THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND STUNTING TODDLERS AT THE POSYANDU PELANGI IN THE WORKING AREA OF THE BATU AJI HEALTH CENTRE IN BATAM

Abstract

Stunting is a condition of failure to thrive in children under five as a result of chronic malnutrition so that children are too short for their age. Posyandu Pelangi is the area with the highest incidence of stunting in the working area of ​​the Batu Aji Health Center in 2022. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between nutritional status and the incidence of stunting in children under five at the Pelangi Posyandu in the working area of ​​the Batu Aji Health Center Batam City. This study uses a cross-sectional design approach, which is an observation carried out at the same time (point time approach) which was carried out in October with the target of stunting toddlers at Posyandu Pelangi working area of ​​Batu Aji Health Center, the sample in this study amounted to 35 stunting toddlers. The sampling technique in this study used total sampling. Methods of collecting data by filling out the observation sheet and then analyzed univariate and bivariate (chi-square). The results of the univariate analysis, most of the stunting toddlers were very underweight and underweight, the results of the bivariate analysis obtained p value 0.003 <0.05, it can be concluded that H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted, which means that there is a relationship between the nutritional status of children under five and stunting in children under five at the Pelangi Posyandu in the working area of ​​Batu Aji Health Center Batam City. It is recommended to the working area of ​​Batu Aji Health Center to further improve the programs that have been established as prevention, management and follow-up measures in dealing with toddlers who experience stunting.