SOSIALISASI DAN DEMO MASAK UNTUK MENURUNKAN JUMLAH BALITA STUNTING DAN WASTING DI DESA GREBEGAN, KALITIDU

Stunting Wasting Children Socialization Cooking Demo

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29 November 2020

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First 1.000 days of human's life is a golden period which will determines the quality of  human's health in the next lifetime period. Unfortunately, various health problems are found that interfere with the health condition of the baby in the first 1.000 days of human's life, one of them is stunted babies and wasted babies. Stunted and wasted babies are nutritional problems faced by various countries in the World, including Indonesia. Community service is carried out in Grebegan Village, Kalitidu, Bojonegoro. Health conditions of children under five in Grebegan Village in 2019 are known to have 14 stunted and/or wasted toddlers. The purpose of community service activities is to implement the program as an effort to reduce the prevalence of stunting and wasting in Grebegan Village. Data related to stunted and wasted toddlers were obtained by Focus Group Discussion (FGD), indept interviews, and questionnaires activites. The data obtained were then used for searching the root of the problem using the fishbone method and then determined the priority of alternative solutions using the MEER method. The results of calculation using MEER method then found the highest ranking intervention program that is socialization related to parenting and toddler's eating patterns and cooking demonstrations. Intervention activities carried out are expected to increase knowledge and can be applied by the community so as to reduce the prevalence of stunted and wasted children under five in Grebegan Village.