Correlation of the role of health cadres to stunting emergency prevention efforts in the working area of the lhok bengkuang tapaktuan health center south aceh

Background: Imoptimal brain development and inhibited mental and motor growth are one of the impacts of stunting, not only that stunting can also increase the risk of illness and death for toddlers, in relation to that, the incidence of stunting is very necessary to be prevented, so the role of parties who can routinely accompany and remind mothers of toddlers to prevent stunting occurs, The role of a cadre is very necessary because cadres are the first parties who come into direct contact with the community, especially mothers under five. The purpose of this study is to find out how the role of a health cadre in stunting prevention efforts in children under five yearsold. Methods: This study is a type of quantitative research with an analytical survey design and a cross sectional approach. Sampling was done using a purposive sampling technique by distributing a questionnaire as an instrument and analysis was carried out with a chi square test. The sample in this study is a health cadre who specifically handles toddlers who work in the working area of the Lhok Bengkuang Health Center, South Aceh Regency as many as 34 people, the questionnaire contains data on education, motivation, knowledge, facilities owned by cadres play an important role in the efforts of health cadres to prevent stunting and training that has been obtained as an effort to prevent stunting. Results: The results of the bivariate analysis showed that there was a meaningful relationship between the role of health cadres and stunting prevention efforts P<0.005. Conclusion and suggestions: It is necessary to increase the role of health cadres to detect stunting rates early in the community, so that prevention efforts can be carried out earlier.