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Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
Year : 2018, Volume : 9, Issue : 12
First page : ( 1482) Last page : ( 1485)
Print ISSN : 0976-0245. Online ISSN : 0976-5506.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-5506.2018.02063.6

Developmental and Growth Delays (Stunting) on Students of Salulayang Elementary School in Mamuju Regency

Yudianti

Nutrition Department Health Polytechnic Mamuju Health Ministry, Jl. Shaft Mamuju Kalukku Km. 16 Tadui, West Sulawesi, 91511 Postal Code, Indonesia

Online published on 2 February, 2019.

Abstract

Stunting in Indonesia becomes national problem because the percentage of stunting is above the tolerance which is only 20% set by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2010). Results of Basic Health Research (2013), the incidence of stunting nationally occurred about 30.7% in children aged 5–12 years. Stunting percentage in West Sulawesi Province is above the national percentage. The incidence of stunting is very closely related to zinc levels in the body that can be observed through hair. The study was a cross-sectional study, conducted on all students of Salulayang Elementary School in Mamuju Regency. Hair samples were examined in Makassar health laboratory using the AAS (Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry) method. The results showed that hair zinc level with the incidence of stunting in elementary school children had no correlation with p> 0.005 because this study only have a small proportion of children who experienced stunting and school-age children were in static growth periods that is not too sensitive to detect zinc defciency. Researcher needs more observation to fnd out correlation to hair zinc levels, such as environmental factors (air, soil, water) and infectious diseases.

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Keywords

Stunting, Zink Level, growth delay, environmental factors and infectious diseases.

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