The Correlation between Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior of Responsive Feeding on Stunting Incidents in Children in Karangploso Health Center, Malang Regency, Indonesia

Abstract

Nationally, the prevalence of stunting decreased by 1.6% from 27.7% in 2019 to 24.4% in 2021. However, this figure is far from RPJMN 2020-2024 target of 14%. One of the sub-districts in Malang Regency with an increasing prevalence of stunting based on the Bulan Timbang on August 2021 and February 2022 is Karangploso Sub-district, which was 5.2% in August 2021 and 6.6% in February 2022. Seeing this increasing prevalence of stunting, it’s necessary to know determinants of stunting, one of which is responsive feeding. This study aims to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitudes, and responsive feeding behavior on the incidence of stunting on children in Karangploso Health Center working area. The case control approach was chosen as the research design in this observational analytic study with a sample of 30 stunted respondents and 30 non-stunted respondents who were caregivers of 12-24 month old children. Based on chi-square test, the knowledge and attitude of responsive feeding of caregivers and stunting of children in the working area of Karangploso Health Center have a relationship (p=0.001; OR=8.5) (p=0.012; OR=8.1), but responsive feeding behavior with stunting of children in the working area of Karangploso Health Center has no relationship (p=0.424).