THE RELATIONSHIP ON THE PROVISION OF "NO STUNTING" BOOK MEDIA TO THE CHANGES OF LIFE PATTERNS OF MOTHER AND CHILDREN (At Tk Plus Wahidiyah, Kediri City)

Abstract

Stunting is a condition of failure to thrive in children under five due to chronic malnutrition so that the child is too short for his age (Ministry of Health, 2018). Through the media, the book No Stunting is a book that is compiled so that mothers know about stunting and a healthy lifestyle. Based on Basic Health Research in 2019, the stunting rate in Indonesia was 27.67%. Meanwhile, the WHO standard regarding stunting is not more than 20%. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between "no stunting" book media and changes in the lifestyle of mothers and children. The research design was pre-experimental with a One-Shot case study approach. The sampling technique was purposive sampling. The measuring instruments used were observation sheets and questionnaires. Results: Based on the results of research conducted on 21 respondents, 90.5% of mothers and children had a healthy lifestyle and 80.9% of them had a healthy lifestyle that prevented stunting after being given the book "No Stunting" media. Conclusion: there is a relationship between giving book media "no stunting" on changes in the lifestyle of mothers and children in Kindergarten Plus Wahidiyah, Kediri City with a p-value of 0.01<(0.005) in the Chi-Square test. It is suggested that in this study, it is hoped that mothers will better understand and monitor the nutritional status of their children in preventing stunting.