Hubungan Riwayat Anemia Kehamilan dengan Kejadian Stunting pada Balita di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Sanden Kabupaten Bantul

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Stunting is one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets included in the 2nd sustainable development goal, which is to eliminate hunger and all forms of malnutrition by 2030. Stunting or stunted growth is known as a condition of growth and development failure that causes children to have a body that is somewhat shorter than their peers.  This condition can be caused by many things, one of which is a fetus that lacks nutritional intake during pregnancy such as iron intake, genetic factors, and poor sanitation.  Pregnant women in Sanden District were recorded to have anemia as much as 25.3% in the working area of the Sanden Public Health Center in 2024. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between Pregnancy Anemia and the severity of stunting in toddlers at Sanden Public Health Centers.  Method: The research design used was quantitative analysis research with a sample of 65 people, sampling was carried out by purposive sampling.  Data analysis using chi-square test.  Results: The results showed that there had association between a history of anemia in pregnancy and stunting rates in toddlers (p=0,009).  Based on data on stunting toddlers based on TB/U, most stunted children have a short height (with a standard deviation of -2 to >2 elementary school),  as many as 12 children (57.1%) have a history of anemia in pregnant women and were very short as many as 9 (42.9%) children have a history of maternal anemia during pregnancy. Conclusion: the history of pregnancy anemia is related to the incidence of stunting in toddlers at Sanden Public Health Centers at Bantul Regency.

Keywords: anemia; stunting; toddlers