Potential Stunting in Riverside Peoples (Study on Pahandut Urban Village, Palangka Raya City)

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the potential occurrence of stunting for residents who live on the river side, especially residents who live and inhabit the Kahayan River. And the subject is women who are pregnant, have a toddler. The study was conducted with a qualitative method, a descriptive approach used to explain stunting potential for people who live on riverside. This study uses purposive sampling, data collection techniques used: interviews, observation and documentation. The findings of this study are the environmental health conditions of people who live on riverside are very bad, if it refers to WHO standards, because there are no adequate sanitation facilities related to water management and disposal of solid and liquid waste, plus the habits of people who still throw garbage directly into the river. Environmental health in the community should be improved through collaboration of various institutions, in process to change the behavior patterns of disposing of garbage in the river. Second Findings the potential for stunting in the riverside communities is quite large, because the majority of peoples doesn’t count nutritional content in food, so awareness and empowerment should be done. So that in the future there will be an increase in the quality of health of children, mothers and adolescents.

Potential risk of stunting in children under five years living by the riverside: A systematic review

“…The river is a source of life used by a community for water resource, recreation, irrigation, and transportation (Ikhsan et al, 2021). In certain areas, the environmental health conditions of people living by the riverside do not meet WHO standards (Shinta et al, 2020). This is due to the lack of adequate sanitation facilities (Rahmadani & Ridlo, 2020) and disposal of solid and liquid waste (Bartram & Ballance, 1996;Pratama, et al, 2020;Verbyla et al, 2021).…”

“…This is due to the lack of adequate sanitation facilities (Rahmadani & Ridlo, 2020) and disposal of solid and liquid waste (Bartram & Ballance, 1996;Pratama, et al, 2020;Verbyla et al, 2021). Additionally, people still defecate in public places and throw their trash into rivers (Shinta et al, 2020;Zahtamal et al, 2020). These situations will certainly have an impact on the health status of people living by the riverside, especially children.…”

Gastropod Diversity in the Pandayangan River, South Labuhanbatu Regency

“…The movement will form a structure of life that makes a settlement that initially the area was uninhabited, and became a fairly large settlement. (Shinta et al, 2020) South Labuhanbatu Regency is one of the regencies in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of South Labuhanbatu Regency, the Pandayangan River lives various types of aquatic biota, one of which is Gastropods.Based on the results of interviews with the local community, the Pandayang River is used for various activities, one of which is a source of livelihood because there are still many aquatic biotas in the Pandayangan River.…”

“…The movement will form a structure of life that makes a settlement that initially the area was uninhabited, and became a fairly large settlement. (Shinta et al, 2020) South Labuhanbatu Regency is one of the regencies in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of South Labuhanbatu Regency, the Pandayangan River lives various types of aquatic biota, one of which is Gastropods.…”

“…In the ideal level those outcomes as a desire in the desired health development efforts, so that from this context sustainability will continue to exist. In the formulation made by WHO provides an understanding that the health system (health system) is all activities that have the aim to improve, improve or care for health (Shinta et al, 2020).…”