Abstract:
Diarrhea is more dominant because it attacks the immune toddlers `who are still weak, so toddlers
are particularly vulnerable to the spread of the bacteria that causes diarrhea. There are risk factors
that affect the frequency of diarrheal disease in infants. The risk factors include nutritional status,
environment, and parenting parents. The purpose of this study was to determine the risk factors
relationship with the frequency of diarrhea in children under five health centers in the region of
Siak. This study is a quantitative study using cross sectional approach. The research was
conducted in the region of Siak health center in July 2012. The population in this study were all
parents who have children in the region of Siak Health Center until July 2012. The sampling
technique in this study by using Simple Random Samples with a sample of as many as 96 people.
The result of the chi-square test statistic showed that there is a significant relationship between
nutritional status (p = 0,000), enviromental (p = 0,000) and parenting parents ( p = 0,008) with the
frequency of diarrhea in infants in the work area of Siak Health Center 2012. Mothers be expected
always examined the health status of children under five to Posyandu or nearest health center
