Establishment of Sakinah Aisyiyah Center (BSA) to Prevent Stunting

Abstract

Data from the Sleman Health Office showed that the prevalence of stunting in
the Gamping I Health Center was 9.02% and 9.76% in the Gamping II Health
Center. The number of cases of stunting in Nogotirto Village for 2021 data has
reached 73 cases. Most stunting incidents are caused by the rejection of
stunting under five due to a lack of understanding of stunting, poor parenting
factors, and feeding practices for infants and toddlers. For this reason, there is
a need for a community-based stunting prevention movement, as stated in the
2020-2024 policy directions contained in the Indonesia SDGs Roadmap
Towards 2030. Solution: Formation of Balai Sakinah 'Aisyiyah (BSA),
formation of cadres, training of cadres, and provision of reading corners and
educational media. Method: establishing BSA, increasing cadres’ knowledge
about stunting, IMD, exclusive breastfeeding, lactation management, and
provision of MP-ASI and providing books and reading corner facilities for
cadres; Provision of Cadre Education Media in preventing stunting. Results:
the formation of 28 BSA cadres, there was an increase in cadre knowledge of>
25%, available reading corners, and educational media.