Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan Keperawatan, Volume 7, No. 2, Juni 2011HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN IBU TENTANG SANITASI MAKANANDENGAN KEJADIAN DIARE PADA BALITA DI LINGKUP KERJAPUSKESMAS KLIRONG IWiwin Puji Astuti1, Herniyatun2, Hendri Tamara Yudha31,2,3Jurusan Keperawatan STIKes Muhammadiyah !m"!n#ABSTRACT$iarrhe is a seri!us pu"%i& hea%th pr!"%em "e&ause the m!rta%ity rate due t! diarrhea issti%% hi#h, espe&ia%%y in 'a%ita ()hi%dren under *i+e a#e,- Kn!w%ed#e !* *!!d sanitati!n is usedas a "asis and e**!rts aimed at hy#iene and *!!d sa*ety in !rder n!t t! &ause t!.i&ity andhuman disease, espe&ia%%y a"!ut the diarrhea- This study is t! *ind !ut &!rre%ati!n "etweenm!thers /n!w%ed#e a"!ut *!!d sanitati!n with diarrhea &ase !&&uran&e !* 'a%ita in K%ir!n# I)!mmunity Hea%th )enter w!r/ area- The type !* the resear&h iscase controlwithretrospectiveappr!a&h- P!pu%ati!n in this study were m!thers wh! ha+e &hi%dren wh! e+erhad treatment K%ir!n# I )!mmunity Hea%th )enter- The samp%es were ta/en "y purposivesampling te&hni0ue- There were 12 resp!ndents used as the samp%es that de+ided as &asesp!pu%ati!n(33resp!ndents!* 'a%itaswh!su**ereddiarrhea, and&!ntr!% p!pu%ati!n(33resp!ndents !* 'a%itas wh! ne+er su**ered *r!m diarrhea,- The data were ana%ysed "y usin#chi square test- )hi S0uare .2 &!unt resu%t sh!wed that 4-543 6 7-881 *r!m the . ta"%e- Itmeansthat thereisa&!rre%ati!n"etwenm!ther9s/n!w%ed#ea"!ut *!!dsanitati!nwithdiarrhea &ase !&&uran&e in 'a%ita-Sanitati!n /n!w%ed#e &an in*%uen&e the diarrhea !&&uran&e-Keywors. !iarrhea, toler"#alita, $oo sanitationPENDAHULUANPem"an#unan /esehatan di arah/anuntu/ men&apai Ind!nesia sehat 2515den#an harapan dimana semua %apisanmasyara/at Ind!nesia dapat "erperi%a/uhidup "ersih dan sehat- $iare dide*inisi/anse"a#ai penin#/atan*re/uensi, /een&erandan+!%umetinja- $iareada%ah"uan#air"esar yan# tida/ n!rma% atau "entu/ tinjayan# en&er den#an *re/uensi %e"ih "anya/dari "iasanya ('ehrman, 2555,- $iaremerupa/an /eadaan dimana tinjanya en&er,dan dapat "er&ampur darah dan %endir-$iare dapat menya"a"/an &airan tu"uhter/uras /e%uar me%a%ui tinja- 'i%apenderitadiare"anya/se/a%i /ehi%an#an&airan tu"uh ma/a ha% ini dapatmenye"a"/an /ematian (:mmuau%ia,2552,- Penya/it diare pada "ayi dan ana/dapat menim"u%/an dampa/ yan# ne#ati*,yaitu dapat men#ham"at pr!ses tum"uh/em"an#ana/yan#padaa/hirnyadapatmenurun/an /ua%itas hidup ana/- MenurutWidjaja (2552,, penya/it diare merupa/anmasa%ah/esehatanmasyara/at- Penderitadiare di wi%ayah Ind!nesia pada tahun2555 yan# tertin##i ada%ah di daerahKa%imantanSe%atanya/ni sejum%ah1-433!ran#, 'a%i 144 !ran#, Su%awesi :tara 315!ran#, Su%awesi Se%atan 115 !ran#,Su%awesi Ten##ara 117 !ran# dan JawaTen#ah 22 !ran#- Mes/ipun jum%ahpenderita di Jawa Ten#ah mendudu/iurutan /e 2 namun an#/a /ematianmendudu/i perin#/at /e 3- 'adan statisti/menunju//an "ahwa setiap tahun diaremenyeran# 75 juta pendudu/ Ind!nesiadan2;3nyaada%ah'a%itaden#an/!r"anmenin##a% se/itar155-555jiwa(Widjaja,2552,- 'anya/ *a/t!r yan# dapatmenye"a/an diare, diantaranya ada%ah