DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANDROID-BASED APPLICATION "BERAKSI" TO CONDUCT EARLY DETECTION OF STUNTING

Stunting is a condition of failure to thrive in children under five years of age (toddlers) due to chronic malnutrition and recurrent infections, especially during the window of opportunity, namely from the fetus to a child aged 23 months. Children are classified as stunted if their length or height is below minus two standard deviations of the size or height of children their age. Stunting handling must synergize between ministries/institutions, regional governments, and the business world/community. The BERAKSI application is expected to help and make it easier for Cadres and parents to monitor the growth and development of typical toddlers in general and stunted toddlers in particular. Cadres can conduct inspections on Integrated Service Post activities, and parents can monitor the development of babies and toddlers at any time through the application on their respective smartphones. The BERAKSI application displays four menu features, namely the inspection feature: 1) Growth, 2) Development, 3) Balanced Nutrition, and 3) Parenting. The advantage of the BERAKSI Program application compared to similar applications is that it has updates in the form of interventions providing balanced nutrition for toddlers who experience stunting and malnutrition with menus that have been consulted and recommended by nutritionists, as well as having a parenting menu that has been consulted and recommended by child psychologists. Field data input into the BERAKSI application can be saved and downloaded on Google Spreadsheet. The BERAKSI application can be downloaded without paying via Playstore using an Android-based mobile device connected to the internet network.