JPKM : Jurnal Pengabdian Kesehatan Masyarakat

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022)

Received: December 2nd, 2021; 1st Revised December 16th, 2021; Accepted for Publication: March 22th, 2022

STUNTING PREVENTION IN CHILDREN IN ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS) IN JAYA BAKTI VILLAGE AND LAMBANGAN VILLAGEHartono Hadjarati, Suprianto Kadir, Yoyanda Bait

Abstract

All health issues in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are integrated into one goal, namely goal number 3, which is to ensure a healthy life and encourage welfare for everyone at all ages. One of the important problems in the health sector is stunting in children. Stunting is the main threat to human quality, as well as a threat to the nation's competitiveness. The novelty of this service is to provide additional information about stunting in children in achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Jaya Bakti Village and Lambangan Village, Pagimana District. The purpose of this service activity is to carry out counseling integrated with the Thematic KKN activities of The Village Building in Lambangan Village and Jaya Bakti, Pagimana District.The activity lasted for 40 days. stunting prevention counseling is carried out in 4 stages, namely licensing, socialization, implementation of counseling and evaluation. The licensing stage is carried out by contacting the village head and other village officials. The results of the activity in the form of socialization were carried out to the target of counseling, namely posyandu cadres and the general public as many as 50 people. Phase 2 counseling was carried out to Posyandu cadres located at the Posyandu in Lambangan village and 75 people from house to house counseling in Jaya Bakti village. The program evaluation stage was to see the enthusiasm of the counseling participants, namely by the many questions. In addition, the success of this program was published in the mass media in Pagimana District. Conclusion Community outreach and empowerment activities can prevent stunting in children.

Keyword : Child; Health; Extention; Stunting.