Correlations of Anemia, Stunting, and Sociodemographic Characteristics and Energy Among Children Aged 6–23 Months at Karangklesem Village, South Purwokerto

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.044How to use a DOI?

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children, stunting, anemia, sociodemographic, energy

Abstract

Stunting and anemia are long-standing public health challenges which adversely affects the cognitive development and physical wellbeing of children. Anemia and stunting occurring in this key period have serious implications for individuals and societies, especially in rural areas in developing country. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of stunting and anemia among 6–24 months old children. The methode Cross-sectional survey was conducted among 134 children aged 6–24 months, which were living at Karangklesem village, in july 2019. A multistage sampling technique was used. children were randomly selected and used systematic random sampling method to select the research participants. Data on socio-demographic, anthropometric, dietary energy, blood samples for hemoglobin were collected. Binary logistic regression model was used to identify factors associated with the outcome variables (stunting and anemia) separately, and finally multivariable logistic regression model was used to identify independent variables of each outcomes. The result showed that 35,07% of children at Karangklesem were suffered from anemia and the malnutrition with prevalence rates of 31,34% for stunting, and 15,67% for stunting chronic. Anemia was significantly associated with malnutrition (stunting, OR: 1.65, 95% CI: 1.052.61. In the multivariable analyses, energy (OR = 4,18, 95% CI: 2,65-6,57) and low family income (OR = 4,08, 95% CI: 1,33-12,54) and anemia were factors significantly associated with stunting. less maternal education, parent’s job not significantly increased the risk for infant anemia. This study revealed highlevel of stunting and anemia among children aged 6–24 months. Specific sociodemographic characteristics and energy were highly associated with infant anemia in rural areas of Karangklesem. Health education focusing on feeding practices and nutrition education could be a practical strategy for preventing anemia and malnutrition in young children.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fauziah Hanum Nur Adriyani
AU  - Arlyana Hikmanti
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/10
TI  - Correlations of Anemia, Stunting, and Sociodemographic Characteristics and Energy Among Children Aged 6–23 Months at Karangklesem Village, South Purwokerto
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Community Health (ICCH 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 196
EP  - 203
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.044
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.044
ID  - Adriyani2020
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