Abstract:
The main causeed of the lack of mother's initial cared about how to give first
aid correctly caused diarrhea death in children under five, so that good cared or
treatment of diarrhea can be done at home which helps mothers how to take care
properly. The purpose of this researched was to identify the initial care of toddlers
for diarrhea at home, in Sumberjati Village. The researched method used is
descriptive. The entire population of all mothers with toddlers who have had
diarrhea who had been treated at the Gayaman health center were 157 people. The
sampling technique used is total sampling so that the sample is 157 respondents.
The instrument in this researched was a questionnaire. Based on the results of the
study found the majority of respondents had early treatment of diarrhea toddlers at
home with the right category with the number of 113 respondents (72.0%), and a
small proportion with the number of44 respondents (28.0%) had the level of care in
the inappropriate category. This study shows that the majority of the community
has been able to provide appropriate initial treatment of diarrhea at home because
respondents have received information about initial treatment of diarrhea at home.
Mothers who have received information on early care for toddlers for diarrhea at
home and have a high level of education will be more likely to be able to provide
early toddler care for diarrhea at home appropriately. Education and whether the
mother has received information or not will affect the accuracy of the mother in
providing initial care to btoddlers.
