Pemberdayaan Kader Kesehatan dalam Pencegahan Stunting di Desa Kersamenak Kabupaten Garut
Authors: Sukmawati Sukmawati , Mamuroh Lilis , Nurhakim Furkon , Mediani Henny Suzana 
Published: June 2023

ABSTRAK Stunting merupakan masalah kesehatan pada anak, dimana anak mengalami gagal tumbuh akibat kekurangan gizi kronis sebagai akibat dari asupan nutrisi yang kurang dari kebutuhan dalam 1000 hari pertama kehidupan. Angka stunting di Desa Kersamenak masih tinggi. Salah satu upaya pencegahan stunting dapat dilakukan melalui penyuluhan kesehatan yang dapat dilakukan oleh berbagai pihak termasuk petugas kesehatan. Tujuan dari pengabdian ini adalah untuk menambah pengetahuan, sikap dan praktik kader kesehatan dalam pencegahan stunting. Metode yang digunakan berupa pelatihan yang dimulai dengan pre test dilanjutkan pemberian materi dengan metode ceramah dan tanya jawab, disesi akhir dilakukan post test. Sebagai tindak lanjut kader kesehatan didampingi untuk menyampaikan kembali materi edukasi pencegahan stunting pada ibu hamil dan ibu yang mempunyai anak dibawah 2 tahun. Jumlah kader yang mengikuti pelatihan sebanyak 30 orang. Setelah dilakukan pelatihan didapatkan hasil terjadi peningkatan rata-rata pengetahuan, sikap dan praktik kader kesehatan dalam pencegahan stunting. Hasil uji beda Wilcoxon pada skor pre-test dan post-test menunjukan terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan pelatihan terhadap pengetahuan dan priktik kader kesehatan (p value < 0.05) dan tidak terdapat pengaruh pelatihan terhadap sikap kader (p value > 0.05) tentang pencegahan stunting. Untuk lebih meningkatkan pengetahuan, sikap dan praktik kader kesehatan dalam pencegahan stunting diperlukan pelatihan secara kontinyu dengan metode yang lebih mendalam Kata kunci : Kader Kesehatan, Pelatihan, Stunting ABSRACT Stunting is a health problem in children, where children experience failure to thrive due to chronic malnutrition as a result of nutritional intake that is less than what is needed in the first 1000 days of life. The stunting rate in Kersamenak Village is still high. one of the efforts to prevent stunting can be done through health education which can be carried out by various parties, including health cadres. The purpose of this service is to increase the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health cadres in preventing stunting. The method used is in the form of training which begins with a pre-test followed by the provision of material using the lecture and question and answer method, in the final session a post-test is carried out. As a follow-up, the health cadres are assisted to re-deliver educational materials on stunting prevention for pregnant women and mothers with children under 2 years old. The number of cadres who attended the training was 30 people. After the training was carried out, it was found that there was an increase in the average knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health cadres in preventing stunting. The results of the Wilcoxon differential test on the pre-test and post-test scores showed that there was a significant effect of training on the knowledge and practice of health cadres (p-value <0.05) and there was no effect of training on the attitudes of cadres (p-value > 0.05) regarding stunting prevention. To further improve the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health cadres in prevention, continuous training with more in-depth methods is required Keywords: Health Cadres, Training, Stunting