Design and Guidelines for Early Stimulation to Optimize Toddler Development in Maritime Communities in Kelurahan Lapulu Abeli Puskesmas Working Area in Kendari City

Abstract

The first three years of a toddler is a golden period for optimal brain growth and development. Growth and
development of infants will be in line with the optimal age increase, if appropriate stimulation is carried
out routinely, this study aims to analyze the effectiveness of early stimulation guidelines to optimize the
development of infants in maritime communities. This research method is a quasi experiment with pre and
post test design with control group. The population in the study were all toddlers with a sample of 30 people
(case group of 15 people and control of 15 people). Sampling is done by simple random sampling. Data
were analyzed using paired T-Test to analyze differences in development before and after the administration
of early stiumulation, and pooled T-Test to analyze the effect of early accumulation on toddler development
by comparing the development between case groups and control groups. The results of the study found that
the provision of early stimulation was effective in optimizing the development of children under five in the
maritime community in Posyandu, Lapulu Village, the working area of Abeli Puskesmas, Kendari City in
2018.