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ABSTRACT
Introduction: Globally, more than one child in four under the age of five is too
short for their age. Although attempts to reduce stunting have succeeded
globally, stunting rates in Indonesia have unfortunately remained largely
stagnant. However, few studies have been conducted in Indonesia, particularly
in Banten to develop and evaluate the education program combining with
nutrition rehabilitation intervention to reduce stunting. The purpose of this
study was to test effectiveness of education and nutrition rehabilitation to
increase community empowerment for stunting in Serang Banten.
Methods: This study was conducted using a quasi-experimental design with
the reversed-treatment non-equivalent control group design. The study used
200 people as research samples. The analysis tools used include descriptive
statistics and paired t tests
Results: The results of this study showed that education and nutrition
rehabilitation effectively to increased community empowerment in
overcoming children with stunting (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Nutrition education and rehabilitation management needs to be
improved in an effort to reproduce the status of malnutrition or malnutrition
into normal nutritional status, particularly in Serang City.