The Effect of Stunting Prevention Intervention Education on Pregnant Women's Understanding Of Overcoming Gisoya

Abstract

Stunting or short is defined as a condition of failure in growth in infants aged 0-12 months, toddlers aged 1-5 years caused by chronic malnutrition starting in the first 1000 days of a child's life so that the child's body looks shorter compared to children of the same age..2There are many factors thatcan cause stunting including the condition of the mother during pregnancy. These factors can be direct or indirect. The direct cause of stunting during pregnancy is inadequate nutritional intake in addition to the height of genetic parents also History of infectious diseases suffered by pregnant women, while Education, ANC, maternal nutritional status, iron consumption, maternal occupation and economic status are indirect factors. Socio-cultural factors are the prohibitions on eating when pregnant, this is the cause of stunting.The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of stunting prevention intervention education on pregnant women's understanding of ATASI GISOYA. The mixed method research method is by means of quantitative pre-experimental design in the form of One Group Pretest-Posttest for antenatal care, iron tablets and nutrition for pregnant women. While qualitatively about socio-culture related to food and drink taboos. The population quantitatively of pregnant women was 32 respondents and qualitatively as many as 5 pregnant women. The results of the pre-test and post-test of the Ante Natal Care (ANC) variable found that the t count was -17,667 with a significance level of 0.000 (p value <0.05). testing between the pre-test and post-test of the iron tablet provision variable, the t count was -14,923 with a significance level of 0.000 (p value <0.05). testing between the pre-test and post-test of the pregnant women's nutrition variable, the t count was -14,647 with a significance level of 0.000 p value <0.05). Conclusion: There is an influence of stunting prevention intervention education on pregnant women's understanding of ATASI GISOYA.