HUBUNGAN RIWAYAT PERNIKAHAN USIA DINI DENGAN KEJADIAN STUNTING DI WILAYAH UPT PUSKESMAS SUNGAI TABUK 2 KABUPATEN BANJAR

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Aghus Triani Holyza Safitri Angga Irawan Malisa Ariani Umi Hanik Fetriyah

Abstract

Background: Stunting is a global nutritional problem in developing countries which is
characterized by chronic shorter body height compared to age. One of the causes of
stunting is early marriage. Early marriage is marriage to teenagers under 20 years of age
which is thought to be one of the causes of stunting in children. Objective: To find out the
relationship between the history of early marriage and the incidence of stunting in the UPT
area of Sungai Tabuk 2 Community Health Center, Banjar Regency. Method: Quantitative
analytical observational research with a cross sectional design. The sample in the research
was 30 toddlers aged 2-5 years. Samples were taken using accidental sampling technique.
Data collection uses questionnaires and anthropometric measurements. Data analysis
used univariate and bivariate Chi Square tests. Results: The majority of mothers under
five's occupation are not working as many as 25 people (83.3%), the education of mothers
under five has completed elementary school as many as 14 people (14.7%), the gender of
toddlers is mostly male as many as 17 people (56.7%) and age toddlers 36-48 years old 13
people (43.3%). There were 18 toddlers who experienced stunting (60%) and 17 people
(56.7%) had a mother's history of early marriage. The results of the correlation analysis
show that there is a relationship between a history of early marriage and the incidence of
stunting in toddlers (p-value = 0.013 < α 0.05) with an OR value of 10.500. There is a
relationship between a history of early marriage and the incidence of stunting in toddlers.
Conclusion: Pregnant women should carry out pregnancy checks at least 6 times to
monitor the baby's development. Community health centers and health institutions can
provide education about safe marriage ages for women and education about reproductive
health for teenagers.

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