Peer Review: Reducing and preventing stunting through Integrated Posyandu with Fathers and or Child Caregivers (Posyandu Bersayap) at Watukapu Public Health Center in Ngada Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia

Widyastuti, Ririn and Ndona, Marthinus V. (2022) Peer Review: Reducing and preventing stunting through Integrated Posyandu with Fathers and or Child Caregivers (Posyandu Bersayap) at Watukapu Public Health Center in Ngada Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. Yayasan Aliansi Cendekiawan Indonesia Thailand, Semarang.

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Abstract

An important nutritional problem needing special attention in Indonesia is stunting. Stunting is a physical growth disorder in the form of a linear decrease in the growth rate. As a result, children fail to reach their optimal height potential. Stunting can also be interpreted as a condition that occurs due to the impact of chronic malnutrition during the first 1000 days of a child's life (Trihono et al., 2015). The prevalence of children under five with stunting in three years in the East Nusa Tenggara is decreasing. However, the value is still high which is at 27.5 percent (Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Kesehatan, 2019). The efforts made by the East Nusa Tenggara Government to overcome nutritional problems are by reducing the number of stunting, wasting, or malnutrition, and being underweight for children under five. The program was carried out through intervention, provision of supplementary food for toddlers and pregnant women with chronic energy deficiency in 22 districts/cities through Integrated Posyandu (Taolin, 2020). One of the Posyandu's innovative activities in preventing stunting in Watukapu District, Ngada Regency is Posyandu Bersayap. Posyandu Bersayap is a Posyandu program involving the participation of fathers and/or child caregivers. Posyandu activities are routinely carried out every month, whereas the Posyandu Bersayap program is carried out every March and September. The positive impact of this activity is the increasing visit of under-five children, the participation of parents and child caregivers increases, and the malnutrition cases decrease.

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