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Original Research Article

Year: 2019 | Month: January-March | Volume: 3 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 26-34

Factors That Influence the Event of Diarrhea in the Health in Rawat Puskesmas Inap Mariyai Sorong District

Yolanda Yable1, A. L. Rantetampang2, Yacob Ruru3, Anwar Mallongi4

1Magister Program of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Cenderawasih University, Jayapura.
2,3Lecturer of Master Program in Public Health. Faculty of Public Health, Cenderawasih University, Jayapura
4Environmental Health Department, Faculty of Public Health, Hasanuddin University, Makassar

Corresponding Author: Anwar Mallongi

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Diarrhea is 10 major diseases in Indonesia and has an incidence and period prevalence in infants of 3.5 percent and 7.0 percent, West Papua Province is 5 provinces with the highest incidence of diarrhea in infants.
Target of research: To find out the factors that influence the incidence of diarrhea in toddlers at the Mariyai Inpatient Health Center, Sorong Regency.
Research of result:
Observational analytic with cross sectional study design. The study was conducted on October 16 to December 10, 2018 at the Mariyai Inpatient Health Center with a population of mothers who had toddlers and a total sample of 90 people in total sampling. Data were obtained using a questionnaire and analyzed using the chi square test and binary logistic regression.
Research results: Obtained factors that influence the incidence of diarrhea in toddlers at the Mariyai Inpatient Health Center of Sorong Regency are waste management p value 0.005 Rp = 2.133; CI95% = (1,167-3,899), availability of clean water facilities p value 0,000 RP = 3,188; CI95% = (1,707-5,952), the availability of SPAL p value 0.001 Rp = 0.492; CI95% = (0.321-0.754), MCK availability p value 0,000 RP = 2,325; CI95% = (1,559-3,467), environmental cleanliness p value 0,000 Rp = 2,314; CI95% = (1,409-3,801), knowledge p value 0,004 Rp = 1,859; CI95% = (1,214-2,847), p value 0,000 Rp = 2,364; CI95% = (1,406-3,974), age p value 0,681 Rp = 1,131; CI95% = (0.764-1.675), education p value 0.005 RP = 1.923; CI95% = (1,176-3,137), occupation p value 0,001 RP = 1,978; CI95% = (1,362-2,872), history of exclusive breastfeeding p value 0,003 RP = 1,857; CI95% = (1,227-2,810). The dominant factor that influences the incidence of diarrheal disease in children under five is the availability of clean water to the incidence of diarrheal diseases in infants in the Mariyai Inpatient Health Center of Sorong Regency.

Key words: Diarrhea, Mariyai Inpatient Health Center, Sorong Regency

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