JURNAL KESEHATAN SURYA MEDIKA YOGYAKARTA

HUBUNGAN ANTARA TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN IBU TENTANG

IMUNISASI POLIO DENGAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN PASCA

IMUNISASI POLIO PADA ANAKNYA DI POSYANDU

MARGASARI TASIKMALAYA TAHUN 2007

Oleh : Ani Mashunatul Mahmudah dan Ai Susilowati1

ABSTRACT

Background: The purpose of the immunizing is degrading the painfulness number, death, and handicap by giving to immunize complete to baby before 1 year old. Data indicate that in Indonesia degradation of disease amount which can be prevented immunized is down. This efficacy is obtained from governmental hard work and participate the society. A lot of reason causing the happening of dread to mother in polio immunizes pasca to their children; one of them is mother’s knowledge about immunizing polio. This research aim to know whether there is relation between mother’s knowledge about polio immunization by dreading of mother in immunizing polio pasca to their children in Margasari clinic Tasikmalaya in 2007.

Methods: the method is using cross sectional. Subject of the research consists of 37 responder, result of research show the existence of the relation between mother’s knowledge about polio immunization by dreading of mother in immunizing polio pasca to their children, data analysis uses Spearman Rho technique, the result is - 0,658 by significant 0, 01 while examination result got = 0,000 that matter means there is relation meaning between them.

Result: There is positive relation between knowledge levels about polio immunizing with dread of mother re-polio immunizing pasca to child in Margasari clinic Tasikmalaya in 2007.

Keywords: knowledge, immunization, polio, dread.