Leaflet method for effectiveness of health counseling on diarrhea prevention behavior

Abstract

Diarrhea is a dangerous disease in children. It can lead to death and cause an outbreak of extraordinary events. The main cause of death in diarrhea is dehydration, namely as a result of the loss of fluid and electrolyte salt in stool diarrhea. If dehydration is not immediately helped 20-30% of them could die. In order to analyze the effectiveness of health counseling on diarrheal disease prevention behavior with leaflet method on families who have children aged 0 - 5 years at Raba sub-district, Bima City in 2018. This research used Paired T-test research with One Group Pre-Post Test Design approach to 200 people sample. Sample selection sampling technique used a non-probability sampling type with purposive sampling technique, namely the selection of the entire sample. It is in accordance with the characteristics set by the researcher in the inclusion criteria. The results of the two variables analysis above using the Paired T-test, the t-value = 7.053 and p = 0.000 were obtained. The t-value = 7.053 indicated that there was strong effectiveness between two variables seen from the interpretation table of the correlation coefficient. The p-value = 0,000 was smaller than the alpha value of 0.05. it means Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that there is a strong and significant effect between maternal behavior before and after health counseling.