Child Health Problems in Agricultural Setting

Abstract

Besuki Residency well known at agricultural feld. Child and infant mortality in this area is high. Child healthproblems of agricultural-oriented at Besuki Residency no one has research yet. This research uses quantitativemethods that are retrospectives that include child health problems since 2017 until 2018. Quantitative methodis used to collect data on patient characteristics (gender, disease, nursing problems, and age criteria) and illnessto the children’s disease based on agricultural that arise due to activities or agricultural climate. The sampleincluded 807 children at seven hospital scattered in several residency areas using quota sampling technic. Dataanalysis uses confrmatory factor analyze (CFA), with parameter data estimation uses analysis of momentstructures. The result of p-values for health problems to gender = 0.033 (p<0.05), health problems to disease= 0.008 (p<0.05), health problems to nursing problems = 0.000 (p<0.05), health problems to age criteria =0.000 (p<0.05). Fit model value indicates that the model is perfect ft. Child health problems, especially such aspneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria in the agricultural area with an agricultural perspective in the Besuki Residencycan affect gender, disease, nursing problems, and age criteria. So that these health problems require specifchealth interventions or programs according to the characteristics of gender, disease, nursing problems, and agecriteria. The nurse should have a mapping of nursing problems and special agriculture-oriented interventions.