The poor quality of exclusive breastfeeding in Indonesia, the limited food supply at the household and the limited access to health care services caused 5 million children to suffer from malnutrition. (2013) using the Chi-Square hypothesis test results obtained there are differences in the incidence of diarrhea in 0–6 months old infants who are exclusively breastfed and those who are breastfed with early supplementary food. Second, infants aged 6–12 months who get formula milk that have a history of recurrent diarrhea. First, the majority of diarrhea occurrences in 6- to 12-month-old infants who are exclusively breastfed have a history of non-recurring diarrhea. Maki, et al., with Mann Whitney analysis, states there are differences in the incidence of diarrhea. There are several factors that influence the occurrence of diarrhea in infants.
Every child in Indonesia experiences 1.6–2 episodes of diarrhea per year (Survey of Diarrhea morbidity and knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors carried out by the Indonesian Ministry of Health in 2000 found that diarrhea morbidity for all ages in East Java was 283 per 1,000 population, while episodes in infants were 1.3 times per year. According to Sukersa (2001), diarrhea outbreaks in Indonesia are the second largest causes of death for children and third largest causes of death for infants and fifth largest causes of death for all ages, around 162 thousand children die every year or around 460 children every day. World Health Organization (WHO) stated that diarrhea kills 2 million children each year. Zinc is used to increase the availability of zinc in the body which helps the healing process of diarrhea. ORS is used for rehydration for the people that suffers from diarrhea. ORS and zinc can be used as first aid to treat diarrhea. When observed from the occupational group that suffers from diarrhea, farmers/fishermen/laborers have the highest proportion compared to other occupation.
Infants are an age group that is very susceptible to diarrhea.
Based on the health profile of Pasuruan Regency in 2015 and the number of patient visits to the Puskesmas, diarrhea was in the eighth position out of the top 10 diseases. East Java is among the 13 provinces with the highest incidence of diarrhea, which is 6.6 percent. The five provinces with the highest incidence of diarrhea are Aceh (10.2 percent), Papua (9.6 percent), DKI Jakarta (8.9 percent), South Sulawesi (8.1 percent), and Banten (8 percent). According to the results of the Health Research in 2013 by Indonesian Ministry of Health, the Prevalence Period of diarrhea is 3.5 percent. A person will be indicated with diarrhea if the person defecated more than three times a day with watery feces, can be accompanied by blood or mucus. Many factors that influence health problems include poor environmental conditions, lack of public awareness for healthy living, and lack of health services available in the community.ĭiarrhea is a one form of bowel disorders. Examples of non-communicable diseases are asthma, hypertension, coronary heart disease, kidney disease, and others.
While non-communicable diseases are diseases that cannot be transmitted from one person to another. Examples of infectious diseases are Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI), diarrhea, malaria, HIV/AIDS, and others. Based on the media or mode of transmission, infectious diseases can be divided into three, namely through the airborne, foodborne, waterborne, and others transmission, and through vectors. Health problems in Indonesia are very complex, ranging from infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases.