SOCIOECONOMIC AS STUNTING PREDICTOR ON CHILDREN AGED 24-59 MONTHS AT BEFORE AND DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Background: Stunting is a high-priority malnutrition problem globally. The COVID-19 pandemic was predicted to increase hunger and worsen the condition of stunted children. Purpose: To determine the socioeconomic factors for stunting in children aged 24-59 months before and during the COVID-19 pandem...
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| description | Background: Stunting is a high-priority malnutrition problem globally. The COVID-19 pandemic was predicted to increase hunger and worsen the condition of stunted children. Purpose: To determine the socioeconomic factors for stunting in children aged 24-59 months before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Magelang Regency. Methods: This study used a case-control design from August to November 2021. Subjects were children under five aged 24-59 months from the Magelang Regency. The subjects consisted of 162 stunted children and 166 normal children. The nutritional status screening was derived from e-PPGBM data, and was further validated through repeated anthropometric measurements. Phone interviews with mothers or trustees were done to obtain primary data. Data were analyzed using a chi-square test and declared significant if the p-value was below 0.05. Results: Socioeconomic status factors significantly related to stunting before the COVID-19 pandemic were family income below the region’s minimum wage (cOR = 2.18; 95% CI = 1.31-3.64), incapability to fulfill food and household needs (cOR = 2; 95% CI = 1.25-3.23), and incapability to save income (cOR = 2; 95% CI = 1.32-3.33). During the COVID-19 pandemic, a socioeconomic factor that was found to be significantly related to stunting was incapability to fulfill food and household needs (cOR = 1.57; 95% CI = 1-2.46). Conclusion: Low family income and incapability to fulfill food and household needs was strongly associated with stunting. Improvements to community empowerment and stunting prevention programs in response to COVID-19 need to be made to prevent new stunting cases. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1000e137e60b48b0a943aeb5ceeaf4762023-03-03T04:45:03ZengUniversitas AirlanggaJurnal Berkala Epidemiologi2301-71712541-092X2023-01-01111768410.20473/jbe.V11I12023.76-84SOCIOECONOMIC AS STUNTING PREDICTOR ON CHILDREN AGED 24-59 MONTHS AT BEFORE AND DURING COVID-19 PANDEMICSri Nuryani Wahyuningrum0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6087-1030Slamet Riyanto1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0234-9129Taufiq Hidayat2Hadi Ashar3Magelang Unit for Health Research and Development, IndonesiaNational Research and Innovation Agency, IndonesiaNational Research and Innovation Agency, IndonesiaNational Research and Innovation Agency, IndonesiaBackground: Stunting is a high-priority malnutrition problem globally. The COVID-19 pandemic was predicted to increase hunger and worsen the condition of stunted children. Purpose: To determine the socioeconomic factors for stunting in children aged 24-59 months before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Magelang Regency. Methods: This study used a case-control design from August to November 2021. Subjects were children under five aged 24-59 months from the Magelang Regency. The subjects consisted of 162 stunted children and 166 normal children. The nutritional status screening was derived from e-PPGBM data, and was further validated through repeated anthropometric measurements. Phone interviews with mothers or trustees were done to obtain primary data. Data were analyzed using a chi-square test and declared significant if the p-value was below 0.05. Results: Socioeconomic status factors significantly related to stunting before the COVID-19 pandemic were family income below the region’s minimum wage (cOR = 2.18; 95% CI = 1.31-3.64), incapability to fulfill food and household needs (cOR = 2; 95% CI = 1.25-3.23), and incapability to save income (cOR = 2; 95% CI = 1.32-3.33). During the COVID-19 pandemic, a socioeconomic factor that was found to be significantly related to stunting was incapability to fulfill food and household needs (cOR = 1.57; 95% CI = 1-2.46). Conclusion: Low family income and incapability to fulfill food and household needs was strongly associated with stunting. Improvements to community empowerment and stunting prevention programs in response to COVID-19 need to be made to prevent new stunting cases.https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/JBE/article/view/33490/23807children aged 24-59 monthscovid-19socioeconomicstunting |
| spellingShingle | Sri Nuryani Wahyuningrum Slamet Riyanto Taufiq Hidayat Hadi Ashar SOCIOECONOMIC AS STUNTING PREDICTOR ON CHILDREN AGED 24-59 MONTHS AT BEFORE AND DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi children aged 24-59 months covid-19 socioeconomic stunting |
| title | SOCIOECONOMIC AS STUNTING PREDICTOR ON CHILDREN AGED 24-59 MONTHS AT BEFORE AND DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC |
| title_full | SOCIOECONOMIC AS STUNTING PREDICTOR ON CHILDREN AGED 24-59 MONTHS AT BEFORE AND DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC |
| title_fullStr | SOCIOECONOMIC AS STUNTING PREDICTOR ON CHILDREN AGED 24-59 MONTHS AT BEFORE AND DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC |
| title_full_unstemmed | SOCIOECONOMIC AS STUNTING PREDICTOR ON CHILDREN AGED 24-59 MONTHS AT BEFORE AND DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC |
| title_short | SOCIOECONOMIC AS STUNTING PREDICTOR ON CHILDREN AGED 24-59 MONTHS AT BEFORE AND DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC |
| title_sort | socioeconomic as stunting predictor on children aged 24 59 months at before and during covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | children aged 24-59 months covid-19 socioeconomic stunting |
| url | https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/JBE/article/view/33490/23807 |
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