Surabaya, December 31, 2024 – In an effort to improve the early detection of stunting, the East Java Health Office has established a collaboration with the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) Universitas Airlangga. This collaboration focuses on utilizing the research results of Prof. Dr. Nur Chamidah, M.Si., and her team on the development of an early detection tool for stunting based on information technology.
The meeting between the two parties took place on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, and was attended by a delegation from the East Java Health Office, consisting of four staff members, including Dr. Waritsah Sukarjiyah, Head of the Public Health Division, Cicik Swi Antika, S.K.M., M.Kes., Head of the Family Health and Community Nutrition Section, Bambang Haryono, S.T.P., and Havid Efendi, S.K.M., as Health Analysts. From FST Unair, the meeting was attended by Prof. Dr. Fatmawati, M.Si., Vice Dean III of FST Unair, Prof. Dr. Nur Chamidah, M.Si., Coordinator of the Master’s Mathematics Study Program, Dr. Ardi Kurniawan, M.Si., and Dr. Marisa Rifada, M.Si., representatives from the Statistics Study Program, and Badrus Zaman, S.Kom., M.Cs., a representative from the Information Systems Study Program.
During the meeting, the East Java Health Office expressed great interest in the research conducted by Prof. Dr. Nur Chamidah, M.Si. This research resulted in the design of a local growth chart for children under five based on East Java’s local data, which is considered more relevant for detecting nutritional status in the region. The research findings were also developed into an information technology application called the OSS-R-Shiny Program, a platform available on Android and Website.
This application offers two options for determining the nutritional status of children under five, based on the WHO standards and the local growth chart of East Java. This innovation allows the public, especially healthcare workers, to determine the nutritional status of children more accurately and contextually.
Through this collaboration, it is hoped that the application can be further developed and implemented more widely, contributing significantly to reducing the stunting rate in East Java.
