Relationship of Access to Clean Water with Prevalence of Stunting in Puskesmas Cicalengka in 2020

Bandung Regency was ranked the 4th highest in terms of the prevalence of stunting in West Java Province. District of Cicalengka was ranked as the 6th highest in terms of the prevalence of stunting in Bandung Regency as much as 33,7%. These numbers did not reach the World Health Organization (WHO) target, which is to reduce stunting numbers to less than 20%. It also did not reach the Bandung Regency Strategic Plan 2016-2021 target to reduce stunting prevalence to less than 14 %. Stunting was considered to be related to access to clean water. The aim of this study was to measure the relationship between access to clear water and the prevalence of stunting in Puskesmas Cicalengka in 2020. This study was analytic research using a cross-sectional design.  Data that was used in this research was data of height per age in children under five years and data of access to clean water. Data were extracted from the annual report of Puskesmas Cicalengka 2020. The number of the subject which appropriate with the inclusion criteria was 5.179. The sampling technique used in this study was the whole sampling. Data were analyzed using univariate analysis to describe the characteristic of subjects and chi-square test to measure the relationship between the two variables using software statistical product and service solution (SPSS) for windows version 18.0. Chi-square test reveals that the p-value is lower than 0,05 (p=0.000). It can be concluded that access to clean water is related to the prevalence of stunting. Improved collaboration between environmental health programs and maternal and child health programs in Puskesmas Cicalengka is needed to find the solution.