Health Awareness About Stunting in The Circle of Poverty : Pagejugan Village Brebes

Abstract

Abstract

Communication is one indicator of the success of government policies and programs in any sector, including in terms of changing health behavior in society. Until now, cases of stunting still a serious health problems in Indonesia, especially in Brebes. Acceleration of stunting prevention program in Brebes still a priority programs of the Central Java Provincial and local governments because the stunting rate is quite high. Brebes is even included in the top 10 Indonesian cities with the highest stunting cases. Focuses of this study is to see how the society in the circle of poverty concern about their health, especially stunting, to build health awareness as the goals of an effective communication process Using a qualitative approach, the data collection process is carried out through literature study, observation, and interviews. Selection of informants using purposive sampling technique. The results showed that their health awareness was still very lacking. Implementation of the stunting prevention program in Brebes had not shown maximum results. The stunting rate has not decreased significantly although there have been many activities to support the program.

Keywords : Health Awareness, Health Communication, Poverty, Stunting