The Relationship of Maternal Knowledge and Attitudes towards Acute Respiratory Infection Disease (ARI) in Likino Village, Hom-Hom Health Center Working Area JAYAWIJAYA REGENCY

Abstract

Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) are one of the most frequent causes of death in children especially in developing countries, the disease is mostly caused by viruses. ARI is the cause of four out of 15 million deaths in children under the age of 5 each year and as many as two-thirds of those deaths occur in infants. The number of ARI sufferers in Papua Province in 2019 was recorded at 285,793 cases and the results of a survey at the Hom-Hom Health Center in 2019 showed the number of ARI cases was 769 people, including 16.4% aged less than 1 year and 15.1% aged 1-4 years. Seeing the high incidence of ARI, public health efforts are needed in preventing ARI. Health efforts that have been carried out are in the form of health counseling, supplementary feeding, and immunization of DPT and measles, as well as treatment. Based on the description above, the researcher raised "The Relationship between Knowledge and Maternal Attitudes towards ARI Disease in Likino Village, Hom-Hom Health Center Working Area, Jayawijaya Regency. This research is a quantitative descriptive research with a cross-sectional approach. The size of the sample is based on the non-random quota sampling method, then the quota or sample allotment is determined as many as 30 respondents. The results of the study obtained that mothers who have good knowledge have the potential for children to suffer from ARI by 10%, mothers who have sufficient knowledge have the potential for children to suffer from ARI by 35%, and mothers who have less knowledge have the potential for children to suffer from ARI by 55%. Based on the attitude obtained by mothers with a positive attitude, the potential for children to suffer from ARI is 20% and mothers who have a negative attitude have the potential for children to suffer from ARI by 80%. The results of data analysis with the Chi-Square statistical test showed that the significance value of sig (2-tailed) 0.025 < 0.05 for knowledge and attitudes which means that there is a strong relationship between knowledge and maternal attitudes towards the incidence of ARI Disease.