PENGARUH MANAJEMEN DIARE DITATANAN RUMAH TANGGA DALAM MENINGKATKAN PENGETAHUAN DAN KETERAMPILAN PENANGANAN DIARE ANAK
Abstract: Diarrhea is a major
cause of morbidity and mortality of children under five in developing countries
and is one of main cause of malnutrition. Meanwhile, mother's behavior and
knowledge about health impact on child’s mortality. Management of diarrhea is a
therapeutic treatment by empowering parents, which is focused on the treatment
of diarrhea at home. This study was aimd to identify the effect of management
of diarrhea on the behavior of parents in caring for of children with diarrhea
at home. This research method was the Quasi Eksperiment Pretest-Posttest Design
with Control Group. The subjects were 55 respondents selected by purposive
sampling. Knowledge and skills were measured in 18 days, using a knowledge
questionnaire with 21 questions, while the skills was measured through direct
observation. The average score effect on knowledge of the treatment and control
group were 37.9 and 6.15. While the average score effect on skills of the
treatment and control group were 35.07 and -0.51. The P-value in both variables
using Independent Sample t-Test showed was 0.000, which means is a significant
difference between the treatment and control groups. The management of diarrhea
is effective to improve parents knowledge and skills in the treatment of
childhood diarrhea.
Keywords: children; diarrhea;
knowledge; skills; parents behavior
Penulis: Eni Rahmawati, Eva
Rahayu, Koernia Nanda Pratama
Kode Jurnal: jpkeperawatandd170258
