| dc.description.abstract | Diarrhea is a health problem that globally contributes to the death rate of two
billion children worldwide, WHO reports more than 525,000 cases in toddlers are
caused by diarrhea. Riskesdas 2018 found that the prevalence of diarrhea among
toddlers in Indonesia was 73,188 cases. Medan City in 2020 had 4,561 cases of
diarrhea and in 2021 there were 18,588 cases of diarrhea in toddlers. Diarrhea is
closely related to environmental sanitation and mother’s personal hygiene
behavior. In the 2020-2024 RPJMN extension of the SDGs, 69.27% of households
do not have adequate sanitation. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect
of environmental sanitation and mother behavior on the incidence of diarrhea in
toddlers. The type of this research is a quantitative study with a cross sectional
design. Data analysis used multiple logistic regression tests with a sample of 120
mothers with toddlers aged 2-5 years. The results showed that the variables that
had an effect on were the mother's actions (p=0.019) of personal hygiene on the
incidence of toddler, the variables of knowledge (p=0.042) and attitudes (p=0.186)
had no effect on the incidence of diarrhea in toddlers. Environmental sanitation
including clean water sources (p=0.456), toilet ownership (p=1.000), waste
management (p=0.361) and waste disposal facilities (p=1.000) had no effect on the
incidence of diarrhea in toddlers.. This variable is the most influence on the
incidence of diarrhea in toddlers in Medan City is the mother's personal hygiene
action which have the highest Exp.B value of 3,387. Suggestions for this research
are for officers to be able to carry out health promotion and education regarding
basic sanitation and personal hygiene to mothers and also families whose toddlers
experience and do not experience diarrhea, carry out environmental sanitation and
also synchronize data on toddler diarrhea between the puskesmas and the
doctor/midwife practice clinic. | en_US |
