Role of Maternal in Preventing Stunting: a Systematic Review

Objective: Currently, stunting is seen as a serious public health problem. Although its prevalence has decreased, the stunting rate is a large number of cases in the world.
Methods: A literature search was conducted on electronic databases such as ProQuest, PubMed, Sci- enceDirect, and Google Scholar to identify relevant published articles from January 1, 2010, to July 1, 2020. Additional articles were identified from the reference lists and grey literature.
Result: Three main phases require the optimal mother roles to prevent stunting in children during the golden phase. These phases include the preconception phase, the prenatal phase, and the infant- toddlerhood phase. Various mother roles include fulfilling maternal, fetal, infant, and child nutrition, carrying out early breastfeeding initiation, exclusive breastfeeding, andappropriate complementary feed- ing, optimizing the environment for child development, optimizing family support, and avoiding various psychosocial factors that can be detrimental during growth, and child development.
Conclusion: The mother roles in the golden phase are crucial to preventing stunting in children. Although the conception period does not have a fetus, early strengthening of maternal nutrition must be done so that the mother’s body is ready to undergo the prenatal phase for fetal development, which then