The difference of haemoglobin levels between children under 5 years with stunting children and without stunting in community healt centre in Cibeber Dinar Mutiara (a *) , desy Linasari (b) , Mochamad Rizki Fernanda(c)
a)Nutrition Departement Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, cimahi Indonesia
b) Epidemiologi Departement Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, cimahi Indonesia
c)Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, cimahi Indonesia
Abstract
Stunting is a linear-growth deficiency condition occurring due to chronic malnutrition starting from the beginning of the birth to 1000 days after the birth, which can cause a condition of anaemia. Based on the standard defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), a child is said to be stunted when his or her height is lower than -2 standard deviation, which is measured using growth graph and antropometri index. Based on the data from The Health Service (DINKES) of Cimahi, stunting prevalence is fairly high in particular in Cibeber and Citeureup area. This study was aimed to identify the difference of haemoglobin content between children with stunting and those of non-stunting in the working coverage of the Community Health Center in Cibeber Cimahi. The study method used was analytic with a cross sectional design. The sample size in this study was 54 patients of children with stunting and those of non-stunting. The subject characteristics included age, sex and children with stunting and those of non- stunting. The body height measurement to determine the stunting prevalence and haemoglobin content examination used a haemoglobinometer manufactured by ^easy touch^. The result of this study found that the average haemoglobin content was 10.875 g/dL for the children with stunting, while for those of non-stunting the average haemoglobin content was 11.533 g/dL with p-value of 0.116. There was no significant difference between children with stunting and those of without stunting
Keywords: Haemoglobin level, Stunting and Without-Stunting
