SINTARI

In Law No. 36 of 2009 concerning Health, it is stated that the goal of health development is to increase awareness, willingness and ability to live healthy for everyone in order to realize the highest public health as an investment for the development of human resources that are socially and economically productive in achieve optimal health status. To realize optimal health status for the community, health efforts need to be carried out.




Health efforts are every activity or series of activities carried out in an integrated, integrated and sustainable manner to maintain and improve the community's health status in the form of disease prevention, health improvement, disease treatment, and health recovery by the government and the community.

The concept of the unity of health efforts is a guideline and guideline for all health service facilities in Indonesia including health centers in promoting the healthy paradigm through the movement of healthy living communities (GERMAS) by inviting people to cultivate healthy lifestyles.

Health development is directed at further improving the degree of public health and the quality of human resources and the quality of life of the community which is characterized by increasing life expectancy. The decline in infant, under-five and childbirth mortality rates, increasing public awareness of the importance of healthy living behavior, as a capital for the implementation of National Development which in essence is a complete Indonesian human development both materially and spiritually. Taking into account the role above, more adequate efforts are needed. Nutritional conditions have been proven to be one of the factors that are very influential in the development and improvement of the quality of human resources. Food and nutrition are very closely related to efforts to improve the quality of human resources. Community nutrition conditions will affect the level of health and life expectancy which is one of the main elements in determining the "Human Development Index". Malnutrition causes disruption of growth and physical and mental development, reducing the level of intelligence, creativity and productivity of the population. These nutritional problems include babies born with low weight, growth failure, stunting and poor nutrition.


SINTARI (class of nutrition conscious smart mothers) is an activity to innovate community nutrition improvement programs by Village Nutrition Officers in the UPT Working Area. Haur Gading Health Center, North Hulu Sungai Regency, South Kalimantan Province. In the form of study groups carried out in the promotion and preventive framework in the field of nutrition in order to improve the knowledge of nutrition and the ability of mothers of children under five in terms of processing locally based ingredients for the improvement of Toddler Nutrition.

Through SINTARI a Nutritional Education Activity and Local MP-ASI Information dissemination to mothers of children under five who are directly the most important factor in improving nutrition to prevent the occurrence of cases of Stunting and Malnutrition in the community. Therefore motivation and support from all parties must continue to be improved and sustainable. Because changes in behavior are not easy to do.