BOOKLET SEBAGAI MEDIA PROMOSI KESEHATAN TATALAKSANA DI RUMAH BALITA DENGAN DIARE

Abstract

Diarrhea is one of the main health problems of infants and the number one cause of under-five mortality in the world, one of them in Indonesia. Diarrhea in Bantul Regency tends to increase as shown in 2013 data, diarrhea occupies the highest 10 cases in Bantul Regency. Appropriate management of infants with diarrhea is important. Mothers with knowledge of treatment at home under five with good diarrhea will reduce mortality morbidity and can prevent the occurrence of emergencies. Health promotion with the right media is needed. With the right method and the use of props that are right on target, the material or content material that needs to be communicated in health promotion will be easily accepted, digested and absorbed by the target. The purpose of this study was to look at the effect of giving health promotion about treatment at home under five with diarrhea using booklet media. This study used the Quasi Experiment one group pretest-posttest design method, involving 24 research samples with purposive sampling method. The effect of the test carried out was the Wilcoxon test with a significance level of 0,000. There was a significant difference in maternal knowledge about management at home under five with diarrhea before and after counseling with booklet media. The booklet media is effective as a media for health education about management in toddlers' homes with diarrhea and can be used in health care settings.