• Hadi Ashar, Agung Dwi Laksono, Sri Supadmi, Hastin Dyah Kusumawardani, Diah Yunitawati, Sidiq Purwoko, and Marizka Khairunnisa.
• From the Public Health and Nutrition Research Center, National Research and Innovation Agency Republic of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Saudi Med J. 2024 Mar 1; 45 (3): 273278273-278.

ObjectivesTo analyze factors related to stunting in Papua region.MethodsSecondary data from the 2021 Indonesian National Nutrition Status Survey were used in this study. Samples of 2,937 Papuan children under the age of two were gathered for the study. This study analyzed independent variables (type of residence, mother's age, marriage, mother's education, employment, wealth, child's age, gender, and early breastfeeding initiation (EBFI) with stunting. The relationship was analyzed using logistic regression tests.ResultsStunting is more common among children in Papua's rural areas than in urban (AOR 1.168, 95% CI, 1.128-1.209). Stunting is more common in children who mother do not work than in mothers who do (AOR 1.174, 95% CI, 1.142- 1.207). Stunting is more common in children aged 12-23 months compared to children <12 months (AOR 3.381, 95% CI, 3.291-3.474). Compared to girls, boys are more likely to become stunted (AOR 1.348, 95% CI, 1,314-1,383). Children under the age of two who do not experience EBFI are at higher risk than those who have (AOR 1.078, 95% CI, 1.050-1.106).ConclusionThere are eight variables associated with stunting, namely residence, age of mother, mother's education, mother's occupation, economic status, child's age, gender, and EBFI. Prioritization of stunting interventions in Papua should be targeted at mothers who living in rural, having low education, and not doing early breastfeeding initiation.Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal.

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