GENIUS JOURNAL (General Nursing Science Journal)
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2024): GENIUS JOURNAL

Factors Related to the Incidence of Diarrhea among Toddlers

Ofan, Hilky (Unknown)
Safitry, Rusni (Unknown)
Suherman B, Suherman (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2024

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the factors related to the incidence of diarrhea in toddlers at Tinambung Health Center. Method: namely cross sectional. The sampling method was Purposive sampling, the number of samples was 85 toddlers. Result: Statistical Test using Chi Square test formula to determine factors related to diarrhea incidence, it was found that there is a relationship between knowledge about diarrhea, behavior and consumption of boiled water with diarrhea incidence in toddlers where all factors have p value = 0.000 (p <0.05), meaning that there is a relationship between knowledge about diarrhea, behavior and consumption of boiled water with diarrhea incidence in toddlers. Conclusion: This study shows a relationship between maternal knowledge, maternal behavior and water consumption in cooking with the incidence of diarrhea in toddlers in the Tinambung Health Center work area with a significant level of p = 0.000 for all variables.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

gj

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Subject

Education Health Professions Nursing Public Health

Description

Genius Journal is a scientific journal that disseminates research results on the development of science and technology in the field of nursing. This journal facilitates nurse researchers, nurse educators and nurse clinicians from around the world to share information on research findings and ...