MOTHER'S BEHAVIOR IN FEEDING TO TODDLERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED DIARRHEA IN TAMAN SIDOARJO HEALTH CENTER

Abstract

Abstract. Diarrheal disease is a major cause of death and morbidity in children under 5 years of age
in developing countries. One of the factors contributing to the high incidence of diarrhea is not
optimal knowledge about diarrhea, so that many cases of diarrhea that occur are actually caused by
inadequate knowledge of parents (mothers) of toddlers. The purpose of this study was to identify the
behavior of mothers in feeding toddlers who had experienced diarrhea. The technique used to take
samples is purposive sampling. Data collection used a questionnaire and then analyzed using
frequency distribution and percentage. The results of this study indicate that the behavior of mothers
in providing food based on how to prepare food ingredients for their toddlers who have experienced
diarrhea is mostly well behaved, based on how to process food ingredients for their toddlers who have
experienced diarrhea, less than half behaves poorly, based on how to serve food for their toddlers who
have experienced diarrhea. experiencing diarrhea mostly behave moderately. It is hoped that mothers
will seek information about proper and proper feeding, starting from preparing food ingredients,
processing food ingredients, to serving food so as to prevent diarrhea from poor food sanitation.
Keywords: Mother's Behavior, Feeding, Toddlers, Diarrhea.