Peer-reviewed article
Study of Nutrition Food Access to Family With Stunting Toddlers in Stunting Countermeasures System in Lumajang Indonesia
Dewi Rokhmah, Farianingsih, Isa Ma’rufi, Khoiron ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-sonnet-5-5This qualitative case study looked at how families with stunted toddlers get nutritious food in two villages in Lumajang Regency, Indonesia. Informants included the head of the health centre (Puskesmas), mothers of stunted toddlers and other stakeholders. The study found that access to nutritious food was less than ideal, and it links this to low family income, limited maternal knowledge, poor child feeding arrangements and poor sanitation. The authors recommend counselling delivered through several methods and media, and coordinated action by all parties.
Key points
- Access to nutritious food was less than optimal for families with stunted toddlers in the study villages.
- Contributing factors included weak family economy and limited knowledge among mothers of toddlers.
- Children's eating arrangements did not meet nutritional needs, and daily food intake was too low.
- Families did not take action to address their children's nutritional problems.
- Poor sanitation and environmental health were also noted as contributing factors.
Limitations
This is a qualitative case study in two villages, so its findings cannot be generalised or used to measure how common the problems are. The abstract does not give the number of informants or describe any intervention being tested.
Abstract
Background: The ability to access food according to needs is influenced by educational and knowledge factors, socio-cultural, geography, and economic factors. Overcoming stunting not only overcomes the problem of malnutrition but also must pay attention to the problem of affordability or access to nutritious food Objectives: To analyze access to nutritious food in the prevention system stunting in Lumajang Regency Methods: Qualitative research through a Case Study approach conducted in two villages in Lumajang Regency. The research informants consisted of key informants namely the Head of the Puskesmas, the main informants were mother with toddler Stunting and additional informants namely stakeholders related to stunting. Data processing and analysis using the Thematic Content Analysis method. Results: Access to nutritious food that is less than optimal is caused by economic factors that are lacking, lack of knowledge of mothers of toddlers, malnutrition in toddlers, children's eating arrangements are not meeting nutritional adequacy, children's consumption in a day is lacking, families do not take action to overcome children's nutritional problems and poor sanitation and environmental health Conclusions: Stunting in Lumajang Regency is the cause of which is access to nutritious food that is less than optimal so that it requires attention and cooperation from all parties to overcome it. The provision of education in the form of counseling needs to be carried out with multimethods and multi-media as well as integrated countermeasurements from all existing resources will accelerate the reduction of stunting cases in Lumajang Regency.