HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP IBU TENTANG MAKANAN PENDAMPING ASI DENGAN KEJADIAN DIARE PADA BAYI DAN BALITA DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS TANJUNG SATAI KABUPATEN KAYONG UTARA

Abstract

Background: High incidence of diarrhea in infants and toodlers is
influenced by various factors, one of them is the incorrect feeding practice
caused by mother"™s knowledge and attitude. Objectives: To know the
correlation between mother"™s knowledge and attitude about
complementary feeding with the incident of diarrhea in infants and
toodlers. Methods: This study was an analytic study with cross sectional
approach. Samples were taken for 48 mothers at working area of Tanjung
Satai primary health centre in Kayong Utara. Result: The result of
bivariate analyze by Fisher test show that mother"™s knowledge had
correlation with the incident of diarrhea in infants and toodlers with
p=0,004. Attitude had correlation with the incident of diarrhea in infants
and toodlers with p=0,048. Conclusion: There is a significant correlation
between mother"™s knowledge and attitude about complementary feeding
with incident of diarrhea in infants and toodlers.
Key words: diarrhea, knowledge, attitude, complementary feeding
1)Faculty of Medicine, Tanjungpura University, Pontianak, Kalimantan
Barat
2)Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,
Tanjungpura University, Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat
3)Department of Pediatric, Faculty of Medicine, Tanjungpura
University, Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat