Digital Literacy and The Prevention of Stunting from Suburban Perspective: Case in Sepat Village, Sragen

Abstract

There is still a lot of confusion in information about stunting, such as the difference between stunting and malnutrition, the diet to prevent stunting, and so on. Valid information related to stunting is already available in digital form, but there is still a lot of misinformation and disinformation that makes people sometimes confused about the validity of information, especially information about stunting, which is obtained from the internet. Assistance to the community in the form of counseling to find information about stunting through digital media is seen as a concrete solution to the above problems. In Sepat Village, Masaran District, Sragen Regency the situation is quite similar. This location was chosen to take into account the condition of the community experiencing stunting, and based on the distance not too far from Surakarta City which is it is assumed that they are more literate regarding information about stunting from digital media. This research will use a qualitative method with pre-test and post-test for the respondent who consists of the housewives in Sepat Village, while also using the digital literacy concept in the process. The result indicates that there is an interconnectivity between digital literacy and stunting prevention, as the result of the post-test showed that the respondent is generally more aware of stunting after they got through the digital literacy session. This research hopefully can become one checkpoint for similar research to prevent stunting in the future.

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