Case Study in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stunting, Low Birth Weight, Maternal Mortality and Infant Mortality in Semarang, Central Java-Indonesia
Sulistiyowati .
Medical Records and Health Information Department, Dian Nuswantoro University, Semarang, Indonesia.
Ika Pantiawati
Medical Records and Health Information Department, Dian Nuswantoro University, Semarang, Indonesia.
Evina Widianawati
Medical Records and Health Information Department, Dian Nuswantoro University, Semarang, Indonesia.
Slamet Isworo *
Environmental Health Department, Dian Nuswantoro University, Semarang, Indonesia.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Background and Objective: Stunting, low birth weight, maternal death, and child mortality have all become public health issues in recent years, particularly in Semarang, Indonesia. Simultaneously, the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading. Between the years 2019 and 2021.
Methods: The Semarang City Health Service's secondary data analysis strategy was combined with a quantitative descriptive research methodology in this study. To evaluate numerical patterns in stunting, low birth weight, maternal death, and infant mortality in the data, simple regression were utilized.
Results: According to the findings, the trend of stunting (modeling results y = 35,236 x + 361.77) and maternal mortality (modeling results 0.0218x+1.2921) increased between 2019 and 2021, whereas the trend of low birth weight (modeling results y = - 0.5425x+60.008) and child mortality (modeling results y = -0.0028x+ 2.202) decreased. The number of low birth weight has the lowest trend value, while the stunting rate has the greatest.
Conclusion: Stunting rates increased, the low birth weight dropped, maternal mortality increased, and child mortality decreased in Semarang. The conditions of the Covid-19 epidemic have at least influenced this condition.
Keywords: Stunting, low birth weight, maternal mortality, infant mortality, COVID-19 pandemic.