HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP IBUTERHADAP KEJADIAN ISPA PADA BALITA DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS TIGO BALEH BUKITTINGGI TAHUN 2014

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Health problems in children under five were related to the behavior of the parents. Acute Respiratory Infection remains a major health problem in Indonesia, especially in the case of a toddler with a 18.749. In Bukittinggi found the incidence of Acute Respiratory Infection increased 20% . This often happens in toddlers, especially when there is a lack of nutrition, lack of clean environmental conditions, and knowledge of older people with the disease toddlers. This study aims to determine the relationship of knowledge and attitudes on the incidence of Acute Respiratory Infection in children under five in Puskesmas Tigo Baleh Bukittinggi. The research used is Descriptive Correlation. The population in this study were all mothers with children under five with Acute Respiratory Infection were treated at the health center of Bukittinggi Baleh Tigo number 130 people. Samples were taken using accidental sampling technique with a number of 40 people. Then the data were collected by means of questionnaires distributed directly. After that, the data were analyzed by using univariate and bivariate frequency distribution using the Chi-Square. Results of univariate analysis obtained (77.5%) of respondents knowledgeable in the incidence of lower respiratory infection, (32.5%) of respondents to be negative in the incidence of Acute Respiratory Infection and (62.5%) infants suffering from respiratory infection. Bivariate analysis showed no association between knowledge of the incidence of Acute Respiratory Infection in infants (p = 0.008 and OR = 10,063) and there is no relationship between attitude with ARI incidence in infants (p = 0.080 and OR = 5.107). The conclusion was that there is a significant relationship between knowledge of the incidence of Acute Respiratory Infection in infants and there is no significant relationship between the attitude of the incidence of Acute Respiratory Infection in infants. Suggestions from this study are expected to be able to improve the educational institutions for education in terms of development potential nursing personnel.