Abstract

Kakandita Permata Exclusive Breastfeeding and History of Infectious diseases with Stunting Occurrence in Toddlers in The Work Area of Selayo Health Center Solok District on 2019 ix + 61 pages, 9 tables, 4 pictures, 9 attachment ABSTRACT Stunting is one of the health problems in children under five years. The prevalence of stunting in Indonesia is 29,6% and West Sumatra 30,6% people. The main factor of stunting is non-exclusive breastfeeding and infectious disease. The impact of stunting on children under five years is decrease intelligence, morbidity and mortality, and lower productivity. The purpose of this study was to exclusive breastfeeding and history of infectious diseases with the incidence of stunting in children under five years. This research used analytic observational case control design. The population in this study were all under five years children in the work area of Selayo Health Center with a sample of 74 people, consisting of 37 people in the case group and 37 people in the control group with cluster sampling. The data analyzed with univariate and bivariate analysis using chi square test. The results showed 23(62,2%) people case group and 12(32,4%) people control group non-exclusive breastfeeding. There are 15(40,5%) people case group and 6(16,2%) people control group. There was a relationship of exclusive breastfeeding with stunting event (p value = 0,02 and OR = 3,432) and there was a relationship of history of infectious diseases with stunting event (p value= 0,039 and OR = 3,532) It can be concluded that there is More than half of children under five did not get exclusive breastfeeding in the case group and less than half in the control group. And less than half of children have a history of infection diseases in the case group and a small proportion in the control group. There is an exclusive breastfeeding relationship with stunting events and there is history of infectious diseases with stunting events. It is expected that health workers will always provide counseling at posyandu accompained by leaflets and billboards, routine counseling at least once a month and motivate people to provide exclusive breast milk and prevent children from infectious diseases to reduce the incidence of stunting. Keywords : Stunting, Exclusive Breasfeeding, Infectious Diseases Reference : 38 (2009-2018)