Kajen Vol. 3 No. 2, Oktober 2019: 69-82 e-ISSN: 2623-0011 P-ISSN: 2598-5833 STUNTING : BESARAN MASALAH & STRATEGI PENCEGAHANNYA DI KABUPATEN PEKALONGAN Rr. Vita Nurlatif 1) , Ardiana Priharwanti 2) Universitas Pekalongan rr.vitanurlatif@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Stunting is one of the nutritional problems that has not been optimal in its handling. Stunting problems cannot be solved by programs that are incidental and partial, because stunting problems are nutritional problems with upstream-downstream causality, so it is urgent to conduct studies that focus on solving stunting problems from upstream to downstream. The purpose of this study was to determine the magnitude of the problem & its prevention strategies in Pekalongan Regency. This research method is an exploratory research design with a qualitative approach with in-depth interviews. The research subjects included key informants and triangulation informants, several 3 Village Heads were selected in the research locus, namely: Head of Botosari Village, Paninggaran Subdistrict, as a model of a mountain poor village, Kertijayan Village Buaran Subdistrict as a poor village district, and Mulyorejo Village Tirto District as a poor village coastal area, 3 people (represented by health cadres) according to the research locus, as triangulation informants of puskesmas officers in selected districts and holders of community nutrition problem management programs at OPD Health Office. The results showed that the malnutrition prevention program in Pekalongan Regency was quite good considering that the continuity of routine programs and development had been carried out continuously on an ongoing basis, and also supported by sufficient funds, which came from the APBD, BOK and provincial APBD. The latest program is carried out by the inauguration of Gen. Pesat (healthy alert youth movement), to reduce the prevalence of nutritional problems in the Pekalongan Regency. the role of the Department of Health in the stunting management program is quite good, interventions carried out by the DHO Health Office are more specific handling starting from upstream to downstream (from young women to parenting and growth and development. Sensitive interventions carried out by cross-sectoral OPD. found in the handling of stunting include SO, WO, ST and WT strategies Analysis techniques using pattern matching withdrawal are expected to be needed by Penta helix elaborative efforts in the implementation of specific and sensitive efforts to reduce stunting in Pekalongan Regency Keywords: stunting, problem magnitude, strategy, prevention, critical areas. A. PENDAHULUAN Stunting merupakan kondisi gagal tumbuh pada anak balita (bayi dibawah lima tahun) akibat dari kekurangan gizi kronis sehingga anak terlalu pendek untuk usianya. Kekurangan gizi terjadi sejak bayi dalam kandungan dan pada masa awal setelah bayi lahir, akan tetapi kondisi bayi stunting baru nampak setelah berusia dua tahun. (Tim Nasional Percepatan Penanggulangan Kemiskinan Sekretariat Wakil Presiden, 2017). Stunting dikategorikan menjadi dua kategori, yaitu Balita Pendek (Stunted) dan balita sangat pendek (Severely Stunted). Dimana keduanya didefinisikan sebagai balita dengan Panjang Badang (PB/U) atau Tinggi Badan (TB/U) menurut umurnya dibandingkan dengan standar baku WHO-MGRS (Multicenter Growht Reference Study), dimana menurut Kementerian Kesehatan Republik