Faktor-Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Kejadian Diare pada Balita di Desa Buru Kaghu Kecamatan Wewewa Selatan Kabupaten Sumba Barat Daya

Abstract

Diarrhea is the loss of body fluids within 24 hours with the frequency of bowel movements more than three times a day. Number of patients with diarrhea in health centers Teke Tena last three years has risen in 2016 as many as 150 people, in 2017 250 in 2018 328 people. Buru village Kaghu in 2016-2018 had the highest diarrhea patients from four other villages, namely the village Werilolo 17 cases, 40 cases Weebaghe village, village Milla Ate 35 cases, 35 cases Bedu Pasono village, almost every year from 2016 to 2018 outbreak of diarrhea in infants that result in death if not treated quickly. The purpose of this research is to know the factors related to the occurrence of diarrhea in infants in Buru village Kaghu 2019, this type of research is analytic research with, sample of 90 people with a statistical analysis using Chi-Square test. The results of this study indicate that there is a relationship between the mother's knowledge with the incidence of diarrhea in infants (p value = 0.012), there is a correlation between drinking water treatment (p value 0.000), there is a correlation between the availability of latrines (p value = 0.015), there was no relationship between the wash hands with soap and clean water with the incidence of diarrhea in infants (p value = 0.158), there was no relationship between the provision of breastfeeding with the incidence of diarrhea in infants (p value = 0.823), there was no correlation between the cleanliness of the equipment with the incidence of diarrhea in infants (p value 0.652).

Implementation of Hygiene and Environmental Sanitation in Under Five Years Old Diarrhea Patients at Surabaya Primary Health Center

“…Similar research has been conducted by Suda et al (2019) and Magdalena et al (2019) regarding the factors associated with the incidence of children under five. This 168 study contributed to the discussion because it contained variables that were also discussed in this study, including the relationship between mother's knowledge, drinking water, latrines, handwashing behavior, and the cleanliness of toddler food utensils.…”

“…It means that toddlers with ineligible drinking water sources are at risk 4 times to had diarrhea than those who had eligible drinking water sources (Asnel and Sari 2019). Research by Suda et al (2019) said that there is a significant relationship between drinking water sources for under-fives and acute diarrhea in under-fives. Safe (proper) drinking water for health is drinking water that meets physical, microbiological, chemical, and radioactive requirements (Kemenkes RI, 2018).…”