Contagion: Scientific Periodical Journal of Public Health and Coastal Health
Vol 1, No 2 (2019): Vol 01 No 02

FAKTOR YANG MEMENGARUHI TINGGINYA PENYAKIT ISPA PADA BALITA DI PUSKESMAS DELENG POKHKISEN KABUPATEN ACEH TENGGARA

Rahman Sabri (Institut Kesehatan Helvetia)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2019

Abstract

Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) is one of the most infectious diseases and causes of death in children in developing countries. This type of research is an analytical survey method with cross sectional approach with the aim to find out the factors that influence the high ARI in infants with the study population as many as 218 mothers of toddlers and samples taken by random sampling are 69 people. The results showed that knowledge had sig-p 0.016 <0.05, sig-p attitude 0.610> 0.05, exclusive breastfeeding sig-p 0.004 <0.05, ventilation sig-p 0.040 <0.05 and dwelling density of sig -p 0.014 <0.05. The conclusion is the influence of knowledge, exclusive breastfeeding, ventilation and density of occupancy of the high ARI in toddlers, while the attitude has no influence on the high ARI in toddlers. It is hoped that this research can be used as a source of explanations and input for the Deleng Pokhkisen Health Center to improve information provision to mothers and the community in the form of counseling or health promotion. Keywords : Influencing Factors, High ARI Disease

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contagion

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Health Professions Public Health

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Contagion: Scientific Periodical Journal of Public Health and Coastal Health, A Scientific Periodic Journal of Public Health published by the Public health Study Program of The Faculty of Public Health UINSU Medan. This Journal prioritiez the collaboration of lecturers and students with scope of the ...