The Relationship Between Mothers’ Knowledge And Attitudes And Their Diarrhea Management Practices Among Children Under Five Years Of Age At Periuk Jaya Community Health Center, Tangerang

The research design is a cross sectional study with a chi-square test. Sampling of 77 respondents was by purposive sampling. The criteria for respondents are toddlers aged 0-5 years who are or have experienced diarrhea and have any level of education. The univariate analysis of the characteristics of the respondents was mostly 20 - < 35 years old as much as 80.5%, the respondents were mostly highly educated as much as 54.5%, the respondents were mostly unemployed as much as 80.5%, and the respondents' family income was mostly < UMR/month as much as 75%. The respondents were mostly knowledgeable as much as 88%, the respondents were mostly positive as much as 71.5%, and the respondents behaved accordingly as much as 88%. Bivariate analysis most of the respondents were knowledgeable and behaved accordingly as much as 91.2%. Meanwhile, most of the respondents behaved positively and behaved accordingly as much as 83.6%. From this study, it can be concluded that there is no significant relationship between knowledge of diarrhea management behavior in toddlers with a p-value of p 0.066 > 0.05. Meanwhile, there was a significant relationship between maternal attitudes towards diarrhea management behavior in toddlers with a p-value of p 0.039<0.05. It was distributed to health workers to increase counseling and health demonstration activities so that mothers can provide the correct first aid when children experience diarrhea.