A Spatial Analysis of Stunting and Its Determinants in Indonesia

Amelia Dyah Kartika Sari, Rohana Uly Pradita Siregar

2023

Abstract

Introduction: Reducing childhood stunting is the first of six goals in the Global Nutrition Targets for 2025 and a key indicator in the second Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to Achieve Zero Hunger. Stunting continues to be a serious public health problem in Indonesia. Significant disparities in stunting prevalence are not only documented across various socio-economic groups but across provinces and districts as well. Therefore, the identification of spatial patterns of stunting and its determinants is important for understanding epidemiology of this public health challenge. Methods: Using data from Indonesian Health Profile 2021, regression and spatial analysis performed through GeoDa software. Results: The result indicates there are 5 variables that are significantly correlated to stunting prevalence among provinces, with the human development index being the most significant amongst all. The Moran’s I for stunting is 0.182. It indicates spatial autocorrelation in stunting over the provinces of Indonesia. It is seen from the univariate LISA maps, that high-high clusters of stunting are found in East Kalimantan and South Kalimantan. Meanwhile the low-low clusters are found in Southern Sumatra provinces. Conclusion: Our findings reveal greater attention towards East Kalimantan and South Kalimantan is needed. Several social factors lead to the occurrence of stunting. Emphasis should be placed on improving health, education, and standard of living.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sari A. and Siregar R. (2023). A Spatial Analysis of Stunting and Its Determinants in Indonesia. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH; ISBN 978-989-758-727-6, SciTePress, pages 198-202. DOI: 10.5220/0012903400004564

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsdh23,
author={Amelia Sari and Rohana Siregar},
title={A Spatial Analysis of Stunting and Its Determinants in Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH},
year={2023},
pages={198-202},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012903400004564},
isbn={978-989-758-727-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH
TI - A Spatial Analysis of Stunting and Its Determinants in Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-727-6
AU - Sari A.
AU - Siregar R.
PY - 2023
SP - 198
EP - 202
DO - 10.5220/0012903400004564
PB - SciTePress