Indrawati, Renny and Dyanasari, Reni and Biasini, Naurissa and Limantara, Leenawaty (2022) Introducing Natural Pigments to Urban Society: Social Engineering to Reduce Stunting in Indonesia. Introducing Natural Pigments to Urban Society. pp. 2-8.
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Abstract
. Stunting is one of major health problems in Indonesia which can silently degrade the quality of future generation. The prevalence of stunting child at national level was approximately 27.96% in 2019, of which several provinces possessed undeniable high stunting rate, such as East Nusa Tenggara (43.82%), West Sulawesi (40.38%), and West Nusa Tenggara (37.85%). Proper education belongs to one of the community and societal factors which often receives less attention. In fact, Indonesia is a tropical country and endowed with rich natural resources, containing not only a variety of essential nutrients but also natural pigments. Numerous reports were listed, revealing the potential local sources in Indonesia as well as the key roles of natural pigments. Natural pigments are important to ensure an optimum growth quality, such as beta-carotene for body’s immunity, chlorophylls as anti-anemia, lutein for good cognitive and visual function, and some others carotenoids are able to reduce the prevalence of early degenerative diseases. In the present study, we conducted an educational approach, in which we introduce the sources and health benefits of natural pigments into urban communities, as the early step of social engineering to reduce stunting in Indonesia. The targeted communities consisted of the members of RPTRA (“Ruang Publik Terpadu Ramah Anak”, a child care community) as well as urban society. The scores of pre- and post-test during the sessions were analyzed using paired t-test and the result attested significant increase on their knowledge related to natural pigments. Interestingly, the female participants showed faster comprehension improvement. More intensive and extensive sessions is indeed important, particularly in the regions with potential local resources but still bearing high stunting rate.
| Item Type: | Artikel Jurnal/Prosiding |
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| Subjects: | A General Works > AC Collections. Series. Collected works |
| Divisions: | Universitas Pembangunan Jaya |
| Depositing User: | Alexandro Andika |
| Date Deposited: | 25 May 2023 03:50 |
| Last Modified: | 25 May 2023 03:50 |
| URI: | http://eprints.upj.ac.id/id/eprint/5289 |
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