Relationship between Low Birth Weight and Stunting In Children Aged 6-24 Months in the Working Area of the Air Dingin Health Center

Abstract

Background: Low birth weight (LBW) is defined as a birth weight of less than 2500 g (up to and including 2499 g).  LBW generally experience an unfavorable future life, babies born with low birth weight are mostly born to mothers with low nutritional status during pregnancy who are at risk of becoming stunted. Aim: To determine the relationship between low birth weight and the incidence of stunting in children aged 6-24 months in the Working Area of ​​the Air Dingin Health Center, Padang City. Method: The research was conducted in the Working Area of ​​the Air Dingin Health Center in Padang, from May 2019 – January 2020. This is a correlative analytic study with a cross-sectional research design. The affordable population is part of the target population of children aged 6-24 months in the Air Dingin Health Center Padang with 65 samples using stratified random sampling technique.  The analysis data using chi-square test SPSS version 24.0. Results:Based on the results of the study, the most gender was male, 21 people (53.8%), the most age was 12 - <24 months, 38 people (97.4%), experienced stunting as many as 39 people (60%), experienced LBW as many as 27 people (41.5%) and there is a relationship between low birth weight and the incidence of stunting in children aged 6-24 months in the Working Area of ​​the Air Dingin Health Center, Padang ( p=0.027 < 0.05) Conclusion: There is a relationship between low birth weight and the incidence of stunting in children aged 6-24 months in the Working Area of ​​the Air Dingin Health Center in Padang.