Stunting in a political context: A systematic review

Abstract

Objective

This paper aimed to examine the influence of political aspects on the presence of stunting problems in a country and region.

Methods

This research was conducted through a systematic literature review. Various references were collected from online databases including ProQuest, books, reports, journals in the last 5 years. 36 documents relating to public health and using English were reviewed in this study. The key word were stunting AND politics.

Results

This study showed that there is a strong link between the support or political commitment of the government and the incidence of stunting in children. Countries and regional leaders who pay attention to stunting treatment can reduce the prevalence of stunting. This commitment can be shown in the program and funding related to nutrition intake, supplementation, improvement of environmental sanitation and improvement of health for mothers and children.

Conclusion

This paper recommends to conduct further studies on the local level as a case study.