A Case Study: Stunting in Kalibukbuk Tourism Village

<p>Introduction:  The territories area of Puskesmas Buleleng 1 and 2 is not far from the city<br>center, but still has a number of cases of malnutrition children. Three toddlers were identified<br>as stunting in kalibukbuk village and Tukadmungga. Kalibukbuk village is a tourist village<br>located near by Lovina tourism center. The pandemic period has been a heavy blow to the<br>communities of tourist areas, one of which is Kalibukbuk village. Many factors should be<br>involved to solve the stunting problems, one is family support, specially family medicine<br>with holistic approach is needed to prevent stunting. Purpose: this study aimed to describe<br>several factors related to stunting in toddlers in Kalibukbuk Tourism Village. Method:  this<br>is a descriptive qualitative design. Datas were collected through in-depth interviews and<br>observations. Deep interviews with 3 important informants showed  that it has not improve<br>in 1 year of program supervision. Result: Four domains were identified: knowledge, family<br>income funds, cultural related issues and health worker’s activity. These encompassed a<br>variety of reasons which could explain the malnutrition in children of those kalibukbuk<br>village. Conclusion: The conclusion of this study is that there are several factors that affect<br>the incidence of stunting are: reinforcing factors (knowledge and availability of time),<br>enabling factors (availability of funds, socio-economic) and reinforcing factors (feeding<br>process, Family Support and health workers). All of the above factors in this case in the<br>category of inadequate to support and strengthen the eradication of stunting</p>