Identification of Stunting Determinants in Toddlers in Prevention of Nutritional Problems in the North Buton Regency

Abstract

Stunting is failure to grow in children less than five years old due to chronic malnutrition so the child is slow and short. The determinants of stunting in toddlers include low birth weight (LBW), exclusive breastfeeding, and complete primary immunization. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. The data used in this study is secondary data on stunting obtained from the Southeast Sulawesi Provincial Health Office and the North Buton District Health Office. The population and samples in this study were data on stunting prevalence, exclusive breastfeeding, LBW, and complete basic immunization obtained from the Health Office of the North Buton Regency in the period of 2016 to 2020. The result showed that stunting prevalence in the North Buton Regency in a period of 5 (five) years are volatile with the highest prevalence occurring in 2017 at 44.5% and the lowest occurring in 2018 at 27.2%. The prevalence of stunting and the percentage of exclusive breastfeeding for the last 5 years are directly proportional and the percentage of complete basic immunization for the last 5 years is very high, even exceeding the set target. Compared descriptively, this high percentage is not proportional to the prevalence of stunting in the North Buton Regency.
 Keywords: Stunting, Determinant, Infant