Abstract

The occurrence of pneumonia is related to many factor such as the age of toddler, sex of the toddler, the low birth weight, history of giving exclusive breastfeeding, measles immunization history, DPT immunization history, Hib immunization history, mother’s occupation, mother’s education and family members who are smoker. The aim of this research was to find out risk factor related to pneumonia occurrence in toddler in Puskesmas Ikur Koto Padang city in 2017. This research used case control design, samples consisted of 30 cases and 30 controls. Data was collected by using questioner and it was anlyzed with chi square test, kolmogrov smirnov and logistic regression test. The result was obtained that pneumonia toddler who were 12-48 months were 76.7%, the sex was male (60%), birth weight was ≥2500 gram (90%), there was no exclusive breastfeeding (73.3%), nutritional status was normal (66.7%), there was no measles immunization (80%), toddler did not receive DPT immunization (66.7%), there was no Hib immunization (50%), mothers who work (60%), high and middle education (40%), smokers family member beside the mother (90%). bivariate result showed that there was significant relation between pneumonia and exclusive breastfeeding history (p value= 0,00), measles immunization (p value =0,00), DPT immunization history (p value= 0,00), Hib Immunization history (p value= 0,032), and mother’s occupation (p value =0,020). in multivariate analysis, there was significant relation between exclusive breastfeeding history, measles immunization history, mothers’ occupation with the occurrence of pneumonia. There was no significant relation between age of toddler, sex, birth weight, nutritional status, mother’s education and smokers in family member with the occurrence of pneumonia

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