Penanggulangan Stunting Melalui Modal Sosial di Desa Besmarak Kecamatan Nekamese Kabupaten Kupang

Abstract

Stunting is one of the public problems that need attention and handling. The incidence of stunting if left
unchecked  can have  implications  for  the  quality  of human  resources,  namely in  addition  to  risking  physical
growth barriers and children's vulnerability to disease, it also causes cognitive development barriers that will affect
children's intelligence and productivity levels in the future. The community service (PPM) which is carried out in the
form of counseling in Besmarak village, Nekamese sub-district, Kupang regency is expected to provide knowledge
to  the  community  that  solving  the  stunting  problem  is  not  only through health and nutrition improvement
assistance provided by the government, but also through community social capital, namely through social networks
and  community trust norms.  There  is a  strong  relationship between social capital and  solving  various  public
problems, so that people with higher social capital also have higher awareness, they are able to take collective
action in preventing stunting.