Pelaksanaan Program Pencengahan Dan Penurunan Stunting Oleh Puskesmas Limapuluh Kecamatan Limapuluh Kota Pekanbaru

Abstract

Stunting is an urgent problem that needs to be resolved as it will affect the quality of Indonesian human resources in the future.Human resources are a key factor in a country's success.This research was carried out to provide in-depth study on the implementation of the program of prevention and reduction of stunting in Puskesmas Limapuluh district Limapuluh city of Pekanbaru.The main objective of this discussion is how to prevent stunting in pregnant mothers and reduce the number of stunting cases.This type of study uses descriptive and quantitative methods, with the majority of respondents being female at 75 per cent, and the number of babies/children exposed to stunting at 47 per cent.The results of this study show that despite many government policies that have been taken to encourage the occurrence of stunting, the actual decline is still a long way from the target.In the district of Limapuluh City of Pekanbaru there are still a lot of people who do not have enough knowledge about stunting itself, its effects, causes, prevention and treatment.Therefore, widespread support is still needed to provide more detailed information on how to prevent stunting in early childhood.