The Influence of Social Support with Peer Leaders on Self-Management of Diarrhea in Infants/Toddlers with Diarrhea in Integrated Post Service Rejang Lebong District

The purpose of this study was to determine how the influence of social support with peer leaders on self-management of diarrhea in infants / toddler’s fellow diarrhea sufferers in the integrated post service Rejang Lebong Regency. This type of quantitative research with Quasi Experiment design on intervention group and control group as many as 64 respondents. The results showed that for the pre post Social Support and Self-Management group after the intervention, Social Support and Self-Management had an effect with a p value of< 0.000. The conclusion is that social support and self- management have a meaningful relationship after mothers read / get information from books and leaflets in caring for children with diarrhea at home. Keywords: Social Support, Self-Management, Diarrhea