Pendidikan Kesehatan tentang Pencegahan Sunting di Kecamatan Namorambe Kabupaten Deli Serdang Tahun 2022

Abstract

Stunting (dwarf/short) is a toddler condition where this situation is obtained from measuring body length or height based on the child's age whose results (< - 2 SD) are from the World Health Organization (WHO) child growth standards. In the future, children who experience stunting will find it difficult to achieve optimal physical development as well as their cognitive development. The causes of stunting can come from socio-economic factors, lack of nutritional intake in pregnant women, environmental sanitation conditions, infections experienced by babies or mothers during pregnancy and many other factors (Ministry of Health RI, 2018). One of the efforts that can be made to reduce the incidence of stunting is to provide counseling about stunting to pregnant women and those with toddlers. This counseling activity is carried out through lectures, question and answer and pre-test and post-test. This activity was carried out for two days. The target of implementing stunting prevention health education in infants is expected to be able to understand the importance of preventing stunting in infants in Namorambe District, Deli Serdang Regency.