VIBRANT VILLAGE BASED HEALTHY VILLAGE EMPOWERMENT: STUNTING AND MALNUTRITION PREVENTION IN KELURAHAN SADENG

Abstract

Nutritional problem is an issue to be concern in the developing country such as Indonesia, especially in the infant to child, and vulnerable age (Setiadi, 2020). Kelurahan Sadeng (sub-district) is located in Kecamatan Gunungpati (district), Semarang City, Central Java. Geographically, the sub-district has an area of 153,425 Ha, with majority of the area consists of yard and rice fields. Kelurahan Sadeng has administrative borderlines, it is bordered by Kelurahan Kandri and Kelurahan Bambab Kerep to the west, Desa Kalipancur (village) to the north, Kelurahan Sukorejo to the east, and Kelurahan Pongangan to the south. The profile of Kelurahan Sadeng consists of total 8,386 people (March. 2025) consists of 4,149 men, and 4,237 women divided into 10 RW and 53 RT. The positive impact of the population density in this village is the availability of a large workforce, greater business opportunities, and increased household industrial production. Meanwhile, the emerging problem from negative impacts of the population density are the first, the limitation of health facility in Sadeng sub-district, the second, in some RWs there are cases of stunting reported. The third, the understanding of clean and healthy lifestyle (PHBS). The objective of the program is The Healthy Village Development through Sustainable Vibrant Village in Kelurahan Sadeng by strengthening Integrated Health Service Post (Posyandu), forming village administrators of health institutions, and also to reduce stunting rates. The outputs of the activity are in the form of mandatory and additional output. The mandatory output includes article publication on Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat accredited Sinta 5 with ISSN : https://jurnal.stie-aas.ac.id/index.php/JAIM  and mass media publication. The activity is held during 1 semester since the proposal is approved to be funded. The proposed fund for the community service is Rp. 1.