Model Promosi Kesehatan sebagai Upaya Pencegahan Stunting melalui Program Kesehatan Ibu Dan Anak (KIA) di Puskesmas Tembilahan Kota Provinsi Riau

Abstract

Stunting is a growth and development failure that has short and long term impacts. namely cognitive decline, shorter stature as adults, increased risk of obesity, and even death. One way to prevent stunting is by providing health promotion using the right methods and media. This research aims to identify an effective health promotion model as stunting prevention effort through the Maternal and Child Health program at the Tembilahan Health Center, Riau Province. This is a quantitative research using Quasi Experiment with pre-test and post-test control group design approach. The sample of this research is 102 women of childbearing age, namely 34 people in each group who were taken using consecutive sampling techniques. The data are collected by a questionnaire. Bivariate analysis using paired t-test statistics to compare the results of the pre-test and post-test data in the treatment and control groups, one way ANOVA to compare the mean results between the lecture and leaflet media treatment group, the lecture and video media treatment group and the control group. The results show that there is a difference in increasing knowledge in the treatment group p=0.000 (p<0.05) and there is no difference in increasing knowledge in the control group p-000 (p>0.05). There are differences in attitudes in the treatment group and the control group p=0.000 (p<0.05). The results also show that there are significant differences in the three groups. Health promotion models that are effective in providing knowledge increases are health promotion lecture models and leaflet media and health promotion models that are effective in providing attitude changes are health promotion model lectures and video media. This research results can be used as input to provide health promotion in stunting prevention in mersing services.