PNEUMONIA PADA BALITA DI DESA TUNAS HARAPAN KECAMATAN GUNUNG MERIAH KABUPATEN ACEH SINGKIL PROPINSI ACEH

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Pneumonia is the most acute pulmonary infectious disease that causes death in the world is no exception in Indonesia. Pneumonia in Indonesia mostly occurs in children under five which 10% of the number of  children under five in each region suffer from this disease. Provincial Aceh precisely Aceh Singkil District, Gunung Meriah becomes one of which, the number of cases of pneumonia amount 327 toddlers in 2016 and January – May 2017 amount 410 infants. Pneumonia disease is caused by many factors one of them by the preseance of smokers in the home or low birth weight. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors associated with pneumonia on infants in Tunas Harapan Village, Gunung Meriah Sub District, Aceh Singkil Regency. This research type was cross sectional approach. The population in this study were 361 children under five in the village of Tunas Harapan . The sample of the study amount 78 children under five wich was taken with random sampling. The data was analyzed by using Chi- square test statistic. The results showed that there was a relationship between birth weight (p= 0.020) and the presence of smokers in the house (p= 0,000) with pneumonia in infants. There was no exclusive breastfeeding relationship (p= 0,150), vitamin A (p= 0,802), immunization (p= 0,610) and cooking fuel (p= 0,466) with pneumonia in infants at Tunas Harapan Village, Gunung Meriah Sub District, Aceh Singkil Regency .It is suggested to the Health Center in order to convey health information especially about pneumonia and society that smoking is expected not inside home let alone existing toddler in it or smoking around toddler.

Keywords: Pneumonia in children, low birth weight, smokers in the home, ASI Eksklusif, vitamin A, immunization, cooking fuel