HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP IBU DENGAN KEJADIAN PNEUMONIA PADA BALITA

Abstract

Pneumonia in toddlers is one of the unresolved health problems, and is also the biggest cause of death for toddlers in Indonesia. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between knowledge and attitudes of mothers with the incidence of pneumonia in toddlers at Puskesmas Kecamatan Koja. The research design used cross sectional. The sample of this study was toddlers with complaints of cough or difficulty breathing who were treated at Puskesmas Kecamatan Koja with a total of 103 respondents who were taken by purposive sampling. Data analysis using chi-square test. The results showed that there was a significant correlation between mother's knowledge and the incidence of pneumonia in toddlers (p-value = 0.004) and there was a significant correlation between mother's attitude and the incidence of pneumonia in toddlers at Puskesmas Kecamatan Koja (p-value = 0.001). Nurses at primary level health services are expected to increase the provision of health education about pneumonia to mothers who have toddlers, so that the incidence of pneumonia in toddlers can be prevented.