DESIGNING A FAMILY-BASED INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN WONOSOBO REGENCY

Abstract

Child development is still becoming a problem. Globally, more than 200 million children aged five fail to reach their full potential growth and development. Stunting is one of the factors that affect child development. The Government of Indonesia has various programs to overcome stunting problems. However, family involvement has not been found much in the stunting prevention process. Therefore, developing an intervention involving family participation is important to improve child development. This study aimed to describe the designing process of family-based intervention to improve the children’s development in the stunting locus. This is a qualitative research conducted in Kaliwiro, Wonosobo, in 2019. Informants were selected by purposive sampling, namely informants who represent the stakeholders, the community, and the family. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The intervention design followed the six steps in quality intervention development (6SQuID) that help to structure “Kader Pendamping Keluarga Kawal Baduta” intervention. The initial stage was mapping out all of the programs related to child development and understanding the problems. The results indicate the potential to increase family participation in child development. Community health workers were identified as an agent of change for capacity development in family-based intervention to optimize children’s development using existing programs, with mothers as an intervention target.