Latar Belakang : Pneumonia adalah peradangan parenkim paru-paru yang akut. Ini biasanya disebabkan oleh infeksi saluran pernafasan akut yang menyebabkan asinus berisi cairan radang, batuk, dan nafas cepat yang disebabkan oleh virus, bakteri, atau mycoplasma. Menggigil, demam, sakit kepala, batuk dahak, dan sesak napas adalah gejala pneumonia. Meningkatkan pencegahan pneumonia pada balita adalah salah satu upaya untuk mengendalikan penyakit ini.
Tujuan : untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan perilaku ibu terhadap kejadian pneumonia pada balita di wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Lembang.
Metode : Penelitian ini menggunakan deskriptif dengan pendekatan cross-sectional. Dalam penelitian ini, peneliti menggunakan non probability sampling dengan teknik pendekatan pengambilan sampel dengan menggunakan total sampling. Di mana jumlah sampel sebanyak 65 responden data di analisis menggunakan uji chi-square.
Hasil : Hasil penelitian menunjukan responden yang mempunyai pengetahuan baik sebanyak 48 orang 73,8 %), berpengetahuan kurang17 orang (26,2 %) Sedangkan yang memiliki perilaku positif sebanyak 43orang (66,2 %), berperilaku negatif 22 orang (33,8 %). Berdasarkan hasil uji statistik didapatkan hasil p-value = <0,05 dengan nilai r= 0,52
Kesimpulan : Tidak terdapat hubungan antara tingkat pengetahuan dan perilaku ibu terhadap kejadian pneumonia pada balita di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Lembang.
Background: Pneumonia is an acute inflammation of the lung parenchyma. It is usually caused by an acute respiratory infection that causes accumulation of inflammatory fluid, coughing, and rapid breathing caused by viruses, bacteria, or mycoplasma. Chills, fever, headache, cough with phlegm, and shortness of breath are symptoms of pneumonia. Improving the prevention of pneumonia in toddlers is one of the efforts to control this disease.
Objective: To determine the relationship between mothers' behavioral knowledge and the
incidence of pneumonia in children under five years old in the Lembang Health Center
working area.
Methods: This study used a descriptive cross sectional approach. In this study, researchers used non probability sampling with a total sampling approach technique. Where the number of samples was 65 respondents, the data were analyzed using the chisquare test.
Results: The results showed that respondents who had good knowledge were 48 people 73.8%), less knowledgeable 17 people (26.2%) while those who had positive behavior were 43 people (66.2%), behaving negatively 22 people (33.8%). Based on the results of statistical tests, the results obtained p-value = <0.05 with a value of r = 0.52.
Conclusion: There is no relationship between the level of knowledge and behavior of mothers and the incidence of pneumonia among children under five years old in the Lembang Health Center Working Area.