The Gammarana Intervention Succeeded in Restraining the Increase in Stunting during the COVID 19 Pandemic in Enrekang, South Sulawesi

Sirajuddin, Sirajuddin, Saifuddin Sirajuddin, Abdul Razak Thaha, Amran Razak, Ansariadi, Ridwan Thaha, Purnawan Junadi, Pungkas Bahjuri Ali

2021

Abstract

Enrekang is the district with the highest prevalence of stunting in South Sulawesi. The Indonesian government designated pilots for a stunting prevention convergence intervention project, called Gammarana. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the program on stunting prevention during the COVID19 pandemic. The method is quasi-experimental. The intervention group was given macronutrient supplements, micronutrient supplements, child feeding education and natural interventions. The control group was given natural intervention (IFA-S, Antenatal Care and Growth Monitoring). The intervention group was located in 30 villages and the control group was 30 villages with similar socio-demography. Intervention for 6 months. Results, stunting in the intervention group increased from 18.7% to 20.1% or 1.4%, while stunting in the comparison group increased from 16.4% to 19.51% or 3.1%. Overall stunting increased from 17.7% to 19.9% or 2.1%. The results of the Wilcoxon test showed that there was no change in stunting in the intervention group (p=0.293) while in the comparison group it increased significantly (p=0.048) as well as overall (p=0.016). Conclusion, The Gammarana intervention was able to restrain the rate of increase in the prevalence of stunting during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sirajuddin., Sirajuddin S., Thaha A., Razak A., Ansariadi., Thaha R., Junadi P. and Ali P. (2021). The Gammarana Intervention Succeeded in Restraining the Increase in Stunting during the COVID 19 Pandemic in Enrekang, South Sulawesi. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH, ISBN 978-989-758-542-5, pages 195-203. DOI: 10.5220/0010760000003235

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsdh21,
author={Sirajuddin and Saifuddin Sirajuddin and Abdul Razak Thaha and Amran Razak and Ansariadi and Ridwan Thaha and Purnawan Junadi and Pungkas Bahjuri Ali},
title={The Gammarana Intervention Succeeded in Restraining the Increase in Stunting during the COVID 19 Pandemic in Enrekang, South Sulawesi},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH,},
year={2021},
pages={195-203},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010760000003235},
isbn={978-989-758-542-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH,
TI - The Gammarana Intervention Succeeded in Restraining the Increase in Stunting during the COVID 19 Pandemic in Enrekang, South Sulawesi
SN - 978-989-758-542-5
AU - Sirajuddin.
AU - Sirajuddin S.
AU - Thaha A.
AU - Razak A.
AU - Ansariadi.
AU - Thaha R.
AU - Junadi P.
AU - Ali P.
PY - 2021
SP - 195
EP - 203
DO - 10.5220/0010760000003235