Relationships of deworming drug consumption and animal protein intake with stunting

Dessy Hermawan; Devi Kurniasari; Vira Sandayanti; Nurhalina Sari; Erna Listyaningsih

doi:10.1016/j.parepi.2023.e00326

Relationships of deworming drug consumption and animal protein intake with stunting

Parasite Epidemiol Control. 2023 Oct 5:23:e00326. doi: 10.1016/j.parepi.2023.e00326. eCollection 2023 Nov.

Authors

Dessy Hermawan¹, Devi Kurniasari², Vira Sandayanti³, Nurhalina Sari⁴, Erna Listyaningsih⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Malahayati University, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia.
² Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Malahayati University, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia.
³ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Malahayati University, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia.
⁴ Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Malahayati University, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia.
⁵ Department of Management, Faculty of Economics, Malahayati University, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia.

Abstract

By the end of 2022, the nationwide incidence of stunting remained high, including in Lampung Province, where it was 15.8%, above the target of 14% to be achieved by 2024. Since 2019, stunting has become a national priority due to suspected factors such as low nutrition intake, especially from animal protein sources, high rates of worm infections, and low compliance of under-fives in consuming deworming drugs. Therefore, this research aimed to analyze the relationship between deworming consumption, adequacy of animal protein intake, and stunting incidence in children aged 12-59 months in Bandar Lampung in 2022. This research used an analytic survey with a cross-sectional approach to analyze the relationship between deworming consumption, adequacy of animal protein intake, and stunting in under-fives at two priority stunting handling neighbourhoods in Bandar Lampung, namely Way Gubak and Karang Maritim. The sample consisted of 262 under fives and their mothers who visited the integrated health post in the selected neighbourhoods from November to December 2022, and the data obtained were analyzed using logistic regression. The results revealed a relationship between the consumption of an deworming and varying animal protein consumption with stunting incidence. This indicated a need to promote the importance of consuming deworming and adequate consumption of animal protein with variation to prevent stunting in children in Bandar Lampung.

Keywords: Animal protein; Deworming drug; Stunting.