Article Sidebar

Submitted
4 November 2016
Accepted
4 November 2016
Published
15 November 2016
Download
PDF
Statistic
Read Counter : 2173 Download : 2225

Main Article Content

Abstract

Pneumonia is an acute infection disease which remains the main killer of children under 5 years old worldwide. Based on Unicef's report, 17% of all children death is caused by pneumonia. Indonesia was in 10th position of the highest incidence of pneumonia and diarrhea which caused the death of children under 5 years old in 2013. In Gane Luar Public Health Center, there were at least 3 patients with pneumonia every month during 2014. The risk factors are less exclusive breastfeeding, malnutrition, low birth weight, less coverage of measles vaccine, indoor air pollution, and the high level of occupation density. The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between exclusive breastfeeding, nutrition status, the type of house flooring, and pneumonia incidence in children under 5 in working area of Gane Luar Public Health Center, South Halmahera. A case control study was conducted to each 25 samples of case and control which were collected by simple random sampling technique during July-December 2014. Data were collected through a questionnaire using interview method, observation, and physical examination, and then it's analyzed by Regression Logistic, Chi Square, and Odds ratio to check for strength of association between variables at 95% confidence level. The results indicated that nutrition status was significantly related to Pneumonia incidence (p = 0.019 ; OR 3.795), however exclusive breastfeeding (p = 0.29) and type of house flooring (p = 0.086) weren't. In conclusion, the nutrition status was significantly related to the incidence of Pneumonia in working area of Gane Luar Public Health Center.

Keywords

pneumonia exclusive breastfeeding nutrition status type of house flooring children under 5 years old risk factor case control

Article Details

License

  • Folia Medica Indonesiana is a scientific peer-reviewed article which freely available to be accessed, downloaded, and used for research purposes. Folia Medica Indonesiana (p-ISSN: 2541-1012; e-ISSN: 2528-2018) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Manuscripts submitted to Folia Medica Indonesiana are published under the terms of the Creative Commons License. The terms of the license are:

    Attribution ” You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

    NonCommercial ” You may not use the material for commercial purposes.

    ShareAlike ” If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

    No additional restrictions ” You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

    You  are free to :

    Share ” copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.

    Adapt ” remix, transform, and build upon the material.

How to Cite
Wicaksono, H. (2016). NUTRITIONAL STATUS AFFECTS INCIDENCE OF PNEUMONIA IN UNDERFIVES. Folia Medica Indonesiana, 51(4), 285–291. https://doi.org/10.20473/fmi.v51i4.2861
Download Citation
Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS)
BibTeX

References

  1. Anggrita K (2009). Hubungan karakteristik ibu menyusui terhadap pemberian ASI eksklusif di wilayah kerja puskesmas Medan Amplas. Bachelor Thesis. Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, p 5
  2. Caulfield LE, de Onis M, Blössner M, Black RE (2004). Undernutrition as an underlying cause of child deaths associated with diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria, and measles. Am J Clin Nutr 80, 193-198
  3. César JA, Victora CG, Barros FC, Santos IS, Flores JA (1999). Impact of breast feeding on admission for pneumonia during postneonatal period in Brazil: nested case-control study. BMJ 318, 1316-1320
  4. Direktorat Jendral Pengendalian Penyakit dan Penyehatan Lingkungan 2013. ‘Pedoman Pengendalian Infeksi Saluran Pernafasan Akut', Kemenkes RI, Jakarta, pp. vii,1,5, 14, 15.
  5. Fulhan, Kostka J (2006), ‘Breastfeeding'. In: Manual of Pediatric Nutrition. Third Edition , p. 86.
  6. International Vaccine Access Center (2013). Pneumonia and Diarrhea Progress Report 2013, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, p 6
  7. Katona P and Katona-Apte J (2008). The interaction between nutrition and infection. Clin Infect Dis 46, 1582-1588
  8. Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia (2013). Report on Result of National Basic Health Research (RISKESDAS 2013), Jakarta, Departemen Kesehatan Republik Indonseia, p 9 and 101
  9. Story L and Parish T (2008). Breastfeeding helps prevent two major infant illness. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice 6
  10. Tomkins A and Watson F (1993). Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper. Switzerland: World Health Organization. Available from http://www.unscn.org/ layout/modules/resources/files/Policy_paper_No_5.pdf. Accessed February 5, 2014, p 8
  11. Unicef (2009). Pneumonia-the number 1 killer of young children. Global Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Pneumonia (GAPP), p 5
  12. Yuwono TA (2008). Faktor-faktor lingkungan fisik rumah yang berhubungan dengan kejadian pneumonia pada anak balita di wilayah kerja puskesmas Kawunganten kabupaten Cilacap. Master Thesis. Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, p 65-73