EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH EDUCATION ON MOTHER'S KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ISPA OF TODDLERS

Abstract

According to the Ministry of Health ri 2010 deaths due to ISPA is more dominated by toddlers aged 1-4 years,
namely more than 2 million deaths each year, this also means 1 in 5 toddlers die every day. Of all cases of infant
deaths aged 1-5 due to ISPA, three-quarters occurred in 15 countries, including Indonesia which ranked sixth
with the number of ISPA cases as many as 6m cases per year, in general the discovery of ISPA cases in
Indonesia is astounding. The purpose of this study was to find out the Effectiveness of Health Education Towards
Improving Mother's Knowledge about ISPA in Toddlers at Mukomuko Hospital. Experimental research with
quasi Experimental Study design approach of one-group pre-post test design that aims to see the effectiveness of
health education against increased knowledge about ISPA in toddlers. The research was conducted on all
mothers who have toddlers with who come to The Children's Poly of Mukomuko Hospital with inclusion criteria:
willing to be respondents, mothers who have toddlers. The size of the sample was 24 people by accidental
sampling. Univariate test results of good maternal knowledge 3 (12.5%) before being given a health and good
education 23 (95.8%) after being given health. So it can be concluded that there is a significant difference in
knowledge before being given a health education and after being given a health education. Bivariate analysis
with Paired T Test showed that the average pre and post knowledge was 2.7 and the standard deviation was 3.7.
A p value of 0.000 < 0.005 means highly effective health education against knowledge.
Researchers suggest that hospitals can provide knowledge about ISPA to toddlers