Clean and Healthy Living Behavior with The Stunting Events in Children in Central Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Louisa Ariantjelangi

Stunting is a serious nutritional problem in Indonesia that can increase morbidity and mortality due to infection. This study aims to determine the relationship between clean and healthy living behavior with stunting. This research is a cross-sectional study. The study was conducted from October to November 2018. The study population was all elementary school students in Tambakrejo Pemalang, Central Java, Indonesia. The research sample of 85 children. The sampling technique is simple random sampling. The independent variable of the research is clean and healthy living behavior (PHBS) which is assessed based on three aspects including cognitive, affective and psychomotor. Data were analyzed by the chi-square test. The results showed that the effective PHBS influenced the incidence of stunting. However, cognitive PHBS and psychomotor PHBS showed no influence on the relationship with the incidence of stunting.