Unit Of Educational Health Event
Problem : Lack of Knowledge About Diarrhea
Highlights : Diarrhea
Sub Subject : Explanation, Prevention and Action on Diarrheal diseases
Target : Ny. A
Time : 15 minutes
Meeting To : 1 (one)
Date : November 05, 2019
Place : Rancaekek Health Centre
Educationist : Nita Rosiani
A. General Instructional Purpose
After being given counseling, Mrs. A is able to understand about diarrhea.
B. Special Instructional Purposes
After being counseled for 15 minutes, Mrs. A is expected to:
1. Re-state the definition of diarrhea correctly without looking at the notes
2. Reiterate the signs and symptoms of diarrhea correctly without looking at the notes
3. Explain ways to prevent diarrhea without looking at notes
4. Explain how to treat diarrhea without seeing notes
C. Counseling Material
1. Definition of diarrhea
2. Signs and symptoms of diarrhea
3. Ways to prevent diarrhea
4. Ways of treating diarrhea
D. Teaching and Learning Activities
1. Learning method: discussion
2. Activity steps:
a. Pre-Learning Activities:
1) Preparing diarrhea material, media, places
2) Greetings
3) Introduction
4) Contract time
b. Opening Lessons:
1) Explain the purpose
2) Explain the subject
3) Apperception
c. Core activities:
1) The instructor raises questions about diarrhea
2) The target answers questions about diarrhea
3) The instructor submits material about diarrhea
4) Target listening
5) The target is asking questions about diarrhea
d. Closing:
1) Do a test post
2) Summing up the material
3) Greetings
E. Media and Resources
1. Media: leaflets
2. Source: MTBS
F. Evaluation
1. Procedure: Do a post test
2. Types of tests: oral questions
3. Item questions:
1) Explain what is meant by diarrhea!
2) Name four signs and symptoms of diarrhea!
3) Explain two ways of prevention of four ways to prevent diarrhea!
4) Explain how to treat diarrhea!
Diarrhea
1. Definition
Diarrhea is liquid bowel movements. This often happens to children, especially those aged 6
months to 2 years. More common in babies under 6 months of age who get cow's milk or formula milk.
Frequent, but normal bowel movements are not diarrhea. The number of normal bowel movements per
day varies depending on food and age of the child. In some countries diarrhea is defined as liquid bowel
movements three or more times in 24 hours.
2. Signs and Symptoms of Diarrhea
a. Severe dehydration diarrhea
1) Letargis or unconscious
2) Concave eyes
3) Can not drink or lazy to drink
4) Pinch the belly skin very slowly (more than 2 seconds)
b. Mild / moderate dehydration diarrhea
1) Restless, fussy / irritable
2) Concave eyes
3) Thirst, drink with gusto
4) Pinch the belly skin slowly again
c. Diarrhea without dehydration
Not enough signs to be classified as severe or mild / moderate dehydration diarrhea
d. Severe persistent diarrhea
There is dehydration
e. Persistent diarrhea
Without dehydration
f. Dysentery
There is blood in the stool
3. How to prevent diarrhea
Diarrhea is generally transmitted through 4 F, namely Food, Feces, Fly and Finger. Therefore
diarrhea can be prevented by maintaining personal and environmental hygiene. The way to prevent
diarrhea can be done by:
a. Wash your hands with soap properly at five important times, namely:
1) before eating
2) after defecation
3) before handling the baby
4) after tricking the child
5) before preparing food;
b. Drinking healthy drinking water, or treated water, among others, by boiling, heating with sunlight
or chlorination
c. Good waste management so that food is not contaminated by insects (flies, cockroaches, fleas,
cockroaches, etc.)
d. Defecate and defecate in its place (lavatory, toilet)
4. How to treat diarrhea
a. If the child is exclusively breastfed, the child should be breastfed more often than usual
b. If the child is not exclusively breastfed, give one or more of the following fluids:
1) ORS solution
2) Household liquids such as soup broth, etc.
3) Clean water
c. Give zinc supplements. Zinc supplements will speed the cessation of diarrhea and the child's
condition improves quickly.
d. Rehydration therapy using intravenous fluids or using orogastric tubes is only recommended in
children with severe dehydration.
e. Give oral antibiotics that are recommended for Shigella in your area to treat the minister
