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Faktor Prediksi Persepsi Ibu tentang Diare pada Balita

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Diarrhea among under=five children is still a major problem in developing countries such as Indonesia. The low perception to the seriousness of diarrhea is one of the obstacies in decreasing the diarrhea frequency. Using cross sectional design, this research aims to find the relationship between knowiedge, contact experience, and beliet about diarrhea on under five children with the perception of mothers towards the seriousness of diarrhea. The research pop. The research showed that ulation is mothers with under five children in Bekasi Utara district, and 175 subjects were selected randomly across 6 regions (kelurahan). The research showed that knowledge, contact experience and belief have significant relation with the peroeption towards the seriousness of diarrhea on under five children. Mothers who had limited knowledge had chance 2,5 times more than mothers who had wide knowledge to perceive that diarrhea was not serious (OR:2.535;95% CI:1.321 – 4.866) after education variable was control led. Mothers who had no experience with diarrhea had chance almost 5 times more than mothers who had experience to perceive that diarrhea was not serious (OR:4.761;95%CI : 1.853 – 12.235). Mothers who had low belief had chance 0,4 times more than mothers who had high belief to perceive that diarrhea was not serious (OR:0.392; 95%CI : 0.195 – 0.765) after the number of under five children was controlled. The effort to improve the perception of mothers towards diarrhea can be conducted by improving the program to promote health, such as enhancing the knowledge/awareness, creating contact experience by simulation model, and by rationalizing belief about diarrhea.

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Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat Nasional, 2(4):179-185

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Depok : Fakultas Kesehatan Masrakat Universitas Indonesia., 2008

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7p.

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1907-7505

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infant
diarrhea
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