Child care practice as a risk factor of changes in nutritional status from normal to stunting in under five children
Authors: Rahayu Leni Sri , Safitri Debby Endayani , - Indah Yuliana 
Published: April 2019

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="IN">ABSTRACT</span></em></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="IN">Background: </span></em></strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="IN">There was 9.5% of stunted infants aged 7-12 month changed to normal nutritional status at the age of 2 years. Integrated programs, health, hygiene, and stimulation have been successful to decrease the stuntingproportion by 17.2%. </span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="IN">Objective:</span></em></strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="IN"> <em><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The aim of this study</span></em></span></em><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" lang="IN"> <em>was to</em> <em>analyze</em></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="IN"> the relationship between child care practice and changes in nutritional status from normal to stunting in <em><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">under</span></em></span></em><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" lang="IN"> <em>five</em></span><em></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" lang="IN">children</span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" lang="IN">.</span></em><em></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="IN">Methods:</span></em></strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="IN"> This study was a further analysis from the results of cohort data collection for 20 villages of the City and District of Tangerang in 2008-2011. The number of subject in this study were 571 <em><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">n under</span></em></span></em><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" lang="IN">  <em>five childre</em></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="IN">. Data were analyzed by chi-square test. </span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="IN">Result: </span></em></strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="IN">The results showed that the child care practice (OR=1.63, 95% CI ), hygiene and environmental sanitation (OR=1.63, 95% CI ) and health care aspects (OR=1.76, 95% CI ) were significantly associated with changes in nutritional status from normal to stunting.</span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><a><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="IN">Conclusion: </span></em></strong></a><span class="MsoCommentReference"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 150%;" lang="IN"> </span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="IN">child care practice were associated with changes in nutritional status from normal to stunting in under five children</span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="IN">KEYWORDS: </span></em></strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="IN">stunting, child care practice, under-five children</span></em></p><div><div><div id="_com_2" class="msocomtxt"><!--[if !supportAnnotations]--></div><!--[endif]--></div></div>