Exploring Stunting Risk Factors in Palu City: Maternal Education, Occupation, Caesarean Delivery, and Child’s History of Illness

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10.2991/978-94-6463-324-5_38How to use a DOI?

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Risk Factors; Stunting; Palu City; Indonesia

Abstract

This study’s objective is to examine the factors that increase the risk of stunting in children under two in Palu City with analytical cross-sectional, targeting children aged 6 to 23 months of 270 infants and children under two years selected through cluster simple random sampling and took place between March and July 2023. The investigation examined predictors of stunting, including mother’s age, mother’s education, maternal occupation, child’s gender, types of delivery, child’s age, drinking water source, family toilet ownership, early initiation of breastfeeding, length at birth, birth weight, breastfeeding (during research), number of children, utilization of health facilities, complementary feeding, stimulation development, the family smokes, history of illness, history of acute respiratory infection, history of diarrhea, pneumonia, measles, Palu Maseha Program. Data were gathered using the Cobocollect form, and height-for-age Z-scores were calculated utilizing WHO Anthro 2005 guidelines and the data analysis included univariate in bivariate and multivariate analyses. The study findings, among infants and children under the age of two in Palu City, stunting was most commonly associated with maternal education (AOR = 2.3, 95% CI: 1.1–4.8), maternal occupation (AOR = 1.9, 95% CI: 1.1–3.4), cesarean delivery (AOR = 2.3, 95% CI: 1.3–4.2), and history of illness (AOR = 4.1, 95% CI: 1.3–12.9). 30.0% of infants and toddlers in Palu City under the age of two suffered from stunting in 2023. Increased maternal education, assistance for working women, normal delivery practices, and the implementation of initiatives for childhood illness prevention and treatment are suggested strategies to combat and reduce cases of stunting in Palu City.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fahmi Hafid
AU  - Nasrul
AU  - Kadar Ramadhan
AU  - Yayuk Eka Cahyani
AU  - Sarini Sarimin
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/23
TI  - Exploring Stunting Risk Factors in Palu City: Maternal Education, Occupation, Caesarean Delivery, and Child’s History of Illness
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Health Polytechnic Surabaya (ICoHPS 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 375
EP  - 390
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-324-5_38
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-324-5_38
ID  - Hafid2023
ER  -