PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP IBU YANG MEMPUNYAI ANAK BALITA TENTANG PENYAKIT CAMPAK

Abstract

In Garut regency in 2016 has occurred 323 cases of measles extraordinary events (KLB) with 32
people died and the highest number of death is in Kersamenak Community Helath Center as many
as 48 cases. An effort to prevent measles is by giving immunizations. The scope of immunization
can be influenced by the knowledge and attitudes of mothers about measles immunization. The
purpose of this study was to determine the description of knowledge and attitudes of mothers who
have toddlers about measles in the Kersamenak Community Health Center in Garut Regency. The
study design used quantitative descriptive. The population in this study was mothers who had
children under five in the working area of Kersamenak Community Health Center as many as 231
mothers. The sample was taken by purposive sampling technique, the number of samples as many
as 146 mothers who have toddlers. The instrument used was made by researcher with a valid test r
table ? 0.514 and a reliable Cronsbach alpha test 0.944. Analysis of the data was univariate. The
results showed that most of mothers has good knowledge as many as 100 people (68.5%) and
almost half of th mothers have favorable attitude as many as 74 people (50.7%). It can be
concluded from this research that the mother's knowledge is sufficient because they understands
the meaning of measles, how to be infected by measles, signs of measles, complications of measles,
prevention of measles, and care for measles. Attitude of the mothers was favorable due to the
cognitive, affective and conative attitude of most mothers strongly agree with environmental
hygiene, measles symptoms and information on the benefits of measles immunization. It is expected
that the Community Health Center can provide more intensive information to the public about
measles.