Participatory Campaign in Improving Community Care about Stunting Prevention at Rancabango Garut

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10.2991/978-2-38476-072-5_20How to use a DOI?

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Participatory campaign; stunting prevention; community care; social work practice in public health

Abstract

Stunting prevention is a priority program in Indonesia that needs to be supported by the community, especially in areas with high prevalence such as Garut. Continuous efforts are needed to increase community care for prevention. This study aims to evaluate effectiveness of participatory campaign approach to increase community care on stunting prevention. The research uses the mixed method of qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative method was carried out by participatory action research, while the quantitative method was carried out with a survey of the community care. The research involved 15 community cadres who were selected purposively and 86 community members who were selected by area and stratified random sampling. Data were collected through interviews, discussions, documentation studies, and questionnaires. Qualitative data were analyzed by Spradley Model, while quantitative data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and the Mann Whittney Test. The result showed that the previous campaign that did not involve the community in campaign activities tend to result low community care than campaign that involve community. The participatory campaign have been increase the community care effectively (Asymp. Sig 0.000; α 0.05). Thus, the participatory campaigns potentials to support acceleration of the stunting prevention.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Susilawati
AU  - Helping Indah Kartini
AU  - July Kriswanto J. V. Duha
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/06/21
TI  - Participatory Campaign in Improving Community Care about Stunting Prevention at Rancabango Garut
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference On Multidisciplinary Studies (ICOMSI 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 188
EP  - 203
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-072-5_20
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-072-5_20
ID  - 2023
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