Building a Glorious Generation by Preventing Stunting, Tumpakkepuh KKN student 2 Hold Stunting Prevention Outreach with Village Health Officers.

TUMPAKKEPUH, Daffodils – During the pandemic, Many teenagers choose to marry at an early age rather than attend school online. Of course, there are many impacts from having a wedding at an age below the ideal age for marriage that has been set by the government. One of the impacts is stunting in children.

Stunting itself is a disruption in the growth and development of children due to chronic lack of nutrition and recurrent infections, characterized by the child's height being below standard. The impact of stunting on children is to slow down brain development, mental retardation, low learning ability, and the risk of contracting chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, to obesity.

Judging from the dangerous impact of stunting on children, this is the case, KKN students intend to hold activities to socialize the problem of stunting as one of their work programs. Before holding this socialization, Tumpakkepuh KKN student 2 carry out anjangsana activities with one of the posyandu officers in Wotgalih hamlet. In anjangsana activities, Tumpakkepuh KKN student 2 request and dig up information related to the biggest health problems in the hamlet.

So as a result of this event, KKN students agreed to carry out stunting outreach activities on Tuesday, 07 February 2023 located at the Wotgalih Hamlet Hall. This socialization was carried out after the toddler posyandu activities because the target of the socialization activities were mothers who still had aged children < 5 year. This socialization activity for basic material was delivered by one of the KKN students himself, then the village midwife continued the discussion in more depth, This is Binti. Apart from KKN students and village midwives, The figures who contributed to it were the toddler posyandu cadres.

This socialization activity was attended 30 mothers from Wotgalih hamlet. The stunting socialization activity contained material delivery activities as well as a question and answer competition. The residents who are most active in socialization will get doorprise from KKN Students.  The activity was lively and enjoyable.

All residents who attended said they were happy and impressed with the activities held by Tumpakkepuh KKN students 2 this morning. The toddler posyandu cadres are grateful for the Tumpakkepuh KKN students 2 pleased to hold this stunting socialization event, He also hopes that the knowledge we share can be useful and help reduce cases of stunting, which has recently become one of the health problems that is often discussed at every meeting.. [Tumpakkepuh KKN 2/WFF]