KEJADIAN DIARE PADA BALITA

Abstract

Diarrheal disease still became one of the public health problem, because it is the third contributor to the number of pain and death of children in various countries. Diarrheal disease in children is the most cases of the disease that exist in almost every hospital that type B than cases of other diseases. Cases of diarrhoea are recorded as much as 32.25% were children aged under two years. This research aims to know the factors associated with the incidence of diarrhea in toddlers. This research by using a quantitative approach with cross sectional design. The population is mempuanyai mother children aged 0 – 24 months hospitalized. With the samples as many as 60 people, the data collected through interviews with guide questionnaire, then processed in a computerized using statistical test chi-square. The results of the univariate analysis known 41.7% treated children aged 0-24 months experiencing  diarrhea,  55.0%  of  the  respondents  have  a  good  knowledge  of  about diarrhea, 53.5% of the respondents have a positive attitude-related diarrhea, 50.0% of the respondents have a good behavior about breast feeding and 55.0% havebehavior that is not well  related  awarding  of  MP-ASI.  The result  is  there is  no  relationship  Bivariat knowledge with the incidence of diarrhoea (p value = 0.148), there was no relationship attitude with diarrhea (p value = 0.484) and there is a relationship of the behavior of breast feeding (p value = 0.004) and MP-ASI giving of behavior with the incidence of diarrhoea (p value = 0.000). Expected to mothers who have children toddlers in order to pay  attention  to  nutrition  in  breast  feeding  and  giving  of  the  MP-ASI  is  also  about children's  environmental  health  in  General  so  that  the  children  are  spared  from  the disease.