledge, parenting patterns and income with the incidence of stunting in toddlers in the Lohia Health Center work area, Muna Regency in 2024, there is no relationship between clean water sources and the incidence of stunting in toddlers in the Lohia Health Center work area, Muna Regency in 2024