ABSTRACT
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran praktek pemberian rehidrasioral (RO) pada balita diare. Disain cross sectional dan metode pengumpulan datawawancara dengan menggunakan kuesioner terujicoba digunakan pada 80 ibubalita (0-59 bulan) yang dipilih dengan tehnik simple random sampling. Hasilpenelitian mendapatkan 57,5% ibu balita melakukan praktek pemberian ROsecara adekuat pada balita diare. Persepsi kerentanan dan persepsi hambatanberhubungan dengan praktek pemberian RO, dimana ibu balita yangmempersepsikan balitanya rentan terhadap diare berpeluang memberikan ROhamper 3 kali dibanding yang mempersepsikan balitanya tidak rentan terhadapdiare, sedangkan ibu balita yang mempersepsikan tidak ada hambatan untukmemberikan RO pada balita diare berpeluang memberikan RO pada balitanyasebesar 13 kali dibanding ibu balita yang mempersepsikan adanya hambatan

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ABSTRACT
The aims of this study is to describe the mother’s practice on giving OralRehydration (OR) to under five (U-5) children who suffered diarrhea. Crosssectional design and interview method was used to collect the data from 80mothers of under five children that was selected by simple random samplingtechnique. The study result showed 57,5% mothers gave RO adequately to theirU-5 children who suffered diarrhea. Mother’s perception of susceptibility andbarrier related to their practices on giving RO to their U-5 children, whereasmothers who perceived their U-5 children susceptible to diarrhea likely give ROalmost 3 times than who perceived their U-5 children unsusceptible. Mothers whoperceived no barriers on giving RO to their U-5 children likely give RO 13 timesthan mothers who had barriers.