The Relation of Stunting with Immunization Status and the History of Low Birth Weight in the Work Area of Public Health Center at Gilingan
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.210304.105How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Stunting, Immunization, Low Birth, Public Health
- Abstract
In the Asian level, Indonesia has ranked at fourth in the highest prevalence of stunting. Stunting is a condition of failure which in term to grow up for infants due to chronic malnutrition, as the consequence, they are too short for their age. The factors that Immunization is one of the most effective public health interventions to reduce the disease and death levels in society. The low birth weight is that when the infants are born, their weights are less than 2.500 grams.The research is aimed to find out whether there is a relation between immunization status and low birth weight against stunting in work area of Public Health Center at Gilingan. The method is an analytic quantitative research by cross sectional design, the technique of data collection applies purposive sampling, the sample consists of 54 respondents, and the research instrument is KIA book. The result of univariate analysis shows that the complete immunization status of stunting infants is 64.8 %, the history of low birth weight is 66.7%, and the stunting infant in short category is 72.8%. The most of stunting infant have the complete immunization status and the the history of low birth weight. It can be assumed that there is a meaningful relation between immunization status and the history of low birth weight toward stunting in work area of Public Health Center at Gilingan.
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TY - CONF AU - W Wahyuni AU - L. N. Wakhidah AU - S Fatmawati AU - R. S Widayati PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/08 TI - The Relation of Stunting with Immunization Status and the History of Low Birth Weight in the Work Area of Public Health Center at Gilingan BT - Proceedings of the 1st Paris Van Java International Seminar on Health, Economics, Social Science and Humanities (PVJ-ISHESSH 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 468 EP - 471 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210304.105 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210304.105 ID - Wahyuni2021 ER -