Role of Biopsychosocial Factors on the Risk of Pneumonia in Children Under-Five Years Old at Dr. Moewardi Hospital, Surakarta

Nining Lestari (Faculty of Medicine, Muhammadiyah University Surakarta Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret)
Harsono Salimo (Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Moewardi Hospital, Surakarta)
Suradi - (Department of Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Sebelas Maret University)

Journal of Maternal and Child Health
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2017)

Background: It is estimated that the worldwide annual incidence of child pneumonia is approximately 156 million cases. Sixty-one million new cases occure in Southeast Asia with death rate of 3.1 million deaths per year. Prevalence of infant pneumonia in Indonesia is high at 1.8% in 2013 with mortality of 0.16% in 2015. This study aimed to determine the role of bio-psychosocial factors on the risk of pneumonia in children under-five years old.