the EMPLOYMENT OF CADRES AND EDUCATION FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN PREVENTING STUNTING IN BOROKANDA VILLAGE, WORKING AREA OF KOTA RATU PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRE: EMPLOYMENT OF CADRES AND EDUCATION FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN PREVENTING STUNTING IN BOROKANDA VILLAGE, WORKING AREA OF KOTA RATU PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRE

Stunting is a condition of failure to thrive in children under five due to chronic malnutrition, especially in the first 1,000 days of life (HPK). It is important to reduce stunting as early as possible to avoid long-term detrimental impacts such as stunting children's growth and development. The aim of this community service is to empower cadres in providing education to young women about preventing stunting in Borokanda Village, Ratu City Health Center Working Area, which includes increasing posyandu cadres' knowledge about Stunting, taking into account reproductive health, parenting patterns, eating patterns, clean and healthy living behavior during the first 1000 days of life. Increasing knowledge of young women about stunting by paying attention to reproductive health, parenting, eating patterns, clean and healthy living behavior during the first 1000 days of life, which is educated by posyandu cadres who have received training on how to provide counseling to young women. This community service activity was carried out through several methods, including: lectures/counseling, booklets, training and mentoring for posyandu cadres in educating young women and the results obtained were an increase in the knowledge of young women with good post test results of 93%.Stunting adalah kondisi gagal tumbuh pada anak balita akibat kekurangan gizi kronis terutama pada 1.000 Hari Pertama Kehidupan (HPK). Penurunan stunting penting dilakukan sedini mungkin untuk menghindari dampak jangka panjang yang merugikan seperti terhambatnya tumbuh kembang anak.Tujuan pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah pemberdayaan kader dalam memberikan edukasi kepada  remaja putri tentang pencegahan Stunting di Desa Borokanda Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Kota Ratu yang meliputi peningkatan pengetahuan kader posyandu tentang Stunting, dengan memperhatikan kesehatan reproduksi, pola asuh, pola makan, perilaku hidup bersih dan sehat selama periode 1000 hari pertama kehidupan. Peningkatan pengetahuan remaja putri tentang Stunting dengan memperhatikan kesehatan reproduksi, pola asuh, pola makan, perilaku hidup bersih dan sehat selama periode 1000 hari pertama kehidupan yang diedukasi oleh para kader posyandu yang telah mendapatkan pelatihan tentang cara pemberian penyuluhan kepada para remaja putri. Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini dilakukan melalui beberapa metode antara lain: ceramah/penyuluhan, booklet, pelatihan dan pendampingan kader posyandu dalam mengedukasi remaja putri dan diperoleh hasil adanya peningkatan pengetahuan remaja putri hasil post test baik sebanyak 93%