Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Business, Economics, Social Sciences, and Humanities - Humanities and Social Sciences Track (ICOBEST-HSS 2025)

Community Understanding of Traditional Knowledge in Stunting Prevention Efforts in Bireuen District, Aceh, Indonesia

Authors
Bob Mizwar1, *, Humaizi Humaizi1, Heri Kusmanto1, Nurman Ahmad1
1Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: bobmizwar08@gmail.com
Corresponding Author
Bob Mizwar
Available Online 4 July 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-442-6_7How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Community; Traditional Knowledge; Stunting Prevention
Abstract

This study aims to determine the community’s understanding of traditional knowledge in efforts to prevent stunting in Bireuen Regency. This type of research is qualitative descriptive. The types of research are qualitative approach. Informants who in their capacity were considered to understand the research variables. Data collection was carried out by means of interviews, observations, documentation studies and literature. The results of this study found that the community in Bireuen Regency did not fully understand traditional knowledge in preventing stunting. Fluctuations in the number of stunted children that occurred in Bireuen Regency occurred due to social, economic factors, and low health access services. Multi-Sector Collaboration, namely stunting prevention programs in various sectors, such as agriculture, education, and health. The community must be given an understanding of the diversification of nutritious foods, as well as how to utilize local food ingredients to prevent stunting.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Business, Economics, Social Sciences, and Humanities - Humanities and Social Sciences Track (ICOBEST-HSS 2025)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
4 July 2025
ISBN
978-2-38476-442-6
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-442-6_7How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2025 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Bob Mizwar
AU  - Humaizi Humaizi
AU  - Heri Kusmanto
AU  - Nurman Ahmad
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/07/04
TI  - Community Understanding of Traditional Knowledge in Stunting Prevention Efforts in Bireuen District, Aceh, Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Business, Economics, Social Sciences, and Humanities - Humanities and Social Sciences Track (ICOBEST-HSS 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 67
EP  - 79
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-442-6_7
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