FACTORS RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS WITH DIARRHEA ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER OF EAST ACEH

Abstract

Introduction: Globally every year there are around 2 billion cases of diarrhea with a mortality rate of 1, 5 million per year. In developing countries, children under 3 years of age experience an average of 3 episodes of diarrhea per year. Each episode will cause a loss of nutrients needed to grow, so diarrhea is a major cause of malnutrition in children. The purpose of study this was to determine the factors that influence the implementation of integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) with diarrhea. This research method is descriptive correlation with cross sectional study design. The population in this study were all nurses and midwives at one of the public health centers of East Aceh with a sample of 35 people. The results in this study are that there is a relationship between facilities and infrastructure (P Value 0.000), there is a relationship between funds (P Value 0.603) and there is no relationship between human resources (P value 0.505). with the application of integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) with diarrhea. Suggest to policy makers related to health to fulfill all the facilities and infrastructure needed in the implementation of integrated management of childhood illness