Hubungan Pengetahuan Orang Tua Tentang Pencegahan ISPA dengan Kondisi Sanitasi Rumah di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Ambulu

Abstract

Acute respiratory infection or ARI is a disease that often attacks children aged less than 5 years, especially in toddlers aged less than 2 months caused by viruses or bacteria. ARI can be caused by many factors such as intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Extrinsic factors include house sanitation conditions such as occupancy density, ventilation, floor type, humidity, lighting, and maternal factors such as education level, age and knowledge. This study aims to identify whether or not there is a relationship between parental knowledge about the prevention of ARI on the sanitation conditions of the house in the working area of the Ambulu Public Health Center. This type of research were descriptive correlational with a cross-sectional approach with a sample of 92 respondents, with a sampling technique through probability sampling. Data was collected using questionnaires and observation. The data were processed by univariate analysis and bivariate analysis followed by statistical tests using Chi-Square with a significance level of 5% or 0.005. The results showed that mothers who had moderate knowledge were 19 (20,7%) and mothers who had good knowledge were 72 (78,3%). The sanitation condition of the respondent's house was in the moderate category as many as 24 (26,1) and the sanitation condition of the house was good as much as 68 (73,9%). The results of the bivariate analysis showed that there was a relationship between parents' knowledge about ARI prevention and home sanitation conditions in the working area of the Ambulu Public Health Center with p-value 0.000. Hopefully, the healthcare services can provide additional knowledge regarding the prevention of ARI for parents, especially those with children under five. So this were can help health services to reduce the number of ARI cases, especially in rural areas that are not exposed to information.

Keywords: Knowledge, home sanitation, ARI