Stunting Incidents Related to Parents' Smoking Behavior

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Sunarto Kadir et al.

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World Health Organization(WHO) (2014) in the Global Nutrition Targets 2025, stunting is considered as an irreversible growth disorder which is mostly influenced by inadequate nutritional intake and repeated infections during the first 1000 days of life. The global incidence of stunting is estimated at around 171 million to 314 million which occurs in children under 5 years of age and 90% of them are in countries around the world.African and Asian continents (Fenskeet et al, 2013). Stunting in Indonesia is the second largest in Southeast Asia, reaching 43.8%. The prevalence of stunting for children under five is 30.86%. Meanwhile, the incidence of stunting in Bali reached 21.9%. The highest cases in five districts in Bali reached an alarming level. According to the Head of the Bali Provincial Health Office, the average is above 20% to 25%. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between parental smoking behavior and the incidence of stunting. This research is a type of quantitative research that uses a descriptive correlation research design. The approach used in this research is cross sectional. The results showed that the value of p = 0.011 (p <0.05) so that this indicates that there is a relationship between parental smoking behavior and the incidence of stunting in toddlers aged 2-5 years, with a correlation strength value of 0.33 it can be interpreted that the parental smoking behavior variable with the incidence of stunting in toddlers aged 2-5 years has a low correlation strength or relationship. The conclusion is smoking behavior in parents will have a direct and indirect impact on the child's growth process.

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