TY - JOUR AU - Eliafiana, Ricko AU - Fadilah, Tubagus Ferdi PY - 2022/05/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Relationship between Mothers Birth Spacing and Incidence of Stunting in Children 24 - 59 months JF - Jurnal Biomedika dan Kesehatan JA - J Biomedika dan Kesehat VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - Original Article DO - 10.18051/JBiomedKes.2022.v5.42-49 UR - https://jbiomedkes.org/index.php/jbk/article/view/204 SP - 42-49 AB - <div><p class="Abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Abstract:</span></strong> <span lang="EN-US">(1) Background: </span><span lang="EN-US">Stunting is one of the nutritional problems that&nbsp;occur in children under five years old.&nbsp;Based on maternal factors, the cause of&nbsp;stunting&nbsp;is a short birth spacing which results in a lack of energy recovery after giving birth to a previous child.&nbsp;This study aims to determine the relationship between birth spacing and stunting in children 24-59 months.&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US">(2) Methods: </span><span lang="EN-US">A&nbsp;cross-sectional&nbsp;observational study was conducted with a total of 130 children who with their parents attended monthly visits to the Public Health Center of Grogol Petamburan District West Jakarta, Indonesia in September-November 2019.&nbsp;Data were collected using z scores and questionnaires. The Chi-square test was performed for data analysis.</span><span lang="EN-US"> (3) Results:</span><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp;The prevalence of stunting in this study was lower than the national prevalence and the incidence of stunting was higher in birth spacing below 2 years. Short interval birth spacing increases the risk of stunting. However, the relationship between childbirth spacing and incidence of stunting in children 24-59 months was not statistically</span> <span lang="EN-US">significant.</span><span lang="EN-US"> (4) Conclusions:</span><span lang="EN-US"> &nbsp;Short interval of birth spacing is not a direct cause of&nbsp;stunting&nbsp;as there are other related modifiable factors<em>.</em></span></p></div> ER -