HUBUNGAN STATUS GIZI DENGAN KEJADIAN INFEKSI SALURAN PERNAFASAN AKUT (ISPA) PADA ANAK BALITA: (Di Posyandu Puri, Desa Puri, Kecamatan Puri Kabupaten Mojokerto)

Abstract

Acute respiratory infections are acute infections caused by viruses and bacterial. Factors that support the occurrence of acute respiratory infections namely environmental factors. Individual factors of children, behavioral factors. Toddlers with Nutrition Lack of body immunity will be low and will be susceptible to infectious diseases, as well as Toddlers with More Nutrition if the nutrients are not good then it will be susceptible to viruses / bacteria so it is easy to get infections. This study aims to determine the nutritional status of toddlers who have acute respiratory infections in posyandu puri, puri village, puri district mojokerto regency. This study uses a correlations research design. The population in this study was the entire toddler in posyandu puri, puri village, puri district of mojokerto regency which amounted to 71 toddlers, using the total sampling method. The variable in this study is the nutritional status that has acute respiratory infection (ARI) in toddlers, using Z-score instruments then processed through the editing, coding, scoring and tabulating stages submitted in the form of frequency distribution. The results of this study indicate that nutritional status of toddlers who have acute respiratory infections in posyandu puri, puri village, puri district of mojokerto regency are mostly with good nutritional status as many as 47 toddlers (66,2%) and those experiencing ISPA 27 underfives (38,0%). It is hoped that respondent families will be more active in participating in the counseling program and other programs that have been provided by cadres or puskesmas staff so that they can find out earlier about the prevention of infectious diseases. Nutrit ional is one of the determinants of the qualit y of the body‟s immune system, a person‟s nutrit ional needs are an est imated amount that is sufficient to maintain health in general.