THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DUG WELL WATER BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY AND MATERNAL BEHAVIOUR FACTOR WITH THE OCCURENCE OF DIARRHEA IN CHILDREN UNDER FIVE IN PRABUMULIH MARKET CLINIC WORKING AREA ON 2012

Abstract

Background: Diarrhea is one of the highest causes of morbidity and mortality in children under five. Environmental factors that interacts with the behavioral factors are the most dominant factors that can cause diarrhea. This study aimed to determine the relationship between bacteriological quality of dug well water, dug well construction, the behavior of mothers who use baby bottles, the use of clean water, hand washing and defecation behavior with the incidence of diarrhea in children under five.

Method: This study is a quantitative study with cross-sectional design. The samples in this study were mothers with children under five and dug wells that are in the working area of ​​ Prabumulih Market Clinic totaling 80 respondents. The data was collected through interviews, observations, and bacteriological quality of dug wells water’s laboratory measurements  using MPN method.

Result: The 80 respondents there were 33 respondents (41.2%) who experienced diarrhea. With α = 0.05 there was no correlation between hand washing (p value = 0.638), bacteriological water quality (p value = 0.738), and the construction of wells (p value = 0.241) with the incidence of diarrhea in children under five. There is a relationship between the behavior of mothers who use a bottle of milk (RP: 3.088 CI :1,224-7, 794 p value: 0015), water use (RP: 2.829 CI :1,119-7, 151 p value: 0.026) and the behavior of defecation in children under five (RP : CI 3.592 :1,286-10, 034 p value: 0.012) with the incidence of diarrhea in children under five.

Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between maternal behavior of baby bottles use, the use of water and defecation behavior in children under five with diarrhea in children under five.

Keywords: Diarrhea , maternal behaviours, bacteriological quality