PENGARUH PENDIDIKAN KESEHATAN DENGAN METODE BUZZ GROUP TERHADAP PERILAKU IBU TENTANG PENCEGAHAN PNEUMONIA PADA BALITA DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS GANDUS KOTA PALEMBANG PROVINSI SUMATERA SELATAN

Pneumonia is the second leading cause of death after diarrhea in Indonesia. An important factor that can increase a child's risk of pneumonia is the lack of knowledge, attitudes, and actions of mothers about the prevention of pneumonia. Health education is an effort to increase knowledge, attitudes, and actions in the prevention of pneumonia. Buzz group is one method of health education that can stimulate the active role of mothers in conveying ideas or opinions about the prevention of pneumonia. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of buzz group health education on maternal behavior about preventing pneumonia in toddlers. This type of research is quantitative research with the design used is the Non-Equivalent Control Group. The number of samples in this study was 76 people with a sampling method that is probability sampling using the technique of Simple Random Sampling. The results of the paired t-test showed significant results in the post-test results of the intervention and control groups (p <α = 0.05). The Independent Samples T-test shows differences in knowledge, attitudes, and actions in the intervention and control groups. The MANOVA test showed that health education using the buzz group method had the most influence on increasing the knowledge, attitudes and actions of mothers regarding the prevention of pneumonia (p <α = 0.05) with a partial value of knowledge eta 48.6%, attitudes 55.6% and actions 57.1%. Conclusion The health education buzz group method is more effective in increasing knowledge, the attitudes and actions of mothers regarding the prevention of pneumonia in infants compared to the method without the buzz group (lecture). Suggestions for Puskesmas are expected to be able to conduct health education using the buzz group method as an effective health education method as a promotional and preventive effort

Characteristics and Mother Behavior about Pneumonia Prevention in Children

Providing education on the prevention of pneumonia is an effort to reduce morbidity and mortality among children under five. However, after education on mothers of children under five, the incidence of pneumonia is still high. This research is a descriptive study that aims to explore the characteristics and behavior of mothers regarding the prevention of pneumonia. This is done to be able to plan the provision of further interventions for mothers of children under five. The sampling technique used non-probability methods with total sampling techniques totaling 76 respondents. The research instrument used KAP(Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices) with a total of 32 questions, Cronbach alpha knowledge (0.844), attitude (0.807), and action (0.826). Data analysis using analysis univariate. Characteristics of respondents aged 18-40 years (90.8%), most education was high school (65.7%), and non-working / housewives (85.5%). Mean knowledge value7.55,  attitude with the mean value 26.16, and measures with a mean value of 27.22. Based on the conclusions of the results of research on maternal behavior regarding the prevention of pneumonia in children under five associated with inadequate risk factors for pneumonia, it can cause toddlers to have a risk of pneumonia

Hubungan Pengetahuan Ibu dengan Penanganan Kejang Demam pada Anak

Demam yang disertai kejang menjadi momok yang menakutkan bagi orang tua, kejang yang terlambat ditangani akan berkakibat patal bagi anak-anak, pengetahuan terhadap penanganan kejang demam merupakan faktor utama yang harus dimiliki ibu supaya tidak terjadi hal yang berbahaya. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian korelasi dengan desain cross sectional yang bertujuan  untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan ibu dengan penatalaksanaan kejang demam pada anak. Besar sampel adalah seluruh populasi sebanyak 120 responden. Instrumen penelitian yaitu kuesioner yang valid dengan nilai mean I-CVI 0,97 dan reliabel dengan alpha Cronback 0,89 yang berjumlah 20 soal. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan sebagian besar pengetahuan ibu tentang kejang demam berada pada kategori baik (16,7%) dan sebagian besar penatalaksanaan ibu pada kejang demam berada pada kategori baik (15,8%). Hasil uji statistik menunjukkan nilai p = 0,000 yang berarti ada hubungan antara pengetahuan ibu dengan penanganan kejang demam pada anak