Project report
Nutrition Education for Pregnant Women Using Community-Based Approach for Stunting Prevention and Maternal and Child Health in Bulak Village, Surabaya City
Bedjo Utomo, Liliek Soetjiatie, Kusmini Suprihatin, Ani Intiyati ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001A community-based nutrition education program was implemented in Bulak Village, Surabaya City, Indonesia, targeting pregnant women, mothers with stunted children, health cadres, and community groups. The program used seminars, training, and ongoing mentoring to teach pregnant women and mothers about balanced nutrition while respecting local food beliefs and economic circumstances. The intervention focused on addressing cultural taboos around food consumption during pregnancy and infancy, teaching the 'contents of my plate' approach to ensure adequate protein, nutrients, and minerals, and included infant massage to support healthy child growth. The program reported increased knowledge among participants about preparing nutritious meals and following recommendations for pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers.
Key points
- The program addressed cultural beliefs and food taboos that discouraged pregnant women from eating certain foods
- Training covered balanced diet principles using the 'contents of my plate' method emphasizing food type, quantity, and dietary diversity
- Participants included pregnant women, mothers with stunted children, health cadres, and community groups across 7 areas with 13 stunted children
- The program included infant massage training to stimulate child growth
- Reported outcomes were increased knowledge and improved dietary practices among participants
Limitations
The document does not provide quantitative data on changes in nutritional status, stunting rates, maternal health outcomes, or child growth; there is no comparison group or control condition, making it impossible to assess whether observed changes were due to the intervention or other factors. The sustainability and long-term impact of the program are unclear.
Abstract
The pattern of people's eating culture is closely related to beliefs, taboos, taboos, and prohibitions on certain foods, so there is a feeling of concern in pregnant women not to eat certain foods. This kind of understanding requires education about nutritious food, for that the purpose of this service is to increase the knowledge and understanding of pregnant women about nutritious food so that mothers and babies are healthy. This activity method is carried out by means of seminars, training and assistance related to food counseling in accordance with the rules of nutrition without taboos and food taboos that develop in the community in accordance with their social and economic abilities with the target of pregnant women, stunted mothers under five toddlers, health cadres and PKK which focuses on 13 stunted children under five spread across 7 RWs in the Bulak District area. The results after providing training and mentoring activities to pregnant women for residents of Bulak Village, Surabaya City, the first health cadre and PKK is a change in a healthy diet, the second follows the recommendation of a balanced diet for pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers by applying "the contents of my plate which emphasizes food consumption patterns in type, quantity and principle of diversity to prevent nutritional problems, Both in quantity and quality, namely foods that contain protein, nutrients and minerals and no less important is practicing baby massage which aims to stimulate the growth of babies to be healthier. The conclusion of this activity can increase knowledge and ability to serve complete meals at once or anything contained in the contents of the plate and it is hoped that this assistance will be routinely carried out every year so that the community is always educated from generation to generation to realize zero stunting in the Bulak and Surabaya Village areas
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- Intervention
- Community-based nutrition education program using seminars, training, and mentoring for pregnant women, mothers with stunted children, health cadres, and community groups, teaching balanced nutrition principles and infant massage while respecting local food beliefs and economic circumstances
- Population
- Pregnant women, mothers with stunted children (13 children across 7 RWs), health cadres, and PKK (community women's groups) in Bulak Village, Surabaya City, Indonesia
Key finding
Reported increase in knowledge and understanding of pregnant women about nutritious food