The Relationship Of Clean And Healthy Behavior (Phbs) In The Household Arrangements With The Occurrence Of Diarrhea At The Age Of 1-24 Months

Abstract

Poor clean and healthy life (PHBS) can cause many causes of disease, one of which is diarrhea. Diarrhea in infants and toddlers can be very dangerous because it can cause death. Death is caused by a lack of a lot of fluid that often coming out with feces. The purpose of this research is knowing the relationship of clean and healthy behavior (PHBS) in the household arrangements with the occurrence of diarrhea at the age of 1-24 months in Muara Besar village the work area of Ogodeide public health center. 

The design used in the study was cross sectional. The population was all mothers with infants aged 1-24 months  who had diarrhea in the last 3 months. The sample size was 31 respondents using Accidental sampling technique. Independent variables of the research is PHBS. The dependent variable is the incidence of diarrhea. Data was collected using a questionnaire, then the data were analyzed using the Chi Square  test, with a significance level of α ≤ 0.05. 

The results of the study found that most respondents had PHBS Statification I levels of 13 respondents (41.9%), and the incidence of diarrhea was 24 respondents (77.4%). The Statistical tests using Chi Square obtained p-value=0,000 with α< 0.05, which means that H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted so it is can be interpreted that there was a relationship between Clean and Healthy Life Behavior (PHBS) in the Household arrangements with diarrhea at 1-24 months Muara Besar Village, the woeking area of the Ogodeide public Health Center.  

Clean and Healthy behavior prevents unhealthy conditions and one of them affects had impact on the incidence of diarrhea in children. Poor family PHBS can cause diarrhea, the better PHBS, the health family will be better and there will be no diarrhea in children.