THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION AND MOTHER’S HEALTH BEHAVIOUR IN THE INCIDENT OF DIARRHEA IN INFANTS SUBDISTRICT OF PEMULUTAN BARAT, OGAN ILIR REGENCY ON 2012

Abstract

Background : Diarrhea is still a health problem and cause of death in infants. Environmental sanitation, lack of support followed by the bad behavior can lead to high incidence of diarrhea. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between environmental sanitation and maternal health behavior in the incidence of diarrhea in infants in the Subdistrict of West Pemulutan, Ogan Ilir Regency on 2012.

Methods : Used observational study using a design with Cross Sectional approach. The subject of this study were mother who had children aged 12-59 months at the February until May  2012 with a population of 683 toddlers,  Elections were conducted using purposive sampling, while the toddler is done by proportional random sampling generates random sample of 85 toddlers. Statistically using the Chi Square test using SPSS computer program.

Results : Results showed that there was no relationship between the water source (p = 0.085, OR = 4.00) and knowledge of the mother (p = 0.949, OR = 1.02) with the incidence of diarrhea in infants, and there were a relationship between the provision water (p = 0.002, OR = 2.47) quality of excreta disposal (latrines) (p = 0.003, OR = 2.77), waste disposal (p = 0.048, OR = 4.93) and maternal behavior (p = 0.002, OR = 3.14) with the incidence of diarrhea in infants.

Conclusion : The environmental sanitation factors that may be contributing factors toddler diarrhea is the provision of clean water, excreta disposal (latrines), waste disposal and maternal behavior, so it is necessary to improve access to sanitation facility for the community as well as increased awareness and knowledge of people, especially mothers to the prevent the onset of diarrhea in infants.

Keywords : Genesis diarrhea, environmental sanitation, maternal health behaviors