ABSTRAKTujuan Penelitian: mengetahui pengaruh pendidikan kesehatan tentang infeksi saluran pernapasan akut (ISPA) terhadap tingkat pengetahuan ibu dalam perawatan balita ISPA. Metode: quasy experimental dengan pendekatan non equivalent control group. Penarikan sampel pada penelitian ini menggunakan teknik simple random sampling dengan jumlah responden sebanyak 45 ibu yang mempunyai balita ISPA, dibagi menjadi kelompok perlakuan dan kontrol. Pengumpulan data dilakukan menggunakan kuesioner dengan 25 item pertanyaan yang sudah diuji validitas dan reliabilitasnya. Pada kelompok perlakuan dilakukan pendidikan kesehatan dengan cara metode seminar, diskusi dan tanya jawab serta memberikan leaflet sedangkan pada kelompok kontrol tidak dilakukan pendidikan kesehatan. Pengumpulan data dilakukan pada bulan Mei sampai Agustus 2015. Tehnik analisis data menggunakan uji statistic marginal homogeneity. Hasil: Rentang umur responden adalah 27-35 tahun. Mayoritas tingkat pengetahuan ibu pada saat pretest masuk dalam kategori kurang, yaitu (74%) pada kelompok perlakuan dan (86,4%) kelompok kontrol dengan p value 0,05. Tingkat pengetahuan pada saat post test didapatkan hasil yang berbeda yaitu 82,5% kategori baik pada kelompok perlakuan dan 91,1% kategori kurang pada kelompok kontrol dengan p value 0,05. Tingkat pengetahuan responden pada penelitian ini menunjukan adanya pengaruh yang signifikan antara pendidikan kesehatan terhadap tingkat pengetahuan ibu dengan nilai p value 0,01. Kesimpulan: Terdapat pengaruh antara pendidikan kesehatan dengan tingkat pengetahuan ibu balita ISPA. Dengan demikian, hasil penelitian ini penting sebagai bahan telaah bagi petugas puskesmas ataupun pelayanan kesehatan dalam upaya mencegah terjadinya ISPA.Kata kunci: balita, Infeksi saluran Pernapasan akut, pendidikan kesehatan, pengetahuanEFFECT OF HEALTH EDUCATION ON KNOWLEDGE LEVELS IN MOTHERS OF UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN WITH ARIABSTRACTObjective: To identify the effect of health education about acute respiratory infections (ARI) on the levels of knowledge in mothers of under-five children with ARI. Methods: This study is quasi-experimental with nonequivalent control group approach. Samples were taken using simple random sampling technique with a sample size of 45 mothers who had under- five children with ARI, whom were divided into treatment and control groups. Data were collected using a questionnaire with 25 items of questions of which validity and reliability had been tested. Health education was given to the treatment group through seminar, discussion, question and answer as well as leaflets, but not given to the control group. Data were collected from May to August 2015. Data were analyzed using a statistical test of marginal homogeneity. Results: The age range of respondents was 27-35 years. The majority of mothers’ level of knowledge at the time ofpretest was poor, which was (74%) in the treatment group and (86.4%) in the control group with p value of > 0.05. The level of knowledge at the time of the posttest indicated different results, that 82.5% belonged to good category in the treatment group and 91.1% belonged to poor category in the control group with p value of <0.05. The respondents’ level of knowledge in this study showed a significant effect of education health on mother’s level of knowledge with p value of <0.01. Conclusion:There is an effect of health education on levels of knowledge in mothers of under-five children with AR1. Therefore, the results of this study are important as a study material for public health center or health services staff in order to prevent the incidence of ARI.Keywords: under-five children, acute respiratory infections, health education, knowledge
The role of supportive supervision in enhancing and sustaining health education in home management and prevention of malaria among mothers of under-five children
