FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASE ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS (ARI) TO CHILDREN IN THE AREA WORK OF BUKIT HINDU PALANGKARAYA PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER

Fakhriadi, Rudi and Rosida, Lena and Puspita, Octavia (2015) FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASE ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS (ARI) TO CHILDREN IN THE AREA WORK OF BUKIT HINDU PALANGKARAYA PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER. PROCEEDINGS International Seminar and Workshop on Public Health Action "Building Healthy Community".

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Abstract

ARI is the first sequence of infectious diseases and one of the originators malnutrition and infant mortality in developing countries that caused by several factors. This study is to analyze the factors associated with respiratory disease in infants in the area work of Bukit Hindu Palangkaraya Public Health Center. This research is observational analytic approach using a case-control approach, sampling techniques using a purposive sampling technique which consists of 30 respondent samples of cases and 30 controls. The results of case respondents showed that the percentage of male infants 57% and female 43%, the mother's last education was elementary school 17%, junior high school 13%, senior high school 43% and college/diploma 27%, 77% in normal nutritional status and 23% was not, presence of family members’ working habit by 83% and 17% was not, 100 % was normal birth weight and as much as 77% of cases were not exclusively breastfeed and 17% was exclusively breastfeed. The results of chi-square test found that the family members’ smoking habits associated with the incidence of ARI in infants with p-value <0,05 with OR = 3.824 and CI = 95%, while for nutritional status, low birth weight and exclusive breastfeeding does not have a significant association with disease ARI in infants. Keywords: ARI, nutritional status, smoking habits, LBW, exclusive breastfeeding

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