Abstract :
RELATIONSHIP OF HAND WASHING HABITS WITH DIARRHENT EVENTS IN CHILDREN AGE 4 TO 6 YEARS IN ROWOTENGAH VILLAGE, SUMBERBARU DISTRICT, JEMBER DISTRICT, PERIOD AUGUST 2017
ABSTRACT
Langi, Yuni Ani . 2019, Hubungan Kebiasaan Mencuci Tangan Dengan Kejadian
Diare Pada Anak Usia 4 Sampai 6 Tahun Di Desa Rowotengah
Kecamatan Sumberbaru Kabupaten Jember, Skripsi, Program Studi
Pendidikan Dokter, Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Wijaya Kusuma
Surabaya, Pembimbing Sri Lestari U,Ss, M.Kes.
Diarrhea is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children
throughout the world. Diarrhea is an environmental based disease. Various
factors that influence the occurrence of diarrhea, one of them is personal hygiene,
in this case washing hands.The purpose of this study was to determine the
relationship between hand washing habits with the incidence of diarrhea in
children aged 4 to 6 years. This research is an analytic observational study with
cross sectional study. The study population was all preschoolers in three
kindergartens in Rowotengah Village, Sumberbaru District, Jember Regency,
August 2017 Period.From 61 sample of respondents taken by simple random
sampling. The independent variable is the habit of washing hands, while the
dependent variable is the occurrence of diarrhea. Data analysis used chi-square
test with significance level (? = 0.05).The results showed the majority of
respondents always washed their hands as many as 24 people (39.3%) and the
majority of respondents did not experience diarrhea as many as 32 people
(52.5%). Chi-square test results obtained a significant value of 0.004 means there
is a relationship between hand washing habits with the incidence of diarrhea in
children aged 4 to 6 years.
Keywords: Handwashing Habits and Diarrhea