Peer-reviewed article
Improving Nutrition Of Underweight And Stunting Child Through “Digidau" Innovation In Pesanggrahan District Health Centre
Ika Agustin Atika Putri ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-sonnet-5-5This community project ran from May to July 2023 in Pesanggrahan District. Mothers of 20 underweight or stunted toddlers kept a daily nutrition diary (DIGIDAU) of 24-hour food recalls for 5 weeks. They also received counselling and training. Mothers' knowledge improved, and 4 toddlers moved from underweight to normal weight for their age. The authors conclude that the programme significantly improved mothers' knowledge and the toddlers' nutritional status.
Key points
- Before the intervention, 17 of 20 mothers (85%) had poor knowledge about parenting and nutrition.
- After the intervention, all 20 mothers (100%) showed improved knowledge (P = 0.00).
- 4 toddlers moved from underweight to normal weight-for-age.
- Weight and height increased during the 5-week programme.
- The intervention was a daily 24-hour food recall diary kept by mothers, with weight monitoring.
Limitations
The study has only 20 toddlers, no comparison group and a short 5-week follow-up, so changes cannot be attributed to the diary itself. The abstract does not say whether stunting status changed or how knowledge was measured, and the counselling and training were part of the intervention, so their effects cannot be separated from the diary's.
Abstract
Background :The World Health Organization Nutrition Guidelines recommend that exclusive breastfeeding can be given until 6 months, continuing breastfeeding until 2 years of age, and add complementary foods for their child. This Community Empowerment held on May to July 2023 in Pesanggrahan District to reduce Stunting rates. Nutrition Diary in Overcoming Stunting (DIGIDAU) is an innovation to improve toddler nutrition by recording 24 hour food recalls every day for 5 weeks by mothers of toddlers.Objective: To aim the impact of "DIGIDAU" to reduce the incidence of malnutrition & stunting in children under five years by recording dietary patterns and improving parenting knowledge in Pesanggrahan.Method: A quantitative experimental research using a pre-experimental design study. One Group Pretest Posttest Design was used. The experimental group received treatment using the "DIGIDAU" where respondent were assessed by their daily nutrition status before given treatment, the toddler's nutritional status is first checked (Pretest) and after being given treatment, the nutritional status is also checked again (posttest). The respondents for this research were 20 toddlers lived in Pesanggrahan who met the research criteria.Results: Before the intervention, the respondents had poor knowledge around 17 mothers (85%). After the intervention, 20 mothers (100%) increase in knowledge. So that there was an impact of the counseling and training interventions on mother’s knowledge of parenting with P value =0.00 (< 0.05). Meanwhile, by recording dietary patterns & weight monitoring, there were 4 toddlers who experienced an increase in weight status according to age (Weight/age) from Underweight to Normal Weight. During the 5 weeks of the program, there was an increase in weight and height.Conclusion: The innovation of the Nutrition Diary in Overcoming Stunting “DIGIDAU” Program significantly increased the mother’s knowledge and the nutritional status of malnutrition and stunted toddlers.Keywords: Stunted; Nutritional status; Toddlers; Parenting knowledge
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- Intervention
- A Nutrition Diary in Overcoming Stunting (DIGIDAU): mothers recorded 24-hour food recalls daily for 5 weeks, with counselling, training and weight monitoring
- Population
- 20 toddlers (and their mothers) in Pesanggrahan District who met the research criteria
Key finding
Poor maternal knowledge fell from 17 mothers (85%) before the intervention to none after it; all 20 mothers (100%) improved (P = 0.00).
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