Authors
Alma Lucyati ^1,2, Deni Kurniadi Sunjaya ³, Gaga Irawan Nugraha ⁴,Dewi Marhaeni Diah Herawati ³, Dida Akhmad Gurnida^4,5, Dedi Rachmadi⁵

Affiliations
¹Doctoral Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia; ² Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Pasundan, Bandung, Indonesia; ³ Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia; ⁴ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia; ⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia

Background

• Health workers at community health centers (CHCs) and hospital experts may interpret low birth weight (LBW) and stunting data differently.

• This study used community-based nutrition reporting data (e-CBNRR) to compare their perceptions.

Methods

• Mixed-methods study.

• Quantitative: e-CBNRR data from 2020 to 2024, covering 715 children (287 LBW and 428 non-LBW) in 141 sub-districts.

• Qualitative: in-depth interviews analysed thematically, using the quantitative results as a starting point.

Key Results

• Stunting at birth reached 40.30% in the LBW group versus 10.60% in the non-LBW group.

• In the LBW group, stunting fell to 14.30% at 6 months but rose again with age; in the non-LBW group it climbed to 51.20% at 48 months.

• CHC health workers had never conducted advanced analysis of e-CBNRR data and did not link the data to the interventions needed.

Discussion & Conclusion

• LBW babies had stunting rates about 4 times higher than non-LBW babies, and stunting declined during breastfeeding before rising again as children grew.

• Perceptions differ between CHC health workers and hospital experts; e-CBNRR data can help develop better-targeted interventions for LBW and stunting.

Related SDGs

SDG 2: Zero Hunger – Tackling child stunting and undernutrition

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being – Strengthening maternal and child health services

Journal Information

Journal: Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S563847