ABSTRAK
Latar Belakang: Keberhasilan program imunisasi pentavalen lanjutan ditentukan oleh cakupan imunisasi pentavalen lanjutan. Kurangnya pengetahuan ibu mengenai imunisasi pentavalen lanjutan merupakan faktor penyebab rendahnya cakupan imunisasi pentavalen lanjutan. Penyuluhan imunisasi pentavalen lanjutan dapat digunakan sebagai upaya untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan ibu mengenai imunisasi pentavalen lanjutan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh penyuluhan terhadap pengetahuan ibu tentang imunisasi pentavalen lanjutan pada batita di kelurahan Keprabon Surakarta.
Metode: Desain penelitian ini menggunakan eksperimen semu dengan pendekatan non randomized control group pretest posttest design. Sampel penelitian adalah ibu yang memiliki anak batita berjumlah 64 responden. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan sampel jenuh. Alat ukur yang digunakan yaitu kuesioner. Analisis data menggunakan uji Mann-Whitney.
Hasil: Hasil analisis uji Mann-Whitney diperoleh hasil p value = 0,000.
Simpulan: Ada pengaruh penyuluhan terhadap pengetahuan ibu tentang imunisasi pentavalen lanjutan pada batita di kelurahan Keprabon Surakarta.
Kata Kunci: Penyuluhan, Pengetahuan Ibu, Imunisasi Pentavalen Lanjutan
ABSTRACT
Background: The successfulness of advanced pentavalent immunization program is determined by its coverage. The mothers’ less knowledge of it is a factor to its low coverage. Thus, the extension on the immunization can be used as an effort of improving the mothers’ knowledge of such advanced pentavalent immunization.
Objective: To investigate the effect of extension on the mothers’ knowledge of advanced pentavalent immunization of the toddlers under three years of age in Keprabon Ward, Surakarta.
Method: This research used the quasi experimental method with the non randomized control group pretest posttest design. The samples of research were the mothers whose toddlers were under three-years old. They consisted of 64 respondents and were taken by using the total sampling technique. The data of research were collected through questionnaire and analyzed by using the Mann-Whitney’s Test.
Result: The result of research shows that the p-value based on the Mann-Whitney’s Test was 0.000.
Conclusion: There was an effect of extension on the mothers’ knowledge of advanced pentavalent immunization of the toddlers less under three years of age in Keprabon Ward, Surakarta.
Keywords: Extension, Mothers’ knowledge, advanced pentavalent immunization