Gambaran perilaku kesehatan orang tua dalam pencegahan gastroenteritis akut pada balita
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33024/hjk.v20i6.3850
Acute Gastroenteritis in Toddlers Hand Washing Habits Parental Knowledge Provision of Clean Water Facilities Waste Management
Abstract
Background: Gastroenteritis is a disease that is still a health problem in the world, including in Indonesia. Acute gastroenteritis is the third cause of death in children with annual cases of 443,832 children under 5 years of age and an additional 50,851 children aged 5-9 years.
Purpose: To description parental health behavior in preventing acute gastroenteritis among toddlers.
Method: This study is a quantitative study with a cross sectional approach. Data collected using non-probability sampling techniques with purposive sampling type, the study population was parents who had toddlers with acute gastroenteritis at the South Tangerang City General Hospital 109 respondents were calculated using the lemeshow formula with a sample of 86 respondents.
Results: Obtained that the age characteristics of parents showed more than half of the respondents aged 26-45 years as many as 45 respondents (52.3%). Characteristics of educational status almost half of the respondents had a high school/vocational high school education level as many as 34 respondents (39.5%). The factor of parental knowledge most of the respondents had poor knowledge 72 respondents (83.7%). The factor of providing clean water facilities, most respondents were in the poor category, namely 70 respondents (81.4%). The waste management factor showed that more than half of the respondents were in the good category 48 respondents (55.8%). The hand washing habit factor showed that most of the respondents were in the poor category, 78 respondents (90.7%)
Conclusion: The main findings show that low parental knowledge, poor provision of clean water facilities, and suboptimal handwashing habits are determinant factors that contribute significantly to the high number of cases of acute gastroenteritis.
Keywords: Acute Gastroenteritis in Toddlers; Hand Washing Habits; Parental Knowledge; Provision of Clean Water Facilities; Waste Management.
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