Peer-reviewed article
Edukasi Gizi Dalam Pencegahan Stanting Tingkat Keluarga Literature Review: Nutrition Education for Stunting Prevention at the Family Level: A Literature Review
Alya Roudlotul Jannah, Ricky Riyanto Iksan, Arina Dinana Putri, Karina Wulantika, Linda Rahmawati et al. ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-sonnet-5-5This literature review looks at whether nutrition education for families helps prevent stunting in children. It searched Google Scholar and SINTA-indexed national journals for 2021–2026 and analysed five quantitative articles using narrative synthesis. The authors report that education through direct counselling, health education media or health promotion approaches improved mothers' knowledge and attitudes about preventing stunting. They conclude that structured, interactive and ongoing education should be built into maternal and child health services.
Key points
- Five articles met the inclusion criteria out of the search of Google Scholar and SINTA-indexed journals (2021–2026).
- Nutrition education, whether direct counselling, education media or health promotion approaches, significantly improved mothers' knowledge and attitudes about stunting prevention.
- Structured, interactive and ongoing education was linked to changes in family nutrition behaviour.
- The authors conclude that family-based nutrition education is an effective stunting prevention strategy.
- The authors recommend sustainably integrating nutrition education into maternal and child health services.
Limitations
Only five articles were reviewed, from two sources, and the abstract does not give the designs, sample sizes or effect sizes of the included studies. The reported outcomes are mothers' knowledge and attitudes, so the abstract does not show that stunting itself fell.
Abstract
Introduction: Stunting is a chronic nutritional problem that remains a public health challenge, particularly in developing countries. This condition not only impacts children's physical growth but also impacts cognitive development, productivity, and the long-term quality of human resources. One of the main factors contributing to stunting is mothers' lack of knowledge and attitudes regarding nutritional needs, parenting patterns, and appropriate childcare practices. Objectives: This study aims to assess the effectiveness of nutrition education interventions and health promotion approaches in improving mothers' knowledge and attitudes as an effort to prevent stunting at the family level. Method: This study employed a literature review method. Articles were searched through the Google Scholar database and SINTA-indexed national journals for the 2021–2026 period. Inclusion criteria included quantitative research, full-text articles, and relevance to nutrition education interventions in stunting prevention. Based on the selection process, five articles met the criteria for systematic analysis using a narrative synthesis approach. Result: A literature review shows that nutrition education interventions, whether through direct counseling, health education media, or health promotion-based approaches, significantly improve mothers' knowledge and attitudes regarding stunting prevention. Structured, interactive, and ongoing education has been shown to drive changes in family behavior toward better nutrition practices. Conclusion: Family-based nutrition education has proven effective as a stunting prevention strategy. Sustainable integration of nutrition education programs into maternal and child health services is essential to support stunting reduction and improve the quality of future generations..
Findings the Hub has extracted
Each claim below is labelled by its type of design and links back to this report.
- Intervention
- Family-level nutrition education delivered through direct counselling, health education media or health promotion approaches
- Population
- Mothers and families in the five included studies, which the abstract does not describe further; the review is indexed to Indonesia
Key finding
Nutrition education significantly improved mothers' knowledge about stunting prevention (no figures given in the abstract).
Jannah et al. · OpenAlex · 2 Oct 2026