The Effect of Family Empowerment Based on Family-Centered Nursing on the Level of Family Independence in Preventing Stunting in Toddlers in the Simomulyo Community Health Center Working Area, Surabaya

Introduction: Stunting in toddlers is a major public health concern that impacts the next generation. It was suggested that the problems that occurred at the Simomulyo Health Center in Surabaya are mostly the result of parental and family circumstances. But at now, families and parents are unable to carry out their roles to the best of their abilities. The reason for this examination was to explore the relationship between family empowerment and family independence in preventing little child stunting, utilizing the family-centered nursing paradigm as a basis. Method: The research design employed a straightforward random sampling technique, and 154 respondents in total were sampled. Utilizing inclusion and exclusion criteria, 77 respondents were allocated to the intervention bunch and 77 respondents to the benchmark group. The instruments utilized in this experiment were questionnaires. 1) Demographic data; 2) Family assessment using the Family Centered Nursing Model of the Ministry of Health, developed from Friedman's research. This family examination will be conducted with the presence of a health provider. Assess the family's resources and strengths using the SCREEM (Social, Cultural, Religious, Economic, Educational, and Medical) framework. The statistical analysis used the Mann-Whitney test with p0.05 and the Wilcoxon signed rank test. Results: The outcomes showed that there was a significant distinction in the level of family independence between the intervention and control bunches following the intervention. The difference test between the treatment and control groups produced a value of p<0.001 when conducted using Mann Whitney. Conclusion: Family empowerment grounded in a family-centered nursing paradigm can increase the degree of family independence and ward off stunting in toddlers. A later study found that toddler stunting can be avoided with greater family independence. Further research included a sustained coaching program for stunting prevention that spans from the beginning of a marriage to the first 1000 days of life (HPK).