Stunting merupakan gangguan pertumbuhan yang terjadi akibat kondisi kekurangan gizi kronis atau penyakit infeksi kronis pada bayi / anak di bawah lima tahun, ditandai dengan nilai z-scorenya kurang dari -2SD/standar deviasi (stunted) dan kurang dari –3SD (severely stunted). Berat badan saat lahir merupakan salah satu indikator dalam tumbuh kembang anak hingga masa dewasanya dan menggambarkan status gizi yang diperoleh janin selama dalam kandungan. BBLR ialah Berat Badan Lahir Rendah kurang dari 2.500 gram, tanpa memandang masa gestasi. Data prevalensi balita stunting WHO, Indonesia termasuk ke dalam negara ketiga dengan prevalensi tertinggi di regional Asia Tenggara/South-East Asia Regional (SEAR), dengan rata-rata 36,4% tahun 2005-2017. Kabupaten Pandeglang memiliki prevalensi stunting tertinggi di Provinsi Banten, 21,9% untuk BADUTA (bayi dibawah dua tahun). Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif analitik. Rancangan penelitian adalah cross sectional. Responden tidak BBLR menjadi stunting sebanyak 170 orang atau 25.6%   tidak stunting 493 orang atau 74.4%, BADUTA BBLR sebanyak 16 orang atau 35,6% mengalami stunting sedangkan 29 orang atau 64.4% tidak mengalami stunting dengan p-value 0.144 atau p-value 0,05, OR 1,6 dengan 95% CI (0.848 – 3.019) atau CI. Hasil analisis bivariate menunjukan tidak ada hubungan yang signifikan atau bermakna antara BBLR dengan keajdian stunting di 10 desa Kabupaten Pandeglang

Infectious disease is one of the direct causes of nutritional status problems in children age 0-59 months. Stunting is a chronic malnutrition problem that has received attention recently. The Koroncong village area had a total of 63 children age 0-24 months, with the incidence of stunting as many as 19 children (32%) in September 2019. Koroncong village was one of 10 locus stunting villages in Pandeglang. The purpose of this study was to increase the knowledge of mothers with children age 0-24 months about infectious diseases that contribute to disrupt child development and prevention, training cadres on how to anthropometric measurement children age 0-24 months to detect stunting. The method used One Groups Pretest-Posttest Design with counseling for mothers with children age 0-24 months and training of cadres and using total sampling for 63 mothers with children aged 0-24 months and 14 cadres. The results of research before and after counseling showed an increase in the knowledge of 50 respondents who attended, seen from the pretest and posttest mean value of 24.50 and also found p-value = 0.000 with the Wilcoxon test. There was an increase in the cadres' ability to use early detection stunting mats (p-value = 0,000) with the paired T test. The activities carried out are expected to increase knowledge and change the attitudes of mothers with children aged 0-24 months against infectious diseases related to stunting and their prevention, as well as improve cadres' skills in detecting stunting in children so that a healthy generation is created.

Health cadres play a vital role as community educators and frontline workers in the stunting handling program. Maternal knowledge regarding adequate nutrition for toddlers from pregnancy to birth is a crucial factor in preventing stunting, as it influences the mother's choices in terms of food ingredients and diversity. Pandeglang Regency is among the 100 priority cities/regencies in stunting reduction efforts. This activity aims to provide training to enhance the knowledge and capacity of Integrated Health Post (Posyandu) cadres in stunting, anthropometry, and nutrition. The trained cadres will be able to actively contribute to stunting prevention programs in the targeted stunting locus area of the Pandeglang Regency. The training methods include classroom training, Posyandu simulations, advocacy, and licensing. The exercise focuses on three stunting locus villages: Kedeumaneh, Kadeubelang, and Medong. Knowledge improvement was evaluated through pre-test and post-test assessments, followed by simulations conducted at each Posyandu location. The results indicated that 30 cadre respondents demonstrated increased knowledge after the training (p-value = 0.044). Furthermore, the simulation results revealed that the cadres were able to accurately perform anthropometric measurements.