Stunting Prevention Through “Sarangge Maloa” In Bima District

Abstract

Background : Stunting was chronic malnutrition problem caused by inadequate nutritional intake for a long time. Bima Regency were one of the 169 priority areas for handling stunting by the Secretariat of the Presidential Secretariat in 2019. The Geographical barriers and limited facilities, infrastructure, and health human resources have made it difficult for people in some areas of Bima Regency to obtain optimal health services. Sarangge has become a public space where ideas meet, discuss and plan about anything, even as a forum for village consultations (mafaka ro dampa).Objective: To determine the effectiveness of stunting prevention through the Ma Loa Sarangge in Bima Regency.Methods: This research was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest one-group design and analyzed using the Wilcoxon test.Results: The research data identified that the knowledge of Cadres before being given training on stunting prevention was 10 people (66.7%) and after being given training increased to 15 people (100%). Likewise, the previous knowledge of mothers was 14 people (46.7%) and after receiving training increased to 28 people (93%). Cadres and mothers, after receiving training on stunting prevention, have changed their knowledge of increasing. The results of Wilcoxon's analysis show that the significance value of knowledge of cadres and mothers is p = 0.025 and p = 0.000, respectively. P-value Significance = 0.05. which means the p-value is smaller than the p significance.Conclusion: So it can be concluded that there was an effect of training on stunting prevention through "Sarangge Maloa" in Wawo district for the knowledge of cadres and mothers.