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Behavioral prevention of family toward typhoid fever among children in Kassi-kassi public health center working area at Makassar city 2014-2015
Putri A.
ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Abstract
The aim of this study to determine relationship between behavioral prevention of family toward typhoid fever among children in Kassi-Kassi Public Health Center (Puskesmas) working area at Makassar city. The study was used analytical survey research with cross sectional research design. The population for this study was all parents especially mother of children aged between 5 and 14 years old who suffered typhoid fever and had medical record in Puskesmas. The sample sizes were 124 respondents by using exhaustive sampling technique. The result found there was significant relationship between personal hygiene behavior (p=0.000), environmental sanitation behavior (p=0.004), drinking water provision behavior (p=0.0220, food provision behavior (p=0.000) on the incidence of typhoid fever in children.