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The problem
Intervention: Study of maternal risk factors including nutritional status, parity, age at pregnancy, anemia history, birth interval, and education level
Who it was tested with: Toddlers aged 24–59 months in Karawaci Health Center working area, Indonesia; 123 stunted cases and 123 non-stunted controls.
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"This research design uses an observational analytical quantitative research type with a case control design. The case samples in this study were toddlers aged 24-59 months who experienced stunting with a TB/U toddler Z score < -2 SD and the data was recorded at the Karawaci Health Center in 2023 as many as 123 toddlers, and a control sample of 123 toddlers." The comparison of stunted and non-stunted groups with statistical testing of associations constitutes an experimental design suitable for identifying risk factors, though causality cannot be definitively established.
The document lacks specification of which maternal ages constitute 'risk age', does not describe how nutritional status was measured or categorized, and does not detail control for confounding variables. The case-control design cannot determine temporal sequence between maternal exposures and childhood stunting.
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