Sanitation Education Towards Families at Risk of Stunting

Abstract

Stunting is a condition where the body is very short, seen from the standard WHO-MGRS (Multicentre Growth Reference Study) standards, where the impact can cause disruption of brain development, intelligence, physical growth disorders, metabolic disorders in the body, as well as a decrease in the body's immunity so that it is susceptible to complications in the future. One of the factors that causes stunting is the lack of adequate sanitation in households. This study aims to analyze the knowledge of families at risk of stunting about sanitation as a factor causing stunting. The method used in this research was a pre-experimental one group pretest posttest design with the respondent being a mother from a family at risk of stunting carried out in Ekang Anculai Village, Bintan Regency. The research results showed that there was an increase in respondents' knowledge after sanitation education (p= 0.000 <0.05). The use of sanitation has a significant influence on the incidence of stunting in toddlers related to clean water facilities, family latrines, liquid and solid waste management facilities causing suboptimal child growth. Mothers' knowledge about appropriate sanitation can be increased through the education provided in this research so that it can change the behavior of making good household sanitation. This education can be an effort to improve the level of public health to prevent stunting in the future.