Background: Basic health research in 2013 found that diarrhea incidence in toddler was the highest. The working area of a public health center in Wonokusumo Surabaya found that the diarrhea incidence in toddler increased from 62 cases in 2015 to 385 cases in 2016. Purpose: This study was aimed to analyze the protective factor of diarrhea. Methods: This study was analytic observational with a cross sectional design. The study was conducted from 18 January to 23 February 2013 in community group (RW) 2 in Wonokusumo region, Surabaya city. The population of this study consisted of 210 mothers who had toddlers. There were 67 respondents selected through simple random sampling. Data were collected through questionnaire and observation and analyzed with multiple logistic regression. Results: These variables had significant influence on diarrhea incidence simultaneously, namely protected water resource utilization (PR = 0,10; 95% CI = 0,02 < PR < 0,64), healthy latrine utilization (PR = 0,06; 95% CI = 0,01 < PR < 0,50), washing hand habit (PR = 0,10; 95% CI = 0,01 < PR < 0,72), and monthly body weight measurement participation (PR = 0,04; 95% CI = 0,01 < PR < 0,29). The other variables such as mother’s employment, wage according to city minimum wage, and breastfeeding history. Conclusion: The protective factors of this study were the utilization of protective water resource, good latrine utilization, washing hand habit, and body weight measurement participation.
Diarrhea is potentially outbreaks and is often accompanied by death. National data said one soul dies every 5.5 minutes due to diarrhea. This study aims to analyze the effect of working mother factors, family income in accordance with the UMR, protected water sources, the use of healthy latrines, history of exclusive breastfeeding, hand washing habits properly, and weighing routine at Posyandu. The type of research is observational analytic with cross sectional design. The population is all children under five in RW 2 Wonokusumo Urban Village that is 210 people. The sampling technique using simple random sampling to get 67 respondents. The data were collected by using questionnaire and observation. The analysis technique used logistic regression with enter method using SPSS 19 trail version software. With a significance level of 5% and 95% CI, the results showed that respondents with protected water sources had a risk of diarrhea 0.099 times compared with respondents who did not use protected water sources. Respondents who used healthy latrines had a risk of diarrhea 0.063 times compared with those who did not use healthy latrines. Respondents with handwashing habits had a risk of diarrhea 0.096 times compared with those who did not use healthy toilet. Respondents who regularly weigh in Posyandu once a month have a risk of diarrheal disease 0.038 times compared to respondents who do not weigh routine in Posyandu. While the variables of working mother, family income variable according to UMR, and exclusively breastfed variable are not significant. The conclusions of this study are protected water sources, use of healthy latrines, proper hand-washing habits and weight-bearing routines to Posyandu significantly and simultaneously affect the variables of diarrhea occurrence
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