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Background: Febrile seizure associated with a fever of 38oC or higher that triggers by the extracranial process without manifestation of neurologic dysfunction. The majority of parents suffer from stress and anxiety of febrile seizure occurrences. Adequate knowledge of febrile seizure is significant to provide initial medical care required during febrile seizure occurrences. Hence, this study aimed to know the knowledge level of febrile seizure on preschooler among parent in Nuansa Udayana Siligita Early Childhood Education School, Nusa Dua Badung. Method:  A purposive sampling technique employed to select 123 study participants. Data collected by a questionnaire that distributed to the participant through the google-form platform. The analysis used is univariate. Results: Results revealed that the participant’s knowledge classified in the good, moderate, and low category with a total of 81 participants (79.0%), 22 participants (21.0%), and 0 participants (0.0 %), respectively.  Conclusion: The level of knowledge of febrile seizure on preschoolers among parent Nuansa Udayana Siligita Early Childhood Education School classified in the good category. We suggest the parent improve their knowledge of febrile seizure to deliver initial proper medical care during febrile seizure occurrences or recurrences in their home or school.  

The health profile book for the province of East Kalimantan in 2016 Sickness Rate (Morbidity) describes the incidence of disease in a population over a certain period of time, which can be in the form of incidence rates or prevalence rates of a disease. The morbidity rate also plays a role in assessing the health status of the community. Data on population morbidity comes from the community (community based data) obtained through a morbidity study, and the results of data collection from the District/City Health Office, the health program manager at the provincial level. The morbidity rate in 2013 was 11.74 and decreased in 2014 to 9.18 and increased in 2016 to 11.90. (Dinkes: 2016) The implementation of PHBS is low, because there are still many students who eat snacks carelessly and there is still garbage scattered in the school yard. The UKS exists but the program does not run due to the lack of supporting facilities, and their lack of knowledge regarding how to wash hands properly and correctly. Aims to increase the knowledge of elementary school students in clean and healthy living behavior through the Socialization of Clean and Healthy Life Behavior (PHBS) with the Three Thumb system, Provide understanding and awareness to elementary school students about the importance of the school PHBS program Able to reduce morbidity due to lack personal hygiene in the school environment. The method used in this activity is the lecture method, demonstration method and practical method, data collection techniques, namely the initial test and the final test. The result is that there is an increase of 21% of students' knowledge of the importance of PHBS.

Pulmonary tuberculosis is an infectious infectious disease caused by bacteria, which can attack the respiratory system, namely the lungs. This disease annually contributes to the highest mortality in the world, including one of developing countries. To achieve successful treatment, patients must patiently take TB drugs thoroughly. There are several factors that influence the failure of treatment, namely from the patient himself, education, knowledge, and other social support.  The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of knowledge and motivation to adherence to taking medication for pulmonary tuberculosis patients in hospitals. H.Adam Malik in 2020.This type of research is descriptive correlation with cross sectional research design. The number of samples was 31 from April to June 2020. The research was conducted at RSUP. H. Adam Malik  at TB Polyclinic. Bivariate analysis using the chi-square test to determine the relationship of Knowledge and Motivation to medication adherence in pulmonary TB patients.  Based on a hypothesis test using chi-square with a confidence level of 95%, there was no significant relationship between knowledge and medication adherence (p = 0.473). There was a significant relationship between motivation and medication adherence (p = 0.001). The conclusion of this study is that there is no relationship of knowledge with adherence to taking medication and there is a relationship of motivation with adherence to taking medication in TB patients.

Background: The emergency Room (IGD) is one of the main doors in emergency assistance in patient survival. One of the conditions that require emergency treatment is a fracture. Purpose: This research aims to determine the factors that influence the actions of nurses in handling emergency fracture patients. Methods:The research design used was observational non-experimental with a cross-sectional approach. The research sample is the nurse in the Emergency Unit. Data processing was arranged by the data group and data analysis using the SPSS program computer and presented in tables and frequencies Results: The results showed that there was a significant relationship between the level of knowledge, level of experience and level of training in emergency management (<0.05) of fracture patients at Tk.II Pelamonia Hospital Makassar. Conclusion: the factors that influence the emergency management of fracture patients are knowledge, training and experience.

One effort that can be done to control breast cancer is to carry out primary prevention such as controlling risk factors and increasing communication, information and education. Secondary prevention is carried out through early detection of breast cancer, namely breast self-examination (BSE). This study aims to determine the level of knowledge and attitudes of young women about early detection of breast cancer through self-examination (breast self-examination) in the working area of ​​the Ujung Kubu Health Center, Batubara Regency in 2022. This study used a collaborative research design with a cross-sectional approach. With a total population of all young women in the Working Area of ​​the Ujung Kubu Health Center, Batubara Regency, namely 130 pure women with a sample of 58 using the simple random sampling method. Data collection in March-June 2022. This analysis was carried out to test the hypothesis using the Chi Square test at significant and if the p-value < 0.05. Based on the results of the study between knowledge and BSE actions, the Chi Square statistical test obtained a p value = 0.010 so that p <0.05. And the attitude with the BSE action that the Chi Square statistical test obtained a p value = 0.038 so that p <0.05 then H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. There is a Relationship between Knowledge and Attitudes of Young Women About Early Detection of Breast Cancer Through Self-Examination (Breast Self-Examination) in the Working Area of ​​the Ujung Kubu Health Center, Batubara Regency in 2022. It is hoped that this can be one of the therapies given to young women to prevent breast cancer from being carried out as early as possible.    

The decrease in blood donors at UTD PMI occurred during the pandemic by 30% while the need for people who needed blood increased.  Youth is a group of potential donors.  Based on the results of a preliminary study, 90.3% of youth in Terong Dlingo Village Bantul have never donated blood.  Knowledge is closely related to the awareness of donating blood.  The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between knowledge and interest in blood donation among youth in Sendangsari Hamlet during a pandemic.  The type of research used is an analytic survey with a cross sectional design.  The sample technique chosen is total sampling.  The results of the correlation test using the Kendall's tau-b test with a significance level of 5% there is a significant relationship between knowledge and interest in donating blood (p-value 0.006) and the correlation coefficient value of 0.314 which means it has a fairly strong close relationship.  There is a significant relationship between knowledge and interest in donating blood during the pandemic in youth in Sendangsari Hamlet, Terong Kapanewon Village, Dlingo, Bantul in 2021.  

One of the tests that measures intelligence is the IST Test with 9 sub tests, and one of the sub tests in it is the last sub test, namely ME (Merkaufgaben). This subtest measures memory. This memory is closely related to attention and the ability to remember. Memory can be said to be sharp or dull when viewed from the accuracy, thoroughness or outline, or shallowness of the memory content. Estimates, feelings, emotions, affection, hopes and desires; Also plays a role in memory function. In this research, the researcher took only one thing, namely memory ability, the sample was carried out on psychology students in semesters 4, 6, 8, totaling 98 students. Using descriptive research methods. The aim of this research is to see a picture of the memory level of Psychology students at the Main Potential University in the morning and evening students because memory is very important for their ongoing learning process. Recall or memory is a mental process that an individual has to code, store, maintain and remember information, knowledge or past experiences in the brain which can be recalled for use some time later. This research approach uses a 6 minute test, then scoring based on morning and evening groups and based on semester level. Tests are given based on each class, the morning class is carried out during the morning class at 09.00 and the evening class is carried out at 18.00. The results obtained were that the superior level of memory was found in semester 8 students at 17.3%, semester 6 at 11.2%, semester 4 at 7.14%. High average memory level at semester 8 at 13.26% and semester 6 at 9.1% and semester 4 at 13.26%. 7 is 7.14% Average memory level is located in semester 6 with 14, namely 14.26% and semester 4 with 10, namely 10.20% and semester 8, namely 3, is 3.06%. Low Average level of memory is located in semester 6, namely 7, namely 7.14% and semester 6. of 6, namely 1.12% and semester 8 of 1 with 1.02%. The highest level of superior memory based on morning and evening classes is in semester 8 of the evening class, 17.34%. These results are useful in the future and need to be improved in upgrading memory to be able to carry out daily learning activities.

Green chemistry studies generally include effective concepts and approaches to prevent environmental pollution caused by toxic and hazardous chemical products and processes. Green chemistry based chemistry learning becomes one of the methods that can be used as an approach to prevent pollution caused by chemicals. Laboratory activities attempt to use the principle of green chemistry that can be done by reducing, eliminating or using toxic and hazardous chemicals used in an experiment to reduce levels of pollutants and waste volumes. As educators in the implementation of chemistry learning is expected to have the knowledge, insight, and skills in applying the principles of green chemistry.    

Emergency is defined as a condition that can threaten the safety of life if it is not treated immediately, and this can happen to anyone, anywhere and anytime. First aid is the immediate and temporary care given to a person. Health education with educational method is defined as a method that can increase the insight and knowledge. The objective of this study is to determine the effect of emergency First Aid education on fracture management knowledge in the community around STIKES Muhammadiyah Manado.The research design used was a quasi-experiment, with a one group posttest research design. In this study, the research sample selected was 12 research respondents, in the selection using random sampling. In collecting research data, this was conducted by distributing research questionnaires to the research respondents. Then, the research data that has been collected is processed using with the Mc-Nemar’s test, with a value level of a ≤ 0.05.The results of this study indicate that there is an effect of emergency first aid on fracture management knowledge with value of p = 0,004 where p value is smaller than a = 0.05. There is an effect of education on the effect of emergency First Aid education on knowledge of fracture management in lay people or the community around the STIKES Muhammadiyah Manado.  

Background: Sexually Transmitted Infections are diseases that are transmitted through sexual contact. Most of the sufferers of this disease are adolescents aged 15-24 years. The high risk factor for this disease is adolescents because of the usual premarital sexual behavior. Sexuall transmission disease are still a health problem in various countries. One of the reasons is the relatively low level of adolescent knowledge. The purpose of this study was to describe the level of adolescent knowledge about sexually transmitted infections in SMA Negeri 1 Singaraja. Method:  This research uses descriptive method with survey approach. The population in this study were teenagers in SMA Negeri 1 Singaraja with a sample of 293 samples. The sampling technique used in this study was simple random sampling. The measuring instrument in this study used a closed questionnaire with 30 questions. The data is then processed using SPSS. The data analysis method in this research is qualitative data analysis method. Results: The results of the 293 respondents, the knowledge of adolescents about sexually transmitted infections were mostly in the good category. Adolescents with a good level of knowledge were 260 respondents (88.7%), 30 respondents (10.2%) in moderate category, and 3 respondents (1.0%) in poor category. Conclusion: The majority of adolescents' knowledge level about sexually transmitted infections in SMA Negeri 1 Singaraja was in the good category as many as 260 respondents (88.7%). The results of this study are expected to be input for adolescents to always pay attention to their health and as an effort to prevent sexually transmitted infections.

Pulmonary TB is an airborne infectious disease that mostly attacks the lungs. Knowledge is information that is captured by the five human senses, then developed through language and ways of thinking. Noncompliance and lack of understanding of the community in the use of drugs is one of the causes of therapy failure. Providing knowledge and understanding of patients in the use of drugs will have an impact on medication adherence and success in using drugs for therapy. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between knowledge and attitudes of pulmonary TB patients with adherence to taking anti-tuberculosis drugs at the Kombos Health Center Manado City. This study uses an analytical descriptive research design with a cross-sectional approach. The sampling technique in this study used a sampling technique using total sampling with a total of 42 respondents. The data collection technique was carried out using a questionnaire and using the Chi-Square test with a significance level of a = 0.05. The results of the study respondents had a low level of knowledge on medication adherence with a p value = 0.00, and had a low attitude towards medication adherence with a p value = 0.032. The conclusion of this study is that there is a relationship between knowledge and attitudes of pulmonary TB patients with adherence to taking anti-tuberculosis drugs at the Kombos Health Center Manado City.

Hypertension or often also called high blood pressure can also be defined as persistent blood pressure, where the systolic pressure is above 140 mmHg and the diastolic pressure is 100 mmHg. In 2018 North Sulawesi was recorded as the first rank with hypertension sufferers with a total of 13.5% or around 315 thousand people and Manado City ranked second with the number of cases reaching 1,541. The purpose of this study is to find out whether there is an effect on health education by poster media on the knowledge of hypertension management in the community in the village of Ternate, Tanjung. The research design is using proposive sampling in determining the sample size, and finding a sample of 15 people to be taken and using the Mc Nemar test to get the results. This research is classified as a quasi-experimental pre and post test design. From the results using the McNemar test, it appears that there are changes before and after the counseling is given, where there are 11 people whose level of knowledge increases after being given counseling with a percentage of 73.3%. given health education with poster media in the kelurahan ternate tanjung and analyzed before and after the influence on public knowledge with poster media in the Kelurahan Ternate Tanjung.

Patient safety is a basic thing in the quality of health and nursing services. During the handover process, a nurse must be as effective as possible, as clearly as possible, as short as possible and as comprehensively as possible regarding nurses' independent and collaborative actions. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the role and function of the head of the room with the quality of handovers at Tk.II Robert Wolter Mongisidi Hospital Manado. This research method uses descriptive analytic with a cross sectional approach where the independent and dependent variables are studied simultaneously. The sample of respondents as many as 32 people using random sampling. Data collection using a questionnaire sheet. Analyzed with Chi Square ? 0.05 statistical test. The results of the study obtained p value = 0.036, where p value = 0.000, which is smaller than = 0.05, meaning that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted or there is a relationship between the role and the quality of handovers at Tk.II Robert Wolter Mongisidi Hospital Manado. p value = 0.000 where p value = 0.000 which is smaller than = 0.05 meaning that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted or there is a relationship between function and handover quality at Tk.II Robert Wolter Mongisidi Hospital Manado The conclusion of this study is that there is a relationship between the role and function of the head of the room with the quality of handover at the Tk.II Robert Wolter Mongisidi Hospital, Manado. Suggestions from the results of this study can be used as input for hospital considerations that are used to improve health services and design nursing service policies in terms of patient handover by conducting ongoing education or training so that the level of knowledge and nursing actions becomes better.

Status Gizi merupakan unsur yang sangat penting bagi kesehatan lansia. Lansia adalah seseorang yang telah mencapai usia 50 tahun ke atas dan rentan terhadap gizi. Asupan energi yang cukup dan seimbang memegang peranan yang sangat penting dalam status gizi dan kesehatan lansia dalam jangka panjang. Tujuan dari kegiatan ini adalah untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan gizi lansia dan mengukur status gizi lansia. Kegiatan sosialisasi masalah gizi lansia telah dilakukan di Desa Jetis Kadipiro, Surakarta yang diikuti oleh 17 lansia dengan rentang usia 50-65 tahun. Ada dua kegiatan utama yaitu edukasi gizi pada lansia menggunakan media leaflet dan power point, dan mengukur status gizi berdasarkan berat badan menggunakan timbangan digital stamping dan tinggi badan menggunakan mikrotoa kemudian menghitung indeks massa tubuh atau IMT untuk mengetahui status gizi lansia, dari pretest dan posttest yang dilakukan pada saat pemberian pendidikan gizi terjadi peningkatan pengetahuan pada lansia. Ditemukan juga bahwa rata-rata kategori status gizi lansia adalah obesitas. Hal ini tidak berbanding lurus dengan hasil pretest dan posttest yang menunjukkan tingkat pengetahuan lansia rata-rata berada pada kategori baik. Upaya yang perlu dilakukan adalah pengaturan jenis dan pola makan yang sesuai dengan kebutuhan tubuh lansia. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa pemberian edukasi dan penilaian status gizi sangat penting karena dapat meningkatkan derajat kesehatan lansia. Adanya pendidikan gizi dan pengkajian status gizi dapat memberikan pemahaman tentang jenis dan pola asupan gizi yang tepat pada lansia.

Background: Diabetes Mellitus is a degenerative disease caused by changes in lifestyle such as diet can play a role in increasing blood glucose levels. This change in lifestyle is due to a lack of patient knowledge about DM management, leading to failure in DM management and complications for type II DM. The purpose of this study to determine the level of knowledge of Type 2 Diabetes Militus patients in RSUD Wangaya Kota Denpasar. Method: The method used in the study is to use descriptive methods. The study population was patients visiting the Wangaya Hospital Polyclinic in Denpasar City with medical diagnosis of type II DM. The research sample of 30 respondents with purposive sampling. The data obtained from the questionnaire that had previously been tested for validity and reliability. Then the data is analyzed univariately to see the patient demographic characteristics and is presented in the frequency distribution. Results: the results of the study obtained the level of patient knowledge about management of Type 2 DM (73.3%) in either category. When viewed by the DM management component, the patient's knowledge of DM (63.3%) is sufficiently knowledgeable, the patient's knowledge of diet (63.3%) is good, the DM patient's knowledge of medicine (90.0%) is well-informed and knowledgeable DM patients about physical exercise (60.0%) lack knowledge. Conclusion: knowledge of type II DM patients about DM management as a whole is well known, but when elaborated the components of DM management which consist of the concept of disease from type II DM, diet, medication and physical exercise are not fully well known.Keywords: Type 2 diabetes mellitus; DM management; Knowledge

Background: The prevalence of anemia in adolescent girls in Indonesia according to WHO reaches 30%, and in the 2013 Riskesdas report recorded 18.4% of adolescents have anemia with the highest percentage in the female sex of 23.9%. Anemia in adolescents can cause delay in physical growth and behavior and emotional disorders. This study aims to determine the relationship between knowledge about anemia and nutritional status with the incidence of anemia in young women in Badung Regency. Method: This study uses analytic cross sectional design with a sample of 106 adolescent girls aged 15-18 years in high school, Badung Regency. Data collection was carried out directly on respondents in each school, for anemia data was collected by examining blood samples or hematology panels (hemograms) with an Hematology Autoanalyzer tool, data on knowledge of anemia was carried out by means of interviews using questionnaire guidelines, and nutritional status data was carried out by how to measure anthropometry (body weight and height) to get a IMT value. The analysis conducted is univariate analysis to determine the distribution and frequency of variables and bivariate analysis using the Kai-Kuadrat/Chi-Square test with the help of the SPSS program. Result: The prevalence of anemia in young women is 13.2%. Most had normal nutritional status of 77.4%, while others were categorized as abnormal / malnutrition (2.8% thin, 17.0% fat, 2.8% obese). For the level of knowledge obtained, the majority of 77.4% have a good level of knowledge in the category of anemia. Kai-Square / Chi-Square test results showed that, there was a significant relationship between knowledge about anemia and anemia in adolescent girls (95% CI: 1.93-20.77; p = 0.003). There was no significant relationship between nutritional status and anemia in adolescent girls (p = 0.301). Conclusion: Poor knowledge about anemia is associated with the incidence of anemia in young women, whereas nutritional status is not related to the incidence in young women. It is expected that related parties make a policy regarding anemia screening and education activities especially for young women. Keywords: Anemia; Knowledge; Nutritional status

Background: Level knowledge is the result sensing human or result know someone towards an object in oder to know different once with trust, superstition, and are fallible. Where as behavior is action or deed an organism observable even learning. Diabetes Mellitus is disease metabolic to characteristic of hiperglikemia which occurs because abnormality secretion insulin, work insulin or whether both research aims to know relations level knowledge by behavior diet in patiens diabetes mellitus in Polyclinic Internal in Rumah Sakit Tingkat II Udayana. Method: This research uses descriptive correlation design with cross sectional approach, the number of samples cases wholly is 30 respondents taken by means consecutive sampling. Analyzed data in bivariat by test spearman rho. Results: The result showed that most respondent having a level knowledge enough, namely 15 people (50,0%) and behavior diet enough, namely 17 people (56,7%). The result analysis bivariat obtained value p=0,000 < ? (0,05) with price r count (0,683) > r table (0,361). Conclusion: Concluded that a significant relation exists between the level of knowledge in patiens with the diet of diabetes mellitus, where by a level close correlation coefficient is a strong positive correlation.Key words: Knowledge; Behavior; Diabetes Mellitus

Background: Tuberculosis is a major public health problem and Indonesia's future threat. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that Asia is one of the regions with the highest spread of TB in the world. And Indonesia is the third largest contributor in the world with 539,000 cases and 101,000 deaths per year. This study aims to describe the level of knowledge of tuberculosis patients about preventing tuberculosis transmission. Methods: This study uses descriptive analytical design with Cross Sectional approach. The sample in this study were patients who underwent tuberculosis examination and treatment at the Blahbatuh Health Center II in Gianyar Regency, amounting to 30 people, using the Nonprobability sampling sampling technique namely Total sampling. Data collection was carried out by interview using questionnaire guidelines which included prevention of tuberculosis transmission. The data obtained then carried out descriptive statistical analysis using the SPSS program. Results: Based on the analysis of the characteristics of respondents obtained that of the 30 respondents studied, as many as 12 people (40%) respondents aged 41-50 years, 15 people (50%) respondents attended education up to high school (SMA), and as many as 11 people (37%) respondents work in the private sector. Descriptive analysis on the level of knowledge about prevention of tuberculosis transmission found that, as many as 16 people (54%) had a good level of knowledge, 10 people (33%) respondents had sufficient level of knowledge, and 4 people (13%) had less knowledge. Conclusion: Most respondents (54%) had a good level of knowledge, 33% had sufficient level of knowledge and only 13% of respondents had insufficient knowledge about preventing tuberculosis transmission. It is expected that the related parties will be more aggressive in promoting tuberculosis, especially for sufferers and their family members.Keywords: Level of Knowledge; Tuberculosis; Prevention of Transmission   ABSTRAKLatar belakang: Penyakit tuberkulosis merupakan masalah utama kesehatan masyarakat dan ancaman masa depan Indonesia. World Health Organization (WHO), menyatakan Asia termasuk kawasan dengan penyebaran TBC tertinggi di dunia. Dan Indonesia merupakan penyumbang terbesar ke-3 di dunia dengan 539.000 kasus dan 101.000 kematian pertahun. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran tingkat pengetahuan pasien tuberkulosis tentang pencegahan penularan tuberculosis. Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan desain Deskriptif analitik dengan pendekatan Cross Sectional. Sampel pada penelitian ini adalah pasien yang menjalani pemeriksaan dan pengobatan TBC di Puskesmas II Blahbatuh Kabupaten Gianyar yang berjumlah 30 orang, dengan menggunakan teknik sampling Nonprobability sampling yaitu Total sampling. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan cara wawancara menggunakan pedoman kuesioner yang meliputi tentang pencegahan penularan tuberkulosis. Data yang diperoleh kemudian dilakukan analisis statistic deskriptif menggunakan program spss. Hasil: Berdasarkan analisis pada karakteristik responden diperoleh bahwa dari 30 responden yang diteliti, sebanyak 12 orang (40%) responden berumur 41-50 tahun, 15 orang (50%) responden mengenyam pendidikan hingga sekolah menengah atas (SMA), dan sebanyak 11 orang (37%) responden bekerja di bidang swasta. Analisis deskriptif pada tingkat pengetahuan tentang pencegahan penularan tuberculosis diperoleh bahwa, sebanyak 16 orang (54%) memiliki tingkat pengetahuan baik, 10 orang (33%) responden memiliki tingkat pengetahuan cukup, dan 4 orang (13%) memiliki pengetahuan kurang. Simpulan: Sebagian besar responden (54%) memiliki tingkat pengetahuan baik, 33% memiliki tingkat pengetahuan cukup dan hanya 13% responden yang memiliki pengetahuan kurang tentang pencegahan penularan tuberkulosis. Diharapkan pihak terkait lebih gencar dalam mempromosikan tentang penyakit tuberculosis khususnya pada penderita dan anggota keluarganya.Kata kunci: Tingkat Pengetahuan; Tuberkulosis; Pencegahan Penularan

Background: MPASI is a food transition from breast milk to family food. Giving MPASI should be given to infants aged 6-24 months in stages both from the texture and number of portions. Proper provision of complementary feeding can lead to nutritional problems in infants. Proper processing and administration of MPASI, mothers are required to have sufficient knowledge so that they can create healthy babies. Objective to describe the knowledge of mothers about nutritious food and complementary feeding in infants aged 6-12 months. Method: This study uses an explorative descriptive design. The technique of taking respondents of this study was purposive sampling with a total sample of 25 mothers who had babies aged 6-12 months in Posyandu Dusun Kangin, Tusan Banjarangkan Klungkung Village. Data collection tool in the form of a closed questionnaire. Data analysis uses univariate analysis on a qualitative scale. Results: the study showed the characteristics of respondents, most of whom were aged 21-25 years (56%), working (56%), elementary education (44%), and the level of knowledge of mothers in the less category (40%). Conclusion: This study found that most levels of maternal knowledge about nutritious food and complementary feeding were lacking (40%), so further research is needed on the provision of MPASIKeywords: Knowledge; Solidarity; Infants 6-12 months

Background: Diabetes Mellitus is a disease with high levels of glucose (simple sugar) in the high blood because the body can not release or use insulin adequately. One complication that is feared by people with Diabetes is Diabetic Foot or Diabetic Gangrene. This research aims to determine the behavior of patients with diabetes mellitus in the prevention of diabetic foot in room of Sahadeva and Nakula Sanjiwani Gianyar District Hospital. Methods: Types of research used in this research is descriptive survey approach. Sample of the study are 40 patients with diabetes mellitus hospitalized in the room of Sahadeva and Nakula Sanjiwani Gianyar District Hospital using consecutive sampling technique. Data is collected in the period March to May 2012 by filling out a questionnaire about behavioral prevention of diabetic foot. Results: The results of data analysis showed that the behavior of patients with Diabetes Mellitus in the prevention of Diabetic Foot based on education level, age, gender and occupation. From the 40 respondents there were: 55% of the level of knowledge good, 80% good attitude, 70% good actions and 67,5% good actions in the category of good behavior. Conclusion: It can be concluded that the behavior of patients with Diabetes Mellitus in the prevention of Diabetic Foot is in a good category with the factors assessed including knowledge, attitudes, and actions.Keywords : Diabetes mellitus; diabetic foot; behavioral