Abstract | BACKGROUND: MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional quantitative analytic study was conducted using a survey method involving 228 mothers of stunted children in Indonesia. Cluster random sampling was used. Data were collected using a questionnaire with a Likert scale, and then, they were analyzed using univariate analysis, multiple linear regression, and pathway analysis to determine the direct and indirect effects. RESULTS: All respondents were of non-risk age (20-45 years), most had height >150 cm (83.8%), moderate weight (93.4%), multigravida parity (87.3%), middle education (70.2%), unemployed (91.7%), monthly income of less than 1,800,000 rupiahs (89.9%), and exclusive breastfeeding (97.4%). Sanitation, self-efficacy, and social support had a significant effect on stunting prevention and control behavior (P < 0.05). Socioeconomic and sanitation effects through self-efficacy indirectly had a significant positive, while parenting through food or nutritional intake had a significant influence on the stunting incidence (P < 0.05). Variables that had a significant positive effect on stunting prevention and behavior directly were perceived vulnerability, perceived severity, perceived obstacles, self-efficacy, social support, community organizing, and facilitator (P < 0.05). Parenting through the health of diarrhea or acute respiratory infection (ARI) had no significant positive effect on the stunting incidence (P = 0.121). CONCLUSION: Almost all variables have a significant direct and indirect effect on stunting prevention and control behavior, as well as the stunting incidence, except parenting through the health of diarrhea or ARI.
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Authors | Evi Soviyati, Endang S Sulaeman, Ir Sugihardjo, Budiyanti Wiboworini |
Journal | Journal of education and health promotion
(J Educ Health Promot)
Vol. 12
Pg. 227
( 2023)
ISSN: 2277-9531 [Print] India |
PMID | 37727411
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright: © 2023 Journal of Education and Health Promotion. |