The Effect of Health Education Using Video Media on Stunting Prevention Among Mothers of Children Under Five Years of Age at Situ Community Health Center in 2023

Abstract

Stunting is one of the manifestations of chronic malnutrition that has become a national nutrition problem. Stunting prevention is a national program based on the issuance of Presidential Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia No. 42 of 2013 concerning the National Movement for the Acceleration of Nutrition Improvement. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of health education using video media on the prevention of stunting in mothers of toddlers at the Situ Health Center, Sumedang Regency in 2023. This type of research uses pre-experimental research methods in the form of one group pretest posttest. The population in this study were all toddlers in the work area of the UPTD Puskesmas Situ Sumedang Regency in 2023 as many as 1227 mothers of toddlers, with a sample size of 93 people. The sampling technique in this study used purposive sampling. The research instrument used a questionnaire that was valid and reliable. Data analysis techniques using univariate analysis and bivariate analysis. The results showed that. The average score of stunting prevention in mothers of toddlers before health education using video media was 56.85 (95%CI: 53.14 - 60.56). The average score of stunting prevention in mothers of toddlers after health education using video media is 83.4 (95%CI: 81.6 - 85.1). There is an effect of health education in using video media on the prevention of stunting in mothers of toddlers, p value of 0.000 (<0.05). Therefore, it is necessary to carry out health education methods using videos about stunting prevention routinely to mothers of toddlers in an effort to reduce the incidence of stunting.