ABSTRAK
ISPA adalah lima penyakit terbesar yang sering dialami oleh Balita. Komplikasi ISPA akan berdampak pada
kesehatan anak sehingga dibutuhkan upaya untuk mencegah ISPA. Pengetahuan ibu dan sikap yang baik
dapat membantu dalam melakukan upaya pencegahan ISPA. Kurang memadai informasi dan sikap yang
negatif terhadap ISPA akan mengurangi upaya ibu dalam pencegahan ISPA. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah
untuk mengetahui gambaran pengetahuan dan sikap ibu dalam pencegahan ispa pada balita di Puskesmas
Kuta Malaka Aceh Besar. Desain penelitian ini deskriptif. Penentuan jumlah sampling menggunakan
Accidental Sampling dengan jumlah populasi 153 orang dan sampel 60 orang. Instrumen pengumpulan data
adalah kuesioner yang terdiri dari 27 pernyataan. Pengumpulan data dilakukan pada tanggal 17 juli s/d 26
juli 2017. Hasil dari penelitian ini didapatkan gambaran pengetahuan ibu dalam pencegahan ISPA pada
balita di puskesmas Kuta Malaka Aceh Besar, berada pada kategori baik yaitu 31 dari 58 responden (53,4%).
Sikap ibu dalam pencegahan ISPA pada balita di puskesmas Kuta Malaka Aceh Besar berada pada kategori
positif yaitu 34 dari 58 responden dengan persentase (58,6%). Diharapkan pada perawat agar dapat
memberikan dukungan mental, dukungan informasi, serta pendidikan kesehatan kepada keluarga khusunya
ibu sehingga menjadi lebih baik lagi tingkat pengetahuan dan sikap dalam pencegahan ISPA.
ABSTRACT
Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) is one of five major diseases experienced by children under five years.
Since these infections negatively affect children’s health, preventive efforts are absolutely needed. In this
case, knowledge and attitude of mothers related to ARIs are quite helpful. The objective of this research was
to find out the overview of mothers’ knowledge and attitude in preventing acute respiratory infections in
under-5 children at Community Health Center (Puskesmas) of Kuta Malaka in Aceh Besar Regency. A
number of 60 of 153 population members were chosen as the respondents in this descriptive research by
means of accidental sampling technique. These respondents were the mothers who have children with acute
respiratory infections and visited Community Health Center (Puskesmas) of Kuta Malaka. This research was
conducted after it has passed the ethics assessment in order to respect the respondents’ confidentiality. A 27-
item questionniare was used as the research instrument. The data were collected from July 17 to July 24,
2017. The results indicated that the overview of mothers’ knowledge in preventing acute respiratory
infections in under-5 children at Community Health Center (Puskesmas) of Kuta Malaka in Aceh Besar
Regency of 31 respondents (53.4%) was in good category and the overview of mothers’ attitude in
preventing acute respiratory infections in under-5 children at Community Health Center (Puskesmas) of
Kuta Malaka in Aceh Besar Regency of 34 respondents (58.6%) was in positive category. It is suggested that
the nurses working at the Community Health Center keep giving mental and informational support as well
as health education to a family’s members especially mothers so that knowledge and attitude of them related
to preventive efforts of ARIs would be much better.