The Importance of Premarital Guidance Literacy Media in Efforts to Prevent Stunting

Abstract

Background: One method that can be used in behavioral change efforts is the Health literacy approach. Prospective brides and grooms are the target group for stunting prevention efforts. One form of approach is through the Marriage Registrar during marriage guidance. The biggest obstacle to this effort is the lack of supporting facilities for marriage guidance, to help the availability of these facilities, namely by providing stunting prevention booklets for prospective brides and grooms. This study aims to determine how much impact the use of booklets by marriage registrars in premarital guidance has on increasing knowledge, attitudes and motivation, Behavioral Control, Subjective Norms and Health Literacy of prospective brides and grooms in preventing stunting.

Method: This study is a qualitative and quantitative mix-method study. Using a phenomenological approach and a Quasi-experimental pre-post test design . Respondents in this study were the marriage registrar and the bride and groom.

Research Results: Lack of literacy media has an impact on the quality of premarital guidance. The use of Stunting Prevention booklets in guidance to prospective brides and grooms shows differences in knowledge, attitudes, behavioral control, subjective norms and Health Literacy of prospective brides and grooms in efforts to prevent stunting. However, there is no difference in the Motivation of prospective brides and grooms in efforts to prevent stunting.

Conclusion:The availability of Literacy Media is important in the implementation of premarital guidance related to efforts to prevent stunting .