THE STUNTING PREVENTION EFFORTS THROUGH COUNSELING ACTIVITIES AND SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING IN BATU HULA VILLAGE, BATANGTORU DISTRICT SOUTH TAPANULI DISTRICT

STUNTING PREVENTION EFFORTS THROUGH COUNSELING ACTIVITIES AND SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING IN BATU HULA VILLAGE, BATANGTORU DISTRICT SOUTH TAPANULI DISTRICT

Abstract

Batu Hula villages is one of the villages in kecamatan Batang Toru ,Kabupaten tapanuli selatan. Batu Hula  Village is recorded to have a fairly high stunting rate, it is known that the latest data until August 2022 there are 2 children in Batu Hula Village who are indicated to be stunted. Stunting is caused by a lack of nutritional intake for a long time in the first 1000 days of life (HPK), which is a critical period, the lack of parental knowledge will greatly affect children's nutritional intake. So in this case, it  is  necessary  to prevent  stunting  problems  by providing  understanding  to  the community in deciding the high stunting rate in Batu Hula Village. In this case, Batu Hula  Village Stunting-Thematic KKN students carried out Stunting Counseling activities which  were  also  coupled  with  the  distribution  of  PMT  (Supplementary  Food Provision)  for  pregnant  women  and  Toddler  children  aimed  at  increasing  the knowledge  of  parents  how  important  it  is  to  maintain  children's  nutritional  intake even during pregnancy to prevent stunting.