The effect of video on the change of attitude toward stunting prevention among children in state senior high school 1 Topoyo, central Mamuju

Abstract

The reduction of infants stunting is still very limited to pregnant women and Baduta or Children under two years old. Form of education provided to society need to be more persuasive in order to increase action to solve practical problems and improve their health. This study aimed to examine the effect of video compared to video plus explanation on students’ attitude in order to prevent stunting in the State Senior High School 1 Topoyo, Central Mamuju. This research was conducted on January 7th, 2018 until January 7th, 2019 in Topoyo, Central Mamuju Regency, West Sulawesi Province. The population of this study were all male and female students at State Senior High School 1 Topoyo totaled 710. Control sample was decided by using a ratio of 1: 1, so that the total of sample are 342 students (171 + 171). The results showed that there was attitude change before and after intervention by watching video and video plus material explanation from instructor about first 1000 days of life (1000 Hari Pertama Kehidupan/HPK) and stunting prevention among children under five years old, which means that the video had an influence (p = 0.000); there was no change found in the control group after intervention (p = 0.713). Furthermore, there was difference between the use of video and the use of video accompanied by explanation (p= 0.000). It is suggested that efforts targeting public attitude change toward stunting prevention should be done earlier, ranging from primary to secondary education. Socialization about stunting prevention need to arrange systematically by government, so that the negative impact of malnutrition will be minimized.

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