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Background: Stunting is a growth disorder and malnutrition problem experienced by toddlers worldwide and affects the quality of human resources that have an essential role in developing a nation. Households experiencing food insecurity led to a lack of nutritional intake and stunting. This work aimed to analyze the relationship between household food security with the incidence of stunting in toddlers during the new normal era. Method: This was a systematic review design conducted by searching relevant articles from some databases: Google Scholar, PubMed, and Science Direct using the keywords ("Household Food Security" OR "Food Security Families") AND ("Stunting" OR "Stunted" "Nutritional Status") AND ("Toddlers" OR "Children") AND ("New Normal" OR "Adaptation of "new habits") in Bahasa Indonesia and English. This work was performed following PRISMA guidelines. Articles were selected based on inclusion criteria: publication date from 2017 to 2022, food security with stunting incidence and factors affecting stunting, full text, open access, and academic journals. Articles were analyzed using a matrix table. Results: Based on the search results for articles that match the keywords, there are 333 articles. Of these, ten articles come from Indonesia, Iran, and Rwanda. The analyzed articles were selected from 10 articles. Conclusion: This study concludes that there is a relationship between household food security and the incidence of stunting in toddlers during the new normal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between maternal, household and socio-economic characteristics and household food security in Aceh Province, Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach - The data used are cross-section, secondary data from the Economic Census of Indonesia in 2016 (BPS, 2016) from 23 districts/cities. The central message of the present empirical analysis is that relatively simple indicators perform well in locating food security. Findings - The analysis proves that mother's age has a significant effect on average calorie intake at the household level. This may be due to the fact that mother's age plays an important role in the provision of proper food to her family. Higher-aged mothers can understand better about the food quality and requirement for the family as compared to low-aged mother. Environmental factors like access to safe water and better sanitation facilities within housing premises indirectly enhance the absorptive capacity of available food intake. Thus, environmental factors could play an important role in food security through calorie intake, irrespective of economic status of the household. This analysis further strengthens the earlier findings that higher food intake availability alone may not lead to improved health outcome, unless measures are taken to improve access to safe water and sanitation. The contribution of dependency ratio in per capita calorie intake also appeared to be significant in this study. This shows that high dependency ratio reduces the per capita calorie intake due to a larger share in food items among households. Originality/value - No previous study has comprehensively studied the relationship between maternal, household, and socio-economic characteristics and household food security, especially in Aceh, Indonesia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tuberculosis (TB) control programs should place more emphasis on social determinants which either directly or through TB risk factors can influence TB incidence. This study aims to identify the influence of social determinants and TB risk factors on TB incidence. A total of 238 smear-positive TB patients and 238 patients without TB were obtained from all smear-positive TB patients and TB suspects treated at Directly Observed Treatment Shortcourse (DOTS) health service facilities in Bandar Lampung, Indonesia. Data were collected by structured interview questions which were then analysed using both bi-variable chi-square analysis and multivariable logistic regression analysis. The results showed that social determinants (education and income per capita), housing conditions (ventilation and house density index), and household food security (food budget) proved to be significant influences on TB incidence. These indicators may explain the 50.7% variation in TB incidence. In conclusion, a TB control program should highlight social determinants, housing conditions, and household food security improvements. However, such a program would require the participation of all related institutions and should also be supported by appropriate government policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]