Hubungan Pemberian Susu Formula dengan Kejadian Diare pada Bayi 0-6 Bulan di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Tegalrejo Kabupaten Magelang Provinsi Jawa Tengah Tahun 2013

Abstract

Background : Babies who consume complementary feeding (MP-ASI) before the age of 6 months, are more prone of diarrhea, constipation, cough, runny nose, and heat than infants who are solely breastfed exclusively and get MP-ASI in a timely manner. When infant formula given to the baby instead of breast milk, side effects often affect with the baby's health. Method: This research is using analytical survey method, using the approach of cross-sectional survey, to explore how health phenomenon that happens, then analyzing the dynamics of the correlation between risk factors and factor in the effects of time together. The population in this study were infants aged 0-6 months in Puskesmas Tegalrejo Magelang. Proportional sampling method with random sampling and the number of samples in this study were 79 respondents. Results : There is a relationship between infant formula feeding with the incidence of diarrhea in infants 0-6 months infant formula given in the Work Area Health Center Tegalrejo Magelang regency with p value 0.000. Conclusion : There is a relationship between formula feeding with diarrhea in infants 0-6 months in the given formula. In other words, formula feeding in infants 0-6 months increase the risk of diarrhea in babies.

Keywords

• feeding infant formula
• diarrhea