Determinants of Acute Respiratory Infection in Children Under Five in Simalingkar, Medan, North Sumatera

Maria, Lasma
Simanjuntak, Maestro
Silangit, Thomas
Siahaan, Jekson Martiar

Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health
Vol 5, No 1 (2020)

Background: Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) is still one of the health problems in developed and developing countries including Indonesia. ARI is the most common disease in outpatients in North Sumatra, especially in Medan. This study aims to find out about the factors that influence ARI in toddlers in Sima­ling­kar Health Center Me­dan, including nutri­tional status, birth weight, history of im­muni­zation, exclusive breastfeeding, and parental smoking status.Subjects and Method: This was a cross sec­tional study. The sample used was all toddlers who came to the Simalingkar health center, amoun­ting to 100 people. Data collec­tion was carried out using interviews and ana­ly­sis was carried out using bivariate and mul­tivariate with multiple logistic regression.Results: The results showed that there was a significant influence between nutritional status, exclusive breastfeeding and parental smoking status with the incidence of ARI in infants.Conclusion: The results showed that there was a significant influence between nutritional status, exclusive breastfeeding and parental smoking status with the incidence of ARI in infants.Keywords: acute respiratory infection, child­ren under fiveCorrespondence: Lasma Maria. Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Methodist Indonesia, Medan Email: lasmamaria12­@gmail.comJournal of Epidemiology and Public Health (2020), 5(1): 26-30https://doi.org/10.26911/jepublichealth.2020.05.01.03