Gambaran pengetahuan, sikap, dan praktik ibu balita terhadap penatalaksanaan diare pada anak balita di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Abang 1

Background: Diarrhea is one of health problem worldwide, which is the second lead cause of death in under ve years old children. Diarrhea is still found in the top ten diseases with most visits in Puskesmas Abang I, Karangasem. Data provided by survey of 10 mothers is showing most of them (70%) have given inappropriate diarrhea management. It means there is inappropriate behavior of mothers in managing diarrhea at home. Methods: This study is descriptive cross-sectional study that includes 62 mothers of under ve years old children in Puskesmas Abang I. The aim of this study is to know knowledge, atittudes, and practices of mothers regarding management of diarrhea in under ve years old children in Puskesmas Abang I. This study uses purposive sampling method in choosing three villages in Puskesmas Abang I and the sampling technique is using snowballing method. The data is collected by doing interview-based questionnaire. Result: In this study, knowledge of mothers of under ve years old children about diarrhea majority in the poor category (91.9%). Conclusion: Mothers of under ve years old children has lack of knowledge in diarrhea management, in which most of them still have negative response in acute management of children that defecate more watery than usual and negative response in diarrhea management that is enough with oral rehydration solution only. Beside that, most of mothers also have inappropriate practices in the use of traditional medicine and sweet tea as diarrhea management.